EICMA Motorcycle Show 2018 – My Milanese Adventure...PART 2:
Posted by Roy @ Alchemy Parts Ltd on 14th Nov 2018
OK, so my last blog was about the new machinery on
display at this show, but this is about the eclectic mix of customised bikes
that, unlike at the Cologne show, wasn’t on display with other customised
bikes, but on manufacturer’s stands. Germany is massively into its customising, hence the
slant on that kind of bike at that show, but Italy’s more about new metal for
the following year. In saying that, top marks have to go to the Italians, a
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Yup, You Guessed It...New Headlights....
Posted by Roy @ Alchemy Parts Ltd on 31st Oct 2018
We’re just about to take into stock a range of new plastic headlights. Designed for mainly streetfighters and supermotos, they’re tough little numbers that are as cheap as chips, yet really well made and can take a good few knocks, I tell you.Recently, say over the last year or so, our after-market bolt on headlight demand has been abnormally strong, mainly because there’s now a resurgence in guys wanting to customise their front end, no-matter w
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Tanks for the memories...
Posted by Roy @ Alchemy Parts Ltd on 16th Oct 2018
If you’re going for a full-on, ground up build, you’d have probably bought a frame from one guy, forks & wheels from the next and so on. The piece of the pie that interests me in this post is tanks. I say this because in one way or another, I’ve been trying to find a good stream of motorbike tanks for years. They’ve either been ridiculous in price, ridiculous in design, or just plain ridiculous. I’ve gone from show to show, desperately trying
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Handguards: Vanity or Sanity?
Posted by Roy @ Alchemy Parts Ltd on 5th Sep 2018
Picture the scene…. it’s autumn, your hands (& other
bits too) are getting somewhat chilled by the changing climate and your
extremities are always the first ones to be affected. So, you wear thicker
clothing, but that doesn’t deflect the wind, just barrier it to an extent. For
your hands (which are jolly important for a variety of reasons), you can fit
heated grips, but they only warm your palms, rather than the whole hand.A good set of
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