Alchemy Parts Blog

Would you believe it?....As the summer winds down and we look to people’s builds over August/Winter, we’ve seen demand for some new and different styles of scrambler seats. These will be on our website & in stock over the next short while. They’ll share the same carcass as our existing scrambler seats, but sport a different and distinctive design.Also, we’ve got some new petrol tanks coming our way in 3 different and distinctive designs. …

Parts are steadily selling and we’re seeing a demand for smaller items, like switchgear sell in big numbers, as it’s a last-minute product that you may need if, say, you’re building an older bike that needs its electrics modernised. Keep an eye on our website for new switchgear coming through, as we’ve had a dearth of it recently.Also, we’ve got some new vinyl throw-over saddlebags with matching rollbag coming into stock over the next few weeks w …

Here’s a mere snippet of what we saw at last weekend’s Bikeshed Show at Tobacco Docks…. Retro was really a heavy theme this year, with a lot of classic-looking bikes on display, yet beautifully-made and to a very high standard. The level goes up year on year and some of the bikes on display this year were outstanding. Funnily enough, sports bikes had an unusually large presence this year, and of course there was a healthy diet of scra …

As if the Bikeshed show wasn’t exciting enough, this year sees the return of the Ally Pally show: http://www.mcnallypallyshow.co.uk/ Backed by Motorcycle News and in a brilliant location, you’re pretty-much guaranteed a cracking day out. The thing is; if you’re old enough to remember the Ally Pally Road & Race Exhibition from the 80s & 90s (which I am), it was this show in particular that kicked off the biking season and was a massive am …