Old shops I visited at different times in the Smoke were Russell Motors, Gander and Gray, Elite Motors, Owen Brothers and the original Lewis Leathers in Great Portland Street...
I usually made time when I went to London to the Motorcycle Show, when it took place at the Royal Horticultural Halls...It all seems a long time ago now!!...Sadly I didn't hang on to my Lewis Leathers 'made to measure 'Lightning Jacket' and sheepskin lined 'Motorway Boots'...:laughing: ...Ian
I still have my dark blue 'Super Monza' jacket - my preferred boots were Godfrey's 'Gold-Top' I still have a couple of pairs. The jacket seems to have shrunk around the waist though. :thinking_face:
referring to the above spares conversations; you lot are lucky I am not about to relate my experiences selling spares for brit bikes in the 1970s/80s.
Some of the types I used to deal with drove me to the very edge of my tolerance and sanity to the extent one day I shut up shop and flogged the lot off.
I'd believe you...I worked in a bike shop as well running my own thing for 17 years...You meet all sorts and much as I'm a fan of variety and eccentricity it can be 'challenging' sometimes!...Ian