Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

ALLSPEED TIMELINE

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1977

Allspeed Manufactur­ing: the Allspeed name was a suggestion from an electricia­n who was wiring up Peter’s new workshop. He liked it, and the Allspeed brand was launched. Peter sold the company (but importantl­y not the Allspeed brand name) to Wheelies & Co in South London. A year later Wheelies & Co sold out to Micron Exhausts. Micron realised that the Allspeed name was still Peter’s, so Micron’s exhausts were branded ‘Genuine Allspeed’. Peter changed his business name to Gibson Exhausts and built exhausts for many top racers and teams throughout the late 1980s and 1990s.

2003

Tony purchased Gibson Exhausts.tony was trained by Peter for several years. The Allspeeds were being manufactur­ed again, as well as the one-off exhausts.

2014 – 2015

Tony was joined by his wife Claire. Between them, they re-shuffled the business to concentrat­e on the true Allspeed range. They cut the range down to the most popular models, and set about improving the manufactur­ing process whilst listening to customer’s needs.

2018

The brand name ‘Allspeed’ was trademarke­d and is now officially owned by Tony Greenslade. Allspeed and the Gibson Exhaust brands were incorporat­ed into the one existing company, Stinkwheel­s.

2019

Allspeed are now re-launching models such as the Suzuki GT750, Yamaha TZR125 and Honda NS125F. Tony says they are happy to consider manufactur­ing Allspeeds for other motorcycle­s if groups or owners’s clubs are interested: www. Gibsonexha­usts.co.uk

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