NEW MACHINE DAY, WE HAVE JUST BOUGHT A VIXEN 915 WET BLASTING MACHINE, SO THAT WE CAN NOW DO ALL OUR OWN VAPOUR BLASTING. THESE MACHINES ARE FANTASTIC AND THE VIXEN BRAND LEADS THE WAY. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS WORK DONE FOR US BUT NOW WE CAN DO IT IN-HOUSE, WHICH SHOULD HELP SPEED THINGS UP. PART OF ANY GOOD RESTORATION HAS ALWAYS INVOLVED STRIPPING THE ENGINE AND GEARBOXES BACK TO THE BARE SHELL AND THEN GETTING THAT BRAND NEW ALUMINIUM LOOK THROUGH ...
Well it's taken a long time with a lot of input from various people over the last 7 years, thanks to you all, but today I finally went for the first ride out on my 1940 MDD. There is still a fair bit to sort the bike out, but 22 miles this afternoon up the Lowick valley put a big smile on my face. The goal is to take part in the D-Day memorial parades, almost there....
My MDD was stationed at Cameron Camp, St Agnes Head in Cornwall where ...
Happy New Year to you all, from all of us here at Tanks Classics we would like to wish you all the best for 2025 and hopefully more Velocette riding time. As I'm sure most of you will have your bikes wrapped up in the garage waiting for a bit of sunlight and a dry spell, so in the meantime, to keep that 6v or 12v battery in good condition, we have stocked these battery chargers as we have been using them for a while now in our workshop with good ...
We were out on a 'Having a Dave Day' today, taking our classic bikes to Risedale Nursing home, Barrow-in-Furness, to put on a display for the residents there, some of which were bikers themselves in the past. It was great to talk to them and hear some cracking stories of old. I took the 1936 Velocette MOV which my good friend Charlie is sat on. A day of doing something nice for someone else.
Have a look at this guys, it all the fantastic work that goes into restoring, repairing and re-chroming parts on our old bikes. It's great to see how the full process is done.
Well unfortunately this downfall of snow over Cumbria this weekend has caused the usual chaos that these things seem to cause these days and the electric is off in our area. This means that we will to be able to operate as normal therefore will be closed on Monday 4th December, hopefully the power will be restored on Monday evening and we can get back to normal on Tuesday. Fingers crossed.
Hello all, I'm sure you are all out enjoying your Velos in this fantastic British summer weather we are having......?? I've yet to have a dry ride out this July, alway ended up in the rain at some point. Anyway, just to let you all know that although we are still open each day, there will only be limited staff in at Tanks Classics Towers, doing the essentials over this next couple of weeks. I will always try and answer any questions via email on ...
Hello all Just a quick note to let you know that we are having to close the Workshop today as the electricity has been switched off due to repairs being carried out on the main power lines, which were damaged a couple of weeks back in the storms. So apologies if you are trying to ring the office, but we will all be back in tomorrow.
Just to let you all know that we are on stand M57 in the Main Hall, if you are coming to Stafford this weekend. Pop over and say hello!!
We have a stand in the main hall at Stafford Bike Show at the weekend. We won't be taking any parts stock along to sell, as we just have too much and wouldnt be able to bring everything, but we will be there with a couple of nice bikes to look at and to have a chat about what's new here a Tanks Classics. If you are attending and would like to order parts this week then please do so and we will endeavour to bring what we can for you, to save on ...
Hello all - We have just had an update from Royal Mail to say that they are now accepting International shipments once again for small and medium sized parcels. So you should now see this as a shipping option as you go to the checkout on our website when you are placing your orders. It's been a difficult few months for getting your Velocette parts overseas, especially for smaller, lighter orders and the courier costs for this, however we have our ...
ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY - SUSPENDED
I don't know if you overseas guys and girls have seen what is going on in the UK at the moment regarding the Royal Mail Postal service, however there is a lot of strike action and has been over the last several weeks. This has caused a massive backlog of items that are now being held in warehouses and from our own experience with several European customers, we have got shipments ...
Hello all, Just to let you guys know that we will be attending this years International Classic Motorcycle Show after having a couple of years away due to the pandemic. Our stand is in the Main Hall so call in and say hello if you are passing. We can't say what bikes we will have on display this year because we haven't had much time to think about it yet!! But we will have at least one bike that has recently been fully overhauled and restored back ...
The workshop and Office phone lines are all back up and running as normal now, so you can get in touch once again on the number 01229 588700 Sorry to you guys that have been trying to get through to us last week.
Hello all I'm sure that many of you who have been trying to ring over the last two days have found that the line has been engaged all the time. There is an issues with the phone line in this part of town, however BT are working to try and fix it this evening or tomorrow morning, fingers crossed. Apologies to all of you who have struggled to get through on the phone. You can contact us through email at the moment, so please send your enquiry/order ...
Velocette Clothing - Update
Hello guys and gals, just an update regarding the Tanks Classics Velocette Clothing on the website. The manufacturer of my clothing items have closed down due to the Covid-19 virus and this means that some sizes and colours won't be available for a week or two until they re-open again. So please allow some extra time during this difficult period and the list of current orders that are on back order will be made ...
Hello all, I just wanted to let you know that during this difficult time, I have checked with the Government Website and they are still saying that Online Retail is ok to still stay open and trading. I will therefore still be able to ship orders out to you that are placed either online at Tanks Classics or over the phone as normal. I will not be able to have customers come to the workshop ...
