Proper Bike Shops;

[Taff]

Fancied an MOT this year, apparently its all computerised and you gotta have one now, and there ain't nowt wrong with me bike so i thunk i'd get one.
Had a ride up me mates shop, seefing he did 'em.
He never, but knows A Man Who Can.
So one of the guys jumped on his Shytster and led me to see The Man.
What a fkin awesome place, was like stepping back into the 50's.
Definitely the Arkwrights of the mosickle world.
A proper treasure trove, you had to be there really to get the full effect, but i papparrazi'd it anyway:

First port of call, Polar Cycles.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8568/mot002ph8.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2521/mot004ii9.jpg

'Arkwright and G-g-granvilles'.
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9501/mot011vx6.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1148/mot008qt0.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7286/mot005qz5.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1496/mot009uf6.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3117/mot010yo7.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/8202/mot012zt7.jpg

[cxdemon]

Jeez Taff, what a find!! we use to have someone like that here in Plymouth years ago when i were a lad, Terry Hobbs who did all the Triumph and BSA stuff. closed years ago after he died, but got nowhere like it since. :(

[slob]

wow that's real nice!!!!

[fatty]

bean ther taff we billy its rite what you say its like goin back in time
did you go in the backrome we the old stove. the man that runs it must be 90 + sum old **** on them shelfs :D

[Spike]

Looks like a cool place :)

[Womble_Lancs]

So are you going to tell us the name and location of the shop then? :)

[Yoda]

I was up at Boneshaker Choppers today
http://www.boneshakerchoppers.co.uk

been stuck in the past two days cuz of plasterers so a break was needed

There new place in bromsgrove is great - semi rural also have a cobra (car) builders and the fiero factory up there

good blokes, good bikes.

Yoda

[Bosun]

cool, find taff
excellent shots

[Bassman]

what a great place!!..Some nice old British iron in there!

Next time I need an MOT, I know where i will be taking it.

Where about was it Taff?

[Taff]

So are you going to tell us the name and location of the shop then? :)

Nope.
Its MIIIiine
Dont want you power ranger faced bastards going, it'll all go tits up and end up being a authorised Piaggo dealer.

:eek: :mad:

[pepperami]

Cool shop, there's a place a bit like that in Oxford, Dave Clarkes, anyone who wanted a no quible MOT goes there. Alas yet to find a place in Aberdeen!!!

[Womble_Lancs]

Nope.
Its MIIIiine
Dont want you power ranger faced bastards going, it'll all go tits up and end up being a authorised Piaggo dealer.

:eek: :mad:

Shame, cos the Reverend is always on the lookout for spare bits for his Nortons.

[slob]

I blew up the shop pics thinking the name would be above the door... they are just advertising hoardings!

[critch]

mersey motorcycles in liverpool is very similar....

[churchill]

its not real its just a few stills from a new speilberg movie theres only him could come up with a cool place like that :) ..nice try taff

[Taff]

And i'd have got away with it, if it wasn't for those pesky kids...

:mad:

[chazz]

its not real its just a few stills from a new speilberg movie theres only him could come up with a cool place like that :) ..nice try taff
dunno, sids place in ramsbottom was like that till he moved 5 years or so

[pyro]

Hamrax in West London is still old skool!

[Lyn]

Fancied an MOT this year, apparently its all computerised and you gotta have one now, and there ain't nowt wrong with me bike so i thunk i'd get one.
Had a ride up me mates shop, seefing he did 'em.
He never, but knows A Man Who Can.
So one of the guys jumped on his Shytster and led me to see The Man.
What a fkin awesome place, was like stepping back into the 50's.
Definitely the Arkwrights of the mosickle world.
A proper treasure trove, you had to be there really to get the full effect, but i papparrazi'd it anyway:

First port of call, Polar Cycles.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8568/mot002ph8.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2521/mot004ii9.jpg

'Arkwright and G-g-granvilles'.


(jenks here not lynne) i know this place Taff,Stez sent you to a good bloke. they do mot,s like in the good old day,s ;)

[STEViE]

http://totalbikebits.com/assets/images/classic_img/dealer_images/gu104qs.jpg


This is Rockerbox, not too far from me an' just outside Farnham.
Darrell an' Arthur have a fair amount of spares an' stuff for old brits.
I love goin' in the shop as there's a load of old stuff in the windows
an' on the walls to look at.

[rob]

http://totalbikebits.com/assets/images/classic_img/dealer_images/gu104qs.jpg


This is Rockerbox, not too far from me an' just outside Farnham.
Darrell an' Arthur have a fair amount of spares an' stuff for old brits.
I love goin' in the shop as there's a load of old stuff in the windows
an' on the walls to look at.
fuck me!! thats a blast from the past!! i remember that place from......oooh.... gotta be 35 years ago! :)
there used to be a similar one between portsmouth and chichester called Barreg motors, dunno if its still going??

[STEViE]

The stuff in the windows looks like it may have been there that long rob :)

[bunbag]

Nope.
Its MIIIiine
Dont want you power ranger faced bastards going, it'll all go tits up and end up being a authorised Piaggo dealer.

:eek: :mad:
you got a gold mine taff :D

[Astroid]

i think the one between portsmouth and chi is now a cycle shop (push bikes). all the good old shops from this way have gone. :(