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28/06/2022

Popular Kawasaki 400s making welcome return

Kawasaki’s popular naked Z400 and faired Ninja 400 are making a comeback this summer. The previous generation models were dropped from the line-up last year but the Euro 5 399cc engine is all new. Dave Willis said: “They were very popular...

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28/06/2022

New stock still trickling into showroom

We’re now halfway through 2022 and the number of new motorbikes arriving in the showroom traditionally slows down as manufacturers turn their attention to the new model year. Not that we’ve had an unlimited supply for the past couple of year...

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28/06/2022

Our efforts pay off with used bikes stock

Our used bike stock is still healthy with nearly 50 models available, either on our website or being prepared for sale to meet our stringent standards. We’ve made great efforts to maintain our used bike numbers, contacting customers who have multi...

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28/06/2022

KTM demo day a great success

Our first dedicated KTM demo day was hailed a success by customers. With KTM bringing some motorbikes to plug any gaps in our demo fleet, and its experts on hand to help our team explain the models’ many features and answer any complicated, techni...

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28/06/2022

Riding the trail from dawn to dusk

We like to be able to give customers the full picture about our bikes and that means putting them through their paces and talking from experience. So our intrepid trio of director Rob Walters, general manager Dave Forster and workshop technician Ben Tow...

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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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