Wigan Album

were are the R1s lol

i wonder how long brand new bikes in crates left outside would still be there at the end of the day even with c.c.t.v
these days????

i rember millers back in the 1978 useed to in and dream of having a bike. i was only about 9 years old used to get posters of bikes. the good old days wish they was back.

I believe Millers of Wigan closed down in the mid 80's after the proprietors son was involved in an accident on a motorcycle and sustained life changing injures that led to its demise. I remember my dad buying a new Honda CD 200 Bently in 1981 from there and i had to run along side him when he went to pick it up He had to ride it slowly because i don't think that he had ridden a motorcycle before or had much experience with them and so i had run as fast as i could to keep up. You could get up 200cc on L plates at the time an it was my dads first and only motorcycle i can remember and its registration number, MBV 589X and i wish i had it now. My brother wanted a bike then so he bought him a Suzuki 50 X1, NCK 452X, for him when he was sixteen, he spent more times on the tarmac than on the seat and was often coming off it as well as my dads bike. Anyhow because my brother was always in millers, 'probably for repairs; he used to hang around with his biker mates including Miller's son. They used to visit us when we lived in Kendal Street, and although i don't remember him much they were all good lads. My brother, sadly gone now, told us this and from what i can gather because he was involved in an accident on a motorcycle they sort of lost interest in the business and not long after it closed down. It's sad when people lives are changed in these circumstances and i will always remember the times of my first memories of motorcycles and the people who were associated with them.