Servicing

IAIN JOINED US IN APRIL LAST YEAR TO TAKE OVER OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND SETTLED IN NICELY TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ETHOS HERE AT FORZA, HE ALSO BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH HIM TO COMPLEMENT WHAT WE ALREADY DO.

HE STARTED HIS WORKING LIFE AT BAINES RACING IN 1991 UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF GEOFF AND JOHN BAINES. AFTER LEARNING HIS TRADE WITH THEM INCLUDING DOING FACTORY TRAINING ON A WHOLE RANGE OF ITALIAN MACHINES HE WAS FINALLY LURED AWAY IN 1997 BY HOSS ELM THE THEN IMPORTER FOR DUCATI TO WORK AS PRESS FLEET TECHNICIAN AT MOTO CINELLI. WHEN THE DUCATI FACTORY TOOK OVER THE U.K. OPERATION IN 2000 IAIN WAS ASKED TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGING ROLE OF AFTER SALES AND TECHNICAL MANAGER AMONG WITH OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THIS MEANT HE WAS NO LONGER GOING ON TECHNICAL AND TRAINING COURSES HE WAS NOW RUNNING THEM! OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS HE BUILT UP HIS KNOWLEDGE OF MODERN ENGINES AND SOPHISTICATED INJECTION SYSTEMS LEARNING AT THE FACTORY AND THEN PASSING HIS KNOWLEDGE ON TO THE DEALER NETWORK.

BEING A SMALL AND INCESTUOUS INDUSTRY WE HAD KNOWN IAIN FOR YEARS AND WHEN WE MENTIONED OVER A BEER ONE NIGHT OUR WORK SHOP EXPANSION PLANS, HE COMMENTED THAT THE IDEA OF GETTING BACK TO A PROPER WORK SHOP ENVIRONMENT WITH MORE TIME WORKING ON A BENCH AS OPPOSED TO DRIVING A DESK WITH A TELEPHONE IN HIS EAR WAS APPEALING. SO NEGOTIATIONS STARTED.

HE HAS QUICKLY GOT UP TO SPEED ON THE OTHER MARQUES WE DEAL WITH INCLUDING A FEW MAJOR ENGINE REBUILDS, BUT ALSO SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH HIS NOSE IN TECHNICAL MANUALS AND ASKING LOTS AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS WITH HIS USUAL TRADE MARK ENTHUSIASM.

IN SUMMING UP I THINK WE CAN SAFELY SAY WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST QUALIFIED GUYS IN THE BUSINESS WHO REFRESHINGLY ENOUGH HAS NO HINT OF THE "GURU" ATTITUDE YOU SO OFTEN FIND IN THE ITALIAN BIKE WORLD, WHICH AS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD DEALINGS WITH US BEFORE WILL I THINK AGREE IS HOW FORZA ITALIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN, SIMPLY HELPFUL PROFESSIONAL AND KNOWLEDGEABLE.

TO FINISH THIS PIECE I GOT A COMMENT FROM IAIN HIMSELF (WITHOUT LETTING HIM READ THIS IF HE DID HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE GET HIS CRASH HELMET ON)

"HI TO EVERYONE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND YOUR BIKES IN THE COMING MONTHS, IF YOU NEED ANY ADVICE OR WANT TO BOOK YOUR BIKE IN FOR THE BEST IN CARE AND SERVICING GIVE ME A CALL ON THE USUAL NUMBER 01327 858916"

Personalisation of Bikes

FANCY A CHANGE? TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PERSONALIZATION SERVICE.
JUST RIDE DOWN OR WE CAN COLLECT AND DELIVER.
BELOW ARE "SOME WE MADE EARLIER"

749 AND 999

                  

THE SPEC ON THE TWO BIKES ABOVE INCLUDE WHEELS REFINISHED IN BLACK TO EMPHASIZE THE BRAKE AND SUSPENSION PARTS, LOTS OF CARBON INCLUDING THE AIR DAMS TO SHORTEN THE LOOK OF THE BIKE, SOME JUDICIOUS POLISHING TO RAISE THE LOOK OF THE EXHAUSTS AND IN THE CASE OF THE YELLOW ONE A CARBON SHROUD FOR THE EXHAUST  (THANKS TO NICK MARSHALL FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS).

MARKS 749

           

THE SPEC ON MARKS BIKE INCLUDES CARBON FRONT GUARD, CARBON EXHAUST GUARD AND HEEL GUARDS AND CARBON REAR HUGGER. THE REAR SEAT IS A SPECIAL THAT WE DO AND COMES IN PLAIN CARBON SO YOU CAN DESIGN YOUR OWN PAINT SCHEME. MARKS GONE FOR WHITE NUMBER BOARDS AND CARBON SHOWING ON THE TOP WITH GOLD MESHING (ALSO AN OPTION) ALSO HE'S OPTED FOR CARBON AIR DUCT TRIMS AND A FRONT PRO CHIPS NUMBER BOARD. AND OF COURSE TERMIGNONIS NICE AND SUBTLE NOT TO OVER THE TOP AND LOOKS THE BUSINESS.    

MV AGUSTA

            

THE BIKE ABOVE IS A SENNA BELONGING TO MARTIN SMITH THE SPEC INCLUDES POLISHING PIPES PEGS AND HEADSTOCK. AND AN ALCANTARA STYLE SEAT. THE RED AND SILVER WHEELS ARE STANDARD ON THIS MODEL BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO ON ANY BIKE AND THE RESULTS ARE STUNNING.

748 AND 916/996/998

            

                   

JUST TOO MUCH TO LIST ON THIS 748R BUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE  OUR OWN 999 STYLE CUT OUT HEAD STOCK HYPERPRO DAMPER AND DUCATI PERFORMANCE BELLY PAN 

APRILIA

                      

             

OUR RANGE OF PARTS FOR APRILIA IS INCREASING ALL THE TIME FEATURED ABOVE ARE MIRROR COLOUR MATCHING AKRAPOVIC SYSTEM AN EXAMPLE OF OUR POLISHING AND AN AUSTRALIAN STAINTUNE EXHAUST WE SUPPLY FOR THE FUTURA  AND SOME RATHER NICE CARBON WHEELS
                                  
OR MAYBE A WILD PAINT SCHEME

THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES TO GET YOUR IMAGINATION GOING GIVE US A CALL OR DROP US AN E-MAIL TO TALK ABOUT MAKING YOUR IDEAS A REALITY.