Tamworth Trio Take a Ticket To Ride.

When the  Mott family decided they’d had enough of wasting time and money on their daily commutes, they turned to another Tamworth-ite to pave their way on to 2 wheels.

Steve Mott, from Perrycrofts and his two sons, Ben from Glascote and Sam from Stonydelph turned to Gary Marshall, formerly of Fazeley, to help turn their dreams into reality. Gary was the son of Ken Marshall, who ran Herald outlet “Marshalls News” on Deer Park estate throughout the 70’s and 80’s.

“I’d thought about getting a bike for my daily commute to Brum for years”, said Steve, “And when the two lads turned up at my house on their 125’s one day – that was it! ”

Ben and Sam might have lit the fuse under dad by turning up on their bikes but Steve took it a stage further by bypassing the smaller 125cc machines and going straight to training for his full bike licence and moving straight up to a bigger bike.

“At Gary’s Suzuki and Yamaha motorcycle showroom, Streetbike in Halesowen, they have a rider training school on site which meant I could train to my licence and get my 650cc Suzuki Gladius Motorcycle in one deal at one place.  I’d known Gary from his Marshalls News days which was important to me ‘cos when you’re doing something like this you need to trust the people you’re dealing with. The training was done safely and professionally and I was on my new Suzuki in a month”.

And the two lads – Well they weren’t having that, so they were straight on the phone to Gary to book their training too….and order their bikes at the same time.

Sam – “It was easy. Training , licence and bike in one deal. And the real clincher was Suzuki offering Comprehensive insurance for £99 on the bike I wanted”.

Ben – “Yes. It was a no brainer in the end. And the Suzuki SV650S bikes we’ve had are perfect “First Big Bikes”. Real fun to ride”.

And as for the benefits? Steve says.

“I’m now saving £40 a week and half an hour a day on my commute, which is great. But more to the point, it’s the change in lifestyle that’s the real deal.I don’t throw my briefcase across the room any more when I get home anymore, because I’ve just wasted an hour of my life in traffic. It’s just less stressful and more fun”.

A view totally echoed by the two lads. As Sam says,

“We got into bikes to save money and that’s been great but it’s the scene and people that will keep us hooked on bikes”. 

Gary says

“It’s been a great journey, keeping my Tamworth connections alive and getting the whole Mott family through their tests and on to bikes. It’s been an inspiration to us all at Streetbike. So much so, that we are now launching a whole “Ticket to Ride” programme where we manage the lot, from novice to licence to bike as safely, professionally and quickly as possible…with the emphasis always on safety. It’s already proving a hit”.

Let your mates know about Streetbike’s “Ticket to Ride” : All in One Deal – All in One Place

TRAIN – TEST – RIDE – ENJOY

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