Acton Bike Shop 80's ?

EPurdie61 · Post by **EPurdie61** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:31 am

Giday all, hoping someone would be able to tell me if the AJS/Matchless shop in West London is still there ? I think it was called 'Russels'.
Also an old motorcycle bookstore in Acton, if anyone remembers or knows it....24 years since I was last in London so places may no longer be there !
I will over in the old country next March and would like to drop by and pick up a few bits and pieces for my recently aquired 57' G3LS.

Thanks

Eric

Flash · Post by **Flash** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:21 am

Russels is still goiing strong its near Battersea but you can get all you require from jampot spares in Kettering without any hassle, you can even pick up some second hand spares.

Flash AKA TTJohn

petemark · Post by **petemark** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:23 am

Hi
Russels are still in business, they are at Falcon road, battersea,SW11.
Sorry don't know the book store.
Regards

flyingdogboy · Post by **flyingdogboy** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:49 pm

Russell Motors is still there. The address is as follows
125/127 Falcon Road
Battersea
London SW11 2PE
Tel: 0207-228-1714
Fax: 0207-924-4273

As you may or may not know they bought the factory stock when it closed.

1608 · Post by **1608** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:53 pm

I have always found Russell Motors very good ( JSL don't always have everything and often say " its on order but can't say when it will be in"). Russells have a good web site too.

DWS · Post by **DWS** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:39 pm

And of course don't forget AMC Classic Spares. Always helpful and friendly service.
www.amcclassicspares.com
Edited by - DWS on 13 Aug 2010 2:40:44 PM

itma · Post by **itma** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:15 pm

Acton is the other side of the river to Russells though and I think I know the shop you are referring to, long gone as are most other London bike shops dealing in older stuff. They have either moved out to the sticks, or work on line only or just got fed up and shut, which is what I did.

The book shop must have been POOKS motor bookshop? still going but has moved out also.

You will find London a vastly different place to the last time you were here, very thin pickings indeed for British Bikes.

To say nothing of the other shocks you are in for.

Stuoyb · Post by **Stuoyb** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:47 pm

It's good to see club members promoting the JSL competitors!
Surely as club members we have a vested interest in JSL and should work to promote it?

SPRIDDLER · Post by **SPRIDDLER** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:06 pm

Stuart.
They are not competitors but an essential and invaluable part of the infrastructure, locating and supplying new and s/h parts as well as knowledge and experience. In some cases manufacturing low volume parts for JSL.
Since prices are more or less the same between all of them people make their purchasing decisions according to their own past experiences.

Stuoyb · Post by **Stuoyb** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:25 pm

From what I can see the "competitors" offer many of the same parts as JSL. Agreed they are part of the infrastructure, but as previously stated, we (as club members) "own" JSL and should encourage people to use JSL as the first stop.
If you were a shareholder of Barclays would you encourage people to bank with HSBC? I think not.