Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

No wonder they went under.

Poor quality, overpriced and dodgy practices.

I think this is one company most will be glad to see the back of.

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

I had something from them years ago , so far back I cannot remember what it was .... All I remember was it got tossed into a bin with a vow to never buy from them again , and that was back in the early 90`s

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

Its a shame, their stuff may not have been the best but at least they catered for us 'curvy' ladies, where many of the better brands dont.

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

They are in administration, not liquidation.

Somebody will probably buy the business, it's has good stockist (helfrauds & most bike shops) and well enough known brands.

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

My dads gonna be upset, its the only brand of biking clothes he'll get!

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

love my ft jacket and trousers. took 7 pairs to get some that were right but excellent for fat arsed monkeys like myself :) hope i can get a cheep jacket now :) feeel sorry for those working for them tho

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

A very big +1 on that.

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

Nice to see a company get results to match it's integrity and values :)

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

Oxford products won't be happy either, they are the UK distributor for Motrax.

Shame to see BKS affected though.

Re: Frank Thomas goes bust !
 

They didn't specifically cater for curvy ladies, that was just bad patterning and design on the factory's part and the products were branded slightly differently to appeal to curvier ladies. FT couldn't give a damn about their customers as long as they sold products, and that came from one of their old reps who happens to be an old friend of mine and my housemate.

They stole designs and features from everyone, their reps were instructed to buy any kit they saw that might be of interest to the design teams so it could be copied in some way or another - that's how FT worked. It came as no surprise to me that Motrax thieved the fixer-peg design, they've done it lots of times before.

Of their higher management - in 20 years of working in the wholesale side of the bike trade, I had never come across more obnoxious people than the people at the top of the FT group. Peter Laugton, Simon Throw and others were the ultimate w**kers as far as I and many others were concerned.

I hope they go down for good, and stay down too. Motorcycling will be so much better off without them.