Old Manchester motorbike shops from yesteryear....

[tiggsywiggsywoo]

There used to be a Yamaha shop on Samford Street(near old baths), can't remember the name though.

Claremont Motorcycles. I bought a GXSR750 off them

 

[Buzzbar]

Scott Howard's on Hyde rd gorton, got my first bike from there in 1980. A Honda MT5. Their used to be one facing sports motorcycles off deansgate, got a GS850 from. Think it was called johnsons, oh happy days.

 

[DTKOAG]

Johnson or Johnstones ??
Just off Deansgate/Liverpool Road..
Got My Yamaha DT 50 in 1981

 

[Buzzbar]

Just thought of another, cyclops Hyde rd Denton. Run by jack and willbure. Then moved to Hyde and became road and racing.

 

[Buzzbar]

On a roll now, their was one in reddish. Think it was called lathams, was in the shop that used to be Dave Ewings hardware shop near broadstone mill.

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Derek Warbutons, Hazel Grove. Also known for selling Reliants & Scimitars.


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Del Trotter go a bargain.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

There was Dodds motors in Stalybridge but he was more Reliants with a smattering of bikes

I think they were on Rassbottom Street, right across the road from the railway station IIRC.

A few more. Pendle Motorcycles and Bilforge in Rawtenstall.

George Clarkes in Accrington..(Shut down three years ago)

Pems in Rochdale...(Is this still going?)

Regent Motorcycles...Bury

 

[stony]

Warwicks in Heywood is still going strong. Quite surprised to see it's still going tbh. Everything else in Heywood has long since closed.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Johnson or Johnstones ??
Just off Deansgate/Liverpool Road..
Got My Yamaha DT 50 in 1981

That would be Derek Johnsons,... a younger relative Paul used to have quite a large showroom in Hollinwood, on Oldham Road, Oldham around 1977/8

 

[Bill Walker]

There was Dodds motors in Stalybridge but he was more Reliants with a smattering of bikes

I think they were on Rassbottom Street, right across the road from the railway station IIRC.

yeah Rassbottom Brew as it was known

I bought one of my Bonnevilles from that place on Stamford St Ashton U Lyne, was it Claremont Motors or am I getting mixed up ?