Hmmm.. Right here goes, As I came from Gedling and owned bikes from the mid 70s onwards, There were a number of shops I remember... Dawsons in Netherfield, Rex Robbo on Carlton Hill ( for my Puch Grand Prix ), a few doors up from that for a time was 'Crosslands' who later moved down to the shops facing Carlton precinct, Lowater St motors of course, many hours spent searching the yard for that ilusive spare part. the owner Dennis Rogers used to have a three wheel Morgan car, going down into town was TMS and Clarkes the Honda dealer.
Roy Wharton had a shop on Radford Road ( I knew his son John ) and he specialised in Scooters, not really motorbikes. further up Radford Road was Joselyns ( Suzuki Dealer ) with went on to be Granby Motors.
There was a little seconhand bike shop on the small street near the main Post office on Huntingdon St... I remember them having a 'Malaguti Monte' 50cc moped in there... I could'nt afford it at the time.
The big Yamaha/Honda place at Daybrook Square was always a good place to browse, as was Colin Gregory's ( Suzuki )at Thackerays Lane, and later upstairs at the big garage at daybrook ( now Kwik Fit).
Ahhhh... those were the days....
I rembember Bunneys on Wilford Lane and E Kingston just around the corner
The Monte would have been mine!(think it was MAU 175P) I part exchanged it for a Yamaha YDS7 250cc that turned out to be a larger pile of poo than the Monte.
The shop was called HandY motorcycles and it was on Rick Street (the HandY was the initials of the owners and looked like handy) The YDS7 lasted
48 hours before giving up the ghost and they refused to fix it! I was a spotty 17 year old and they told me to feck off! My older brother drove a tipper truck for Watts Demolition
and had a reputation for being a nutter, he took me down to the shop and offered to reverse his truck through the shop window the guy in the shop called his bluff but bottled in when
the truck was an inch away from taking the shop down! Oddly I did go back and got a really nice Suzuki 250cc Hustler with a racing tank, seat and clipons for £175:00
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The Monte would have been mine!(think it was MAU 175P) I part exchanged it for a Yamaha YDS7 250cc that turned out to be a larger pile of poo than the Monte.
The shop was called HandY motorcycles and it was on Rick Street (the HandY was the initials of the owners and looked like handy) The YDS7 lasted
48 hours before giving up the ghost and they refused to fix it! I was a spotty 17 year old and they told me to feck off! My older brother drove a tipper truck for Watts Demolition
and had a reputation for being a nutter, he took me down to the shop and offered to reverse his truck through the shop window the guy in the shop called his bluff but bottled in when
the truck was an inch away from taking the shop down! Oddly I did go back and got a really nice Suzuki 250cc Hustler with a racing tank, seat and clipons for £175:00