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Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:30 pm
by callyboy
.....was shopping with the kids in West Wickham (training them to be pick pockets) and walked past Premier Suzuki bike shop and bugger me if it was empty !!! Shop closed at the end of nov apparently

been a bike shop there for 30 odd years that i know.
Used to buy lots of bits there when i first got into bikes.
Pete
Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:25 pm
by johnr
but we all fix our own bikes and buy bits on ebay now so what else do we expect?
Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:38 pm
by fossie
callyboy the important part of your post is ............used to............
How can we help this slide?

Called iin to RD5 in Warrington , and the Wolves are at Tony's door , will need to close in 4-6 weeks. So his details are in "The pride" , need filters ,helmet clothing,etc give him a bell , it's your chance to do a new years good deed.
01925 419 444.
Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:20 pm
by callyboy
Watcha Fossie, i use my mates shop down the road from me for some things like oil and filters plugs etc. Would like to buy as much as i can from him. The shop that closed was more of a main Suzuki dealer and as such charged more for stuff and servicing. I used them when they were owned by someone else and never got the same service from the new owners.
Hard times.
Pete
Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:45 am
by bobster
I went in to Crooks Suzuki last thursday to say hello and then spent the next 5 hours fixing a customers GT750 that wasnt charging.............
It turns out that all but 1 of his mechanics have left. and now he doesnt have anyone who can work on the older stuff..............enter the Bobster
I quite enjoyed it, as i used to work there 12 years ago, for peanuts.............now he's going to supply me with all the bits to fix my TS125..............

Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:50 pm
by callyboy
Your gonna need a super hero costume Bobster if you carry on doing good deeds like that.
Pete

Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:12 pm
by chris44
Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:18 pm
by callyboy
Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:20 pm
by chris44
I was on suzuki owners site and found a certain Robin on there ......
Four years in the club and ive just found out your real name
Seems youre already a super hero now who's Batman?

Re: Another shop bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:40 pm
by Katfish
It's a real shame but bike dealers are all dissapearing, hardly anywhere to buy stuff around here now. Internet has had advantages by making the world a smaller place but at the cost of town centres & communities !!!!!
