Dealership in the Durham/Tyne & Wear area?

Was looking to grab a couple of test rides on some 600s if I could this summer, but I don't know of any dealerships in the area...and can't find a great many large ones on the net (if any).

I'm originally from the South-West so Bridge used to be my local stop on a weekend. Anyone able to point me to any big/well-recognised/popular dealers within a 30 mile radius of Durham please?

Cheers in advance

Newcastle has a few on Westgate road, but the hoops you have to jump through to get a test ride is somtimes fun full price of bike are a percentage plus you will have to to take you Licence and insurance saying you are allowed to ride the bike fully comp,
Have only managed it once at Kens on Westgate road a few years back just showed my licence and away i went, now Kens is owened by M&S on the other side of the street who made me go through all of the above who knows, Couple of bike dealears around Nevels Cross,You might want to try Tom Conway around their also let me test a couple, he is in Langley Moor have bought one off him before.

[Richie]

BISHOP AUCKLAND

Auckland Classics
P.O Box 41
Holme Mill Farm
Spring Gardens
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 9SL
Tel: 01388 834500

Mill House Motorcycles
13a Wolsingham Road
Tow Law
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL13 4DZ
Tel: 01388 731262

South Durham Motorcycles
Unit 11, Newgate Centre
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 7JQ
Tel: 01388 601221
Fax: 01388 604857

CHESTER LE STREET

Lambton Motorcycle & Scooter Centre
Low Chare
Edward Square
Chester Le Street
County Durham
DH3 3QF
Tel: 0191 3891628

CONSETT

Hope Street Motorcycles
Blackhill
Consett
County Durham
DH8 5TS
Tel: 01207 504732
Fax: 01207 505536

Mo-Tech Motorcycles
62, Medomsley Road
Consett
County Durham
DH8 5HP
Tel: 01207 591912

CROOK

J M T Motorcycles
1, West Bridge Street
Crook
County Durham
DL15 9BH
Tel: 01388 766358

DARLINGTON

Dave Gatenby
15, Bridge Terrace
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 1HH
Tel: 01325 357190

DT Mackenzie
Haughton Road Garage
215 Haughton Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 2LD
Tel: 01325 465045

JL Bikes Ltd
Unit 6, Riverbank Trading Estate
Cleveland St
Darlington
Co.Durham
DL1 2NA
Tel: 01325 488470
Mob: 07973 711910

Lifestyle & Leisure
199, Grange Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 5NT
Tel: 01325 487303

Miller Motorcycles
27, High Northgate
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 1UQ
Tel: 01325 485050

Paint My Ride
Unit 3, Barton Street
Darlington
Co Durham
DL1 2EN
Tel: 01325 241977

White Bros (Darlington) Ltd
Corporation Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6AE
Tel: 01325 483121

White Bros. Honda
201-209 Northgate
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 1UE
Tel: 01325 466422

DURHAM

Durham Bikes
Newhouse Road
Esh Winning
Durham
County Durham
DH7 9JX
Tel: 0191 3733200

F T C International Trading Ltd
27a Church Street
Coxhoe
Durham
County Durham
DH6 4HE
Tel: 0191 3773277

M&S Motorcycles
Finchale Road
Framwellgate Moor
Durham
County Durham
DH1 5HL
Tel: 0191 384 1582
Fax: 0191 386 2452

North East Motorcycles
Darlington Road
Nevilles Cross
Durham
County Durham
DH1 4PE
Tel: 0191 386 9212

RCMS Motorcycle & Scooter Security
PO Box 362
Durham
County Durham
DH7 8WA
Tel: 08700 11 88 29

Tom Conway Motorcycles
8 High Street North
Langley Moor
Durham
County Durham
DH7 8JG
Tel: 0191 378 9802

PETERLEE

David Sykes Super Bikes Ltd
Cotsford Lane
Horden
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 4JJ
Tel: 0191 586 4589

SPENNYMOOR

W G Motorcycles
7, Whitworth Terrace
Spennymoor
County Durham
DL16 7LD
Tel: 01388 420775

STANLEY

Shedmonsters
Unit 2b, Morrison Ind Est North Stanley
County Durham
DH9 7RU
Tel: 07967 524759


only a few, HTH's

are you sure kens is owned by m&s? i bought my bike from kens in september and they seemed in competition with m&s. But yeah, head to westgate road- its where all the dealers are!

Wow, cheers for the list Richie I'll have a peek at a couple of them.

Yeah, I'd found out about Westgate road on the net and seen that there were a lot there, but from what I could tell they seemed a bit.....small? Might be completely wrong but from some photos I saw they looked independent/a bit rundown and not the sort of places that would let me hop on like a bigger dealership might. Then again, maybe it works the other way round.

Westgate would be the bike 'Mecca' of a weekend then would it? I can only really equate to Bridge from personal experience. Better go check this weekend.

And as it happens itsablueone, I use North East m/c @ Neville's cross for my servicing, like the mechanic there and it's about 2 minutes from my house. The guy who runs it even offered to lend me his waterproofs for a few days when I went to pick it up and the heaven's opened while I was paying

Originally Posted by MeridiaNx

Wow, cheers for the list Richie I'll have a peek at a couple of them.

Yeah, I'd found out about Westgate road on the net and seen that there were a lot there, but from what I could tell they seemed a bit.....small? Might be completely wrong but from some photos I saw they looked independent/a bit rundown and not the sort of places that would let me hop on like a bigger dealership might. Then again, maybe it works the other way round.

Westgate would be the bike 'Mecca' of a weekend then would it? I can only really equate to Bridge from personal experience. Better go check this weekend.

And as it happens itsablueone, I use North East m/c @ Neville's cross for my servicing, like the mechanic there and it's about 2 minutes from my house. The guy who runs it even offered to lend me his waterproofs for a few days when I went to pick it up and the heaven's opened while I was paying

Westgate road has some big dealerships, even if they look small on the pictures. It's worth having a wander up there just to look around. Then there's Kawasaki Newcastle on Scotswood next door to AutoSounds, they're a good bunch of lads in there and it's a good size dealership too.

Richie has supplied a few addresses in Darlington, but other than White Bros the rest are, well, erm if you want a test ride on a Scooter, or a "B" reg with about 45 thou on the clock then forget it. Miller's had has MOT rating taken away for allegedly testing bikes "while under the influence", or something like that at least that was the rumour, and I've never even heard of "Paint my ride".

Whites always have some beatiful bikes in but are renowened for being the most expensive, any biker in Darlo will tell you that they go elsewhere, most usually have a ride through to Tilstons in Stockton.

[Richie]

I just typed a search into google. and those were the results...

Sorry tried my best...

[Richie]

Originally Posted by grh1904

Richie has supplied a few addresses in Darlington, but other than White Bros the rest are, well, erm if you want a test ride on a Scooter, or a "B" reg with about 45 thou on the clock then forget it. Miller's had has MOT rating taken away for allegedly testing bikes "while under the influence", or something like that at least that was the rumour, and I've never even heard of "Paint my ride".

Whites always have some beatiful bikes in but are renowened for being the most expensive, any biker in Darlo will tell you that they go elsewhere, most usually have a ride through to Tilstons in Stockton.

I was in Darlo today at wankeywhites, and teeside leathers, Bought a new Helmet and a windproof / water proof longsleeved t-shirt type thing.

Originally Posted by Richie

I was in Darlo today at wankeywhites, and teeside leathers, Bought a new Helmet and a windproof / water proof longsleeved t-shirt type thing.

Oooh, shiny... so what lid did you get?

BTW - that uber-wet and dry works - slowly