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.
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. Finally, some good news for all you 350 Viper Owners out there, we now have new Viper Piston kits in sizes Standard, +020", +040" and +060" available through the main website. We also have piston ring sets if your bike just needs a freshen up!!! Just before you eagle eyed Velo nuts out there, start emailing me about the picture in the blog being a Venom/Thruxton piston not a Viper piston, you are indeed correct!! I just ...
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 ...