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flying circus

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some westmidland bike shops
johnney brittain(honda bloxwich)
walsall bike centre(kawasaki&bmw) saw my first ever GS here
mortorcycle mart walsall (honda?)
the crankcase walsall(yamaha)
jp motorcycle generration brownhills(yamaha)
brownhills honda shop
kustom kawasaki(hednesford)
cannock suzuki centre
grays(wolverhamton)
woods(wednesfield)
willenhall bike centre(last suzukigt750 @£1095)
autocycle(moxley)
mainline(breakers)
steve goode(aldridge MZ)
hartills(bilston) lives on at black country museum
if you can recall anymore please let me know
 
HARTILLS is still in Bilston, just does MOT'S and the odd repairs.:thumb

copes - wolverhampton
grays- wolverhampton
 
FERRET said:
HARTILLS is still in Bilston, just does MOT'S and the odd repairs.:thumb

copes - wolverhampton
grays- wolverhampton
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good work copes forgot them sure the was another very small honda dealer as well.
stopped using hartills for mots when he got that keen tester we prefered the old boy who would pass almost anything
 
Some more...

Roy Peplows in Wednesbury..

Supplied me a Yamaha RD50 moped waaaaay back. He had it back when i was 17 for a 250 Superdream.

Hailwood and Gould.. Tyburn Road in Brum.. (Mike Hailwood)

Honda CX500, had it for years, never wore through the yokohama plastic tyres though.

Roger O.
 
flying circus said:
good work copes forgot them sure the was another very small honda dealer as well.
stopped using hartills for mots when he got that keen tester we prefered the old boy who would pass almost anything
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The Honda dealer was Dugmores on the Bilston road. They are still there but lost the Honda franchise years ago. They are mainly a bicycle shop now with the occasional motorcycle repair. I've been using them for bike MOT's for the last 30 years!
 
Vale-Onslows A34 outta Brum.
John Gaskells place..Blackheath
Copes..Hagley road
Percy Tait's ..A45 outta Brum
Superbike Centre Bristol Road, Brum
Bob Joiners... Oldbury area
 
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Steve Goode is still going strong, spoke to him last week

Trials and Mail Order nowadays
 
Got banned from Bob Joyners:D

Howells ................... Bromsgrove
International..............Bromsgrove
Birmingham motorcycles? ..... Stirchley
 
Custom Kawasaki Hednesford :eek where'd you dig them up from lol. I remember getting parts there back in the mid 80's, they've been gone eons....
 
just found a picture of johnney brittain at this years royal enfield rally, he looks well. forgot about hailwood & gould read somewere how mike was killed fetching fish&chips in the family car this after years of racing motorcycles round the isle of man!!!
thanks for replys... keep them coming
 
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Belle Vue Speedway Aces 1946

Bill Pitcher (2nd from right) used to run a shop in Rugby - now Nightingales.
 
Custom Kawasaki also had a branch in Stafford, where you could also find CHELLS (HONDA still there), there was also a Suzuki dealer two doors down which i dont recall the name of and one at the back of the Swan Hotel.
 
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Custom Kawasaki also had a branch in Stafford, where you could also find CHELLS (HONDA still there), there was also a Suzuki dealer two doors down which i dont recall the name of and one at the back of the Swan Hotel.
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Motorcycle Mecca was the one in Mill Street @ the back of the Swan Hotel :beerjug: I'd forgot all about that shop til i read this post! Ranger Kawasaki used to be in Marston Road up by Chellys. :)
 
+1 for Motorcycle Mecca and Chells in Stafford (just celebrating 40years), also had Windmill Motorcycles at Broad Eye in Stafford ran by John who used to spanner for Dick Greasley when he raced sidecars and then was the bike mechanic for Police motorcycles (still does I think).

Also in Stafford was Phil Brights, Marston Road and Adderleys in Bridge Street, Stafford a Puch dealer (my first bike Puch Maxi at 16!!!!!!)



Teejay
 
West Mids Bike Dealers

I remember Copes, they had the shop in King Street, Dudley, which I think went bust and re-opened as Streetbikes first showroom(now in Halesowen). Then there was Criterion Motorcycles by Top Church in Dudley, sold MZs and other obscure bikes. Are they now part of the Yamaha dealer in the old Streetbike/Copes showroom?
Also in Dudley was a little shop in Wolverhampton Street, near the dairy, called JT's if memory serves. I think the owners moved around the corner to what is now KEH Motorcycles, who just do repairs and sell a few old bikes.
Grays in Wolves, was that the one opposite the Mander Centre?
I bought a new Suzuki GP100 in 1982 from a dealer in Wolverhampton, in the shop which is now Europcar Hire, in Birmingham Road opposite the police station. I can't remember the shops name, don't think it was there long. Any ideas???????????:nenau
Roy Peplows, remember them well, thats where it all started for me with a TS50ER in 1981!:rob
I was surprised they went bump, always seemed very professional.
West Brom had a couple of dealers, one on the High Street near to the clock, the other one being a Kawasaki dealer on the ringroad the other side of the town centre. I think this was a branch of Streetbike before it shut???
Birmingham Motorcycles in Stirchley, I remember them, sold most of the Jap bikes and some classic imports from the USA , old Z1's and the like. B@stards ripped off a colleague went they went bust, he'd put his bike in their showroom as a commission sale and never saw the bike or his money again.:mad:
Mainline Breakers, were these the people just down the road from Peplows, also sold damaged repairables?
How about Ideal Garage in Bromford Lane, Brum? I think I'm right in saying this was the last big multi-franchise dealer in the City.
Nostalgia trip over, brain now drained, I'm off for a lie down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Remembered names now, John Boden mechanic/owner of Windmill motorcycles and Kustom Kawasaki/Hednesford Kawasaki was run by Alan Gale.


Teejay
 
Motorcycle city used to be in Brum (Digbeth) now J&S, I think my were multi bike franchise if i remember correctly, the shop in Stafford just down from Chells (suzuki dealer) was run by Eric CORNES who used to race sidecars, still cant remember the bloody name of the shop though:blast
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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