Michael's
Est. 2009 · Macclesfield, Cheshire

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Race bred motocross machines, sold and set up by people who still line up on a Sunday. Sales, suspension, race preparation and a workshop that does not guess.

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01 / The shop

We do not really sell bikes. We sell the ninety minutes on a Sunday where everything you paid for either works, or it does not.

Michael opened the doors in 2009 with one ramp, one set of tools and a van that was mostly held together by cable ties. The van has gone. The rest has not changed much: every machine that leaves this floor has been through our own workshop, had its suspension set to the rider's weight, and been signed off by someone who has raced it.

We do not upsell. If the bike you want is not the bike you need, we will tell you, and then we will sell you the cheaper one.

0Years on the gate
0British titles supported
0+Machines built and set up
0Days a week, workshop open
A rider throwing roost out of a rutted corner

Anyone can sell you the bike. We are the bit that happens after.

Macclesfield, six days a week

02 / Race film

Ch. 01 / 04

The gate drops

Forty riders, one corner, and about four seconds to decide whether your season starts well. Everything we do in the workshop is aimed at this moment.

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04 / The workshopMon to Sat

Two ramps, one dyno, no guessing

The workshop is the reason people drive past three closer dealers to get here. Everything is measured, written down and handed back to you on paper. If we cannot explain why a job costs what it costs, we do not charge for it.

Bay 2 · top end, 450 SX-F

Forks and shock stripped, revalved and resprung to your weight, pace and the tracks you actually ride. We set sag with you on the bike in kit, not off a chart.

Turnaround: 2 to 3 daysPrice: from £340
05 / Riders

People who put the hours in

Rider at the top of a jump
Two riders airborne together
Front wheel and forks on the start line
A mechanic working on a bike in the workshop
I brought the bike in on the Thursday saying the front pushed in ruts. Michael sat on it, changed the springs and dropped the forks 4mm. I have not touched it since and I won my class twice in August.
Tom BellamyMX2 · Maxxis British Championship
First bike, no idea what I was doing. They talked me out of the 450 I had already decided I wanted and put me on a 250F. Six months later I understand exactly why. Nobody else would have lost that sale on purpose.
Priya NairClubman · Cheshire MX
Blew a top end on the Saturday at Hawkstone. It was rebuilt, run in and back in my van by Wednesday, with the measurements printed out. That is not normal.
Danny WroeVets 40+ · Midland Centre
06 / Visit

Come and sit on one

No appointment needed to look. If you want the workshop, or you want a demo on the practice track behind the unit, call first and we will keep the slot free.

Showroom and workshop
Unit 7, Hurdsfield Industrial Estate
Macclesfield
Cheshire SK10 2LZ
Opening hours
Monday to Friday
08:30 to 18:00
Saturday
08:30 to 16:00
Sunday
At the track