Motorcycle MOT and Repairs for Colchester Riders

Colchester is about fifteen miles from the workshop, a straight run down the A133. That is further than our other areas, so it is worth being honest about when it is worth your while and when it is not.

When the trip makes sense

If you need a tyre changed and there is a fitter five minutes from your house, use them. We would rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.

Where Colchester riders do come to us is for the work that a general garage will not take on: fault finding on a bike that nobody has managed to sort, fork seals and suspension, engine work, and accident damage that needs assessing properly rather than patching. Motorcycles are all we do, and that is the difference worth fifteen miles.

Collection makes the distance irrelevant

For anything more than an hour’s work, have us collect it. The bike goes on the van, the job gets done, and it comes back. You do not ride thirty miles round, you do not arrange a lift, and you do not lose a day. For a service or an MOT that usually means one day, door to door.

Commuters and students

Colchester sends us a lot of everyday machines: 125s, commuters and scooters belonging to people getting to work or to the university. Those bikes tend to do short, cold journeys, which is the hardest use there is. Batteries never fully charge, engines rarely reach proper operating temperature, and chains wear quickly in winter salt.

If your bike is used that way, a shorter service interval than the manual suggests will save you money over the life of the machine. Ring 01255 427851 and we will work out something sensible.

Breakdowns

If you are stranded anywhere between Colchester and the coast, ring 07300 011336. We cover the A133 and A120 corridors for recovery, including out of hours.