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28/06/2022

Lee joins our workshop team

Lee Kirkpatrick has spent most of his life riding, working on and racing motorbikes. Now we’re delighted that he’s bringing all that experience to our workshop. He’s been a technician, working on bikes professionally for 10 years, but ...

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28/06/2022

Movie motorbikes: On Any Sunday

Fifty years ago a young Paul Macaree snuck into the back of the Romford Odeon, which was showing ‘Flesh Gordon’, and it changed his life. It was not so much the soft-porn movie that grabbed his attention as the support film (remember those d...

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28/06/2022

Test ride: Suzuki GSX-S1000GT

Sports tourers are going through a renaissance with a host of new models wooing big-bike buyers. Just as SUVs have overtaken estate cars, so tall adventure bikes found favour over traditional sports tourers. But sports tourers are fighting back and S...

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31/05/2022

Rich’s customised creation is a real head-turner

Motorbike riders have a close affinity with their pride and joy. Rich Paine has just completed a four-year journey to fulfil his vision for his Kawasaki Z900RS Café. Rich, our Kawasaki ambassador, has owned the bike from new and covered 10,000...

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31/05/2022

All revved up for 'Suzuki Live' debut

Fancy a ride out and a day immersed in Suzuki motorbikes? Then head to Cadwell Park on Friday 10 June for the first 'Suzuki Live' event. Owners and enthusiasts will be gathering at the race circuit, near Louth in Lincolnshire, where the Japanese...

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31/05/2022

Fred battles back with gritty race ride

Fred Mcmullan, our sponsored race rider, showed grit and determination to overcome setbacks in the British Superbike Championship’s Junior Supersport class. He built on a promising start in round one with some consistent performances in the next t...

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31/05/2022

Karting contest proves highly competitive

We recently swapped two wheels for four with a hotly-contested karting competition. The work outing to Anglia Indoor Karting in Ipswich saw 22 of us take to the track for a series of race heats with the top drivers progressing to the semi-finals and fin...

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31/05/2022

Show and demo day great success

Our first show of the new season, and demo day a week later, proved highly popular and great successes. A great turnout of visitors to Stonham Barns Motorcycle Show kept us busy with our display of new Kawasaki, KTM and Suzuki motorbikes drawing a sea o...

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31/05/2022

New stock arriving amid limited supplies

New stock of KTM motorbikes is arriving in the showroom but is selling quickly. Other brands are still suffering shortages of stock and limited supply of new motorbikes. We had a dozen new 2022 125 Dukes arrive in the space of a week but half have al...

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