Alchemy Parts Blog

By now, you’ll know that we specialise in café racer, scrambler, streetfighter and brat bike parts, along with some kit for adventure and Enduro bikes, but here’s the thing…Motorbikes are like beer; you can’t just have one, and so because a lot of our customers have more than one bike, we cater for the commuter market. By this, I’m talking about someone’s main bike that’s ridden the most, that requires common-or-garden indicators,  …

Another spring around the corner, another reason to get the bike out the garage and yes, another reason to make excuses to just ride around aimlessly. Dunno where you’re going; don’t care. That’s the spirit.Interestingly, there’s a good feeling in the water. Lockdown easing is upon us in the UK and our European customers are already getting ready for their turn. Yes, it’s still restrictive, but people are starting to order with confidence after t …

Yup folks, lockdown is back. Viral cases are up. Brexit’s looming. America’s on the brink of a new president (as I write this) and it’s damn cold in the UK. However, it’s worth you knowing that we’re still trading and have just replenished most key lines of stock (or have them fully replenished by mid November). This means that, as before, it’s business as usual and we’re certainly shipping out through all the usual channels. This time thou …

I was recently speaking to two friends separately, both of which have been riding since the early to mid nineties. They had ridden on and off (far more off than on) and both owned a good few bikes over that period. Within the last, say six months, both of them had quite nasty accidents and had decided to give up riding, based on the reasoning that although they were doing nothing wrong, were not riding aggressively, or impatiently and were sticki …