Conquest saves the day

I was recently tootling along the A350 in Dorset with my TDM 850, enjoying my ride, when I suddenly encountered a carelessly discarded piece of metal in the road. It turned into a missile when brought to life by contact with the front wheel of my bike, smashing into the radiator and clutch arm, and very nearly managing to unseat me. Sixty-eight year olds aren’t as adept at dodging disasters as we were in our heyday.

Coolant poured out on to my boots and the road, and raised my already dodgy blood pressure a good few notches. Luckily for me, I was close to Three Legged Cross (Dorset), where I pulled into a rather obscure-looking bike shop. Upon learning of my misfortune, all three staff immediately focused their attention on me.

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A plan of action was swiftly put into place; I’d leave myTDMthere and be loaned a bike to get home to Blandford, which I returned to them the next morning with the help of my wife. TheTDMwas all fixed in under a week after the proprietor secured a replacement radiator via eBay at minimal cost. Wow, what brilliance!

It was very refreshing for me to discover that such bike shops are still out there. Hats off to you and your guys at Conquest Motorcycles, Howard. You’ll be seeing a lot more of me.

This month’s star letter wins a fantastic pair of RST Blade gloves worth £59.99. With a double-layer leather palm, carbon knuckles and pre-curved outstitched fingers it’s a great do-it-all sports glove.

Mannfred, Blandford Forum, Dorset

That was a close call Mannfred, but great to hear you got such brilliant service. Have a pair of superb RST gloves to help make up for it…