Another one bites the dust.. Fylde Superbikes
 

Most of the showroom empty all marketing posters and usual stuff gone, just a few bikes left looking sad and lonely

i got a text from them the other day saying they were having a sale as they had been brought out by someone else.

Tough times eh?? I wonder who's bought it? Probably a car dealer :(

Isn't Ducati Manchester part of the Fylde group, wonder if they will be affected

I thought they had planned to close this branch anyway as they are opening a Honda superstore in Preston

Yep, i think Flyde and Ducati Manchester are one and the same.

If I remember rightly, DM split from Fylde last year. I think the guy who owned Fylde kept DM and sold Fylde. Or have I got that the wrong way round?

blimey, they have Shoei XR1000 lids at £250 .. bargain

That same helmet is only £229 if you look in the helmets section rather than the bargain basement section!!

my error, it's in Bargain Basement at £229 as well, but I was looking at the one with the paintjob i prefer as I typed my reply .. lol

I thoight they were refurbing when I popped past last month

Fylde look after all of the Ducati Performance parts for Ducati Manchester i think.

Strange but i remember searching the DM site for bits and i was referred to Fylde for them.

Dave Paterson (sp???) did own both Fylde and DM, but Fylde has been bought out and a Nissan dealership will appear at the site, I'd imagine Dave made quite a bit of cash out of the deal, the bike market is shrinking, there is a recession going on and an offer, probably into the millions comes along to buy the site, what would you do?

isnt it in mcn this week as a new honda dealership