What a wonderful place! At 48 years young I am just starting to get interested in these vintage machines- weighing up which one I need first!! Thanks guys! 👍🏍🏍👍
Your Enterprise is formidable Mr. Andy Tiernan. I have never seen such a variety of English machines under one roof for sale. It was a pleasure to watch your pleasant interview. Here in Brazil, as soon as I started working in 1970, I bought an Ariel motorcycle, model KG 500cc Twin Road, 1950-1952 in black. When I managed to buy it, it was already at least 20 years old, I couldn't get a manual, the identification plate on the frame had disappeared and at that time there was no Internet access. If one day this KG model reaches your hands, be sure to test it for the many fans of the Ariel brand, whose models were imported in a considerable number to Brazil. Unfortunately I couldn't keep it. GRATEFUL!
Lovely video! I have been a returning customer of Andy and Jo's for over 35 years, starting in 1985. I would unreservedly recommend Andy Tiernan Classics to anyone thinking of getting into vintage/classic mostly British motorcycles. Just making a visit really is an experience in itself! (HH, near King's Lynn.)
Have seen your adverts in Old Bike Mart countless times, I have only just found you on here but have been enjoying your motorcycle videos and this one shows what a wonderful place you have. I retired from being a motorcycle mechanic in 2019 after 48 years in the trade. As a youngster I was lucky enough to be taught wheel building and truing, cable making and even re corking clutches. I worked on the most modern machines most of the time but my real passion was always British Motorcycles. My last four years in the trade were spent at RM Motorcycles in Beverley, East Yorkshire, somewhere where once again I got the chance to use my old skills working on British machines. I have my own little home workshop with a mill, lathe and welding gear and bike projects which include a Velo KSS and a rigid / girder Norton model 40. Thanks for posting this video, it has been a real treat to have a look around your shop, a real Aladin's cave..........wonderful.
It is a rather unique place to work , I have been playing with British bikes for 42 years but I have learned more in the past 6 since working for Andy.
Nice to see around the shop. Good lord that's a few bikes! I've seen more than a few videos of bikes being ridden out of the shop and up and down the drive. Absolutely magnificent . My favourite was the Scott. Not many of those in Canada.
Awesome inventory guys, they all look 👀 amazing 🤩, I really love the Ariel Arrows, I’d love to own one, I’m partial for two strokes, I’ve got a Suzuki gt250k 1973, and love it to bits. Nice video guys. 😂👍👍👍🇬🇧🧰
Mr Tiernan seems very comfortable in front of the camera😊 seriously he seems a treasure who I’d imagine could fix anything that comes his way. Thanks for sharing!
looks like a really, really nice garage and classic bike shop. There are many, many priceless treasures and expert knowledge, hope you can keep doing this store for a long, long time! And please look around in good time for a successor who puts just as much heart and soul into it. It would be a shame if the owner could no longer do this business maybe for health reasons or so and this treasury had to be liquidated. Something like this must be preserved! Regards from Berlin.. ;-)
Not changed a bit from the 11 years ago when I bought the 1957 Blue Square four, apart from the new houses outside, even the road is still full of holes etc, Brilliant place to look around ...
Often looked at your site, but like all British bike sites, prices keep climbing out of my grasp. So unless I want a Bantam or a derelict model, I’ll have to stick with newer bikes. Not a criticism of you, just the trend. I ride my bikes, they’re not for collecting. Whilst I don’t want them covered in muck, no choice if I commute.
It’s a good video, but it’s wrong to criticise the Japanese models. You cannot totally blame them for the demise of the British bike industry. Don’t want to cause an argument, just saying.
@@redtobertshateshandles back in the day people used to cover immense distances on British machinery - I recall a full circumnavigation of Australia by one chap - I think he was on Matchless single . . . He'd ridden to Australia from the UK before the circular epic . . . Now these machines are elderly and probably full of inferior pattern parts - so such feats are things of the past perhaps .. . Going way back, Arthur Grady was the first to circumnavigate Australia on a "motorised vehicle" in 1924 - he was mounted on a Twin cylinder Douglas motorcycle . . . Geoff Munro did the same in 1928 on an Ariel motorcycle . . . 10,000 mile's he clocked up . .
Another point of view shared by many. I rode many of the bikes I see in his shop and bought some of them for less than one hundred pounds: a decent Bantam would sell for less.. Until various groups, the media and auction companies that would have spurned a motorcycle not that long ago built a business model out of a hobby and sent prices through the roof. Times change I know but is a Vincent Shadow worth the fortunes asked today? Dealers simply follow trends and are obliged to pay high prices to get stock. Everybody involved just gets greedier, including owners of the geese they often view as swans. No reflection on Andy Tiernan for he is one of the better dealers.
What a wonderful place! At 48 years young I am just starting to get interested in these vintage machines- weighing up which one I need first!! Thanks guys! 👍🏍🏍👍
Your Enterprise is formidable Mr. Andy Tiernan. I have never seen such a variety of English machines under one roof for sale. It was a pleasure to watch your pleasant interview. Here in Brazil, as soon as I started working in 1970, I bought an Ariel motorcycle, model KG 500cc Twin Road, 1950-1952 in black. When I managed to buy it, it was already at least 20 years old, I couldn't get a manual, the identification plate on the frame had disappeared and at that time there was no Internet access. If one day this KG model reaches your hands, be sure to test it for the many fans of the Ariel brand, whose models were imported in a considerable number to Brazil. Unfortunately I couldn't keep it.
GRATEFUL!
Lovely video! I have been a returning customer of Andy and Jo's for over 35 years, starting in 1985. I would unreservedly recommend Andy Tiernan Classics to anyone thinking of getting into vintage/classic mostly British motorcycles. Just making a visit really is an experience in itself! (HH, near King's Lynn.)
I will never forget my visit more than ten years ago. It was a pleasure and the G80 becames a jewel in our collection.
Have seen your adverts in Old Bike Mart countless times, I have only just found you on here but have been enjoying your motorcycle videos and this one shows what a wonderful place you have. I retired from being a motorcycle mechanic in 2019 after 48 years in the trade. As a youngster I was lucky enough to be taught wheel building and truing, cable making and even re corking clutches. I worked on the most modern machines most of the time but my real passion was always British Motorcycles. My last four years in the trade were spent at RM Motorcycles in Beverley, East Yorkshire, somewhere where once again I got the chance to use my old skills working on British machines. I have my own little home workshop with a mill, lathe and welding gear and bike projects which include a Velo KSS and a rigid / girder Norton model 40. Thanks for posting this video, it has been a real treat to have a look around your shop, a real Aladin's cave..........wonderful.
It is a rather unique place to work , I have been playing with British bikes for 42 years but I have learned more in the past 6 since working for Andy.
Nice to see around the shop. Good lord that's a few bikes! I've seen more than a few videos of bikes being ridden out of the shop and up and down the drive. Absolutely magnificent . My favourite was the Scott. Not many of those in Canada.
Wow, what a great shop! Absolutely love the tour! And the motorcycles inside, of course. Many thanks!!!
Wow that place is a gold mine!
Fellows like this have a passion, a feeling for what they do with no frills. To rare these days. I'd love to pay a visit
Awesome inventory guys, they all look 👀 amazing 🤩, I really love the Ariel Arrows, I’d love to own one, I’m partial for two strokes, I’ve got a Suzuki gt250k 1973, and love it to bits. Nice video guys. 😂👍👍👍🇬🇧🧰
Mr Tiernan seems very comfortable in front of the camera😊 seriously he seems a treasure who I’d imagine could fix anything that comes his way.
Thanks for sharing!
What really cool bike shed nice shop area and collection keep up good work
fascinating. Thanks for sharing. I am from Washington state USA.
Great, enjoyed the guided tour into your works. Been watching a lot of your videos featuring some Superb Classic Motorcycles. Cheers
Big thanks for sharing! Never seen anything like it! Surely officially listed as a National Treasure.
looks like a really, really nice garage and classic bike shop. There are many, many priceless treasures and expert knowledge, hope you can keep doing this store for a long, long time! And please look around in good time for a successor who puts just as much heart and soul into it. It would be a shame if the owner could no longer do this business maybe for health reasons or so and this treasury had to be liquidated. Something like this must be preserved!
Regards from Berlin.. ;-)
Bloody love it proper motorcycle dealership full of intresting things from yesteryear
Wow. What a cool space. You don't see shops like that in the US. Andy seems like a wealth of knowledge.
Fantastico dAll’italia .... continua cosi Andy ...great!
This is the greatest place on Earth. One day I would love to visit - several thousand KM's but one day when I am in the UK it would be amazing to see.
Great to see behind the scenes, looking forward to pop in down when I’ve earned enough points for my next one
Not changed a bit from the 11 years ago when I bought the 1957 Blue Square four, apart from the new houses outside, even the road is still full of holes etc, Brilliant place to look around ...
Awesome. Old school. Love it. British 60's rock in the background. Donovan me thinks.
It's Radio Caroline 648 am .🙂
Legends. It’s a dream to visit you guys some day!
Best Regards from India.
Choca block with precious memories and metal
Andy you have a “real” motorcycle shop! Wonderful machine tools to boot!
Great video cracking bikes n good old building
What a perfect place, this is what the whole thing is about in a nutshell, well done guys, hard working, honest and deserve business
💥 You are a great man who lives forever young in life ✌
Looks like my shed, but at least you have a walk way
My word,but you chaps really live and breathe motorcycles! Bravo!
Wow if i lived in England, id be there to buy one .
WHAT a great place.
I will be down tomorrow, with my sleeping bag!
Excellent ! 👏👏👏👍☺
WOW.
Heaven here on earth
Often looked at your site, but like all British bike sites, prices keep climbing out of my grasp. So unless I want a Bantam or a derelict model, I’ll have to stick with newer bikes. Not a criticism of you, just the trend. I ride my bikes, they’re not for collecting. Whilst I don’t want them covered in muck, no choice if I commute.
Heaven workshop.
Marvellous, as a good bike shop should look, and as they often did before Yamahonduki sanitised everything . . .
It’s a good video, but it’s wrong to criticise the Japanese models. You cannot totally blame them for the demise of the British bike industry. Don’t want to cause an argument, just saying.
In Australia a British bike just wouldn't cut it for travelling the distances here. And I love British bikes.
@@windmilljohn That's an extraordinarily elaborate extrapolation from my comment lol 😆 . .
@@redtobertshateshandles back in the day people used to cover immense distances on British machinery - I recall a full circumnavigation of Australia by one chap - I think he was on Matchless single . . . He'd ridden to Australia from the UK before the circular epic . . .
Now these machines are elderly and probably full of inferior pattern parts - so such feats are things of the past perhaps .. .
Going way back, Arthur Grady was the first to circumnavigate Australia on a "motorised vehicle" in 1924 - he was mounted on a Twin cylinder Douglas motorcycle . . .
Geoff Munro did the same in 1928 on an Ariel motorcycle . . . 10,000 mile's he clocked up . .
Nice place!
Obligements from FW Texas. -DU69160
More AMG !
Do you sell spare parts aswell as motorcycle
No sorry Andy only sells bikes , any parts we have are used on bikes that Andy buys to sell.
I would take a 1920s vintage bike over anything on offer today
A very real aladdins cave.
Another point of view shared by many. I rode many of the bikes I see in his shop and bought some of them for less than one hundred pounds: a decent Bantam would sell for less.. Until various groups, the media and auction companies that would have spurned a motorcycle not that long ago built a business model out of a hobby and sent prices through the roof. Times change I know but is a Vincent Shadow worth the fortunes asked today? Dealers simply follow trends and are obliged to pay high prices to get stock. Everybody involved just gets greedier, including owners of the geese they often view as swans. No reflection on Andy Tiernan for he is one of the better dealers.
Yeah, but it's only money and you can't take it with you. Miserable people complain about everything, then die millionaires. Too late mate !!!!
A lot of treasures in there. Everything British. No Hondas...
The Wacker Plate's got a Honda engine on it. Perhaps he's going to change it for a Villiers or a BSA. 😊
I hope you have a young mechanic in training to carry on your skills