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Kirk Herbert | Chris Shaw | Keith Blurton | Carl Higginson | Alan Irving | Steve Creaser |
| Paul Brooks | Nigel Pitt | Chris Jones | Sian Flavell | Aggie Radziwolek | Chris Roberts | Jeff Hughes | Myrtle Brooks |
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Steven Creaser came to Chester Harley-Davidson in September 2006 after spending many years working with motorcycles. Steve has worked with a wide variety of motorcycles from nitrous powered scooters to award winning custom bikes. He owned his first bike at the age of 13 and has progressed through sports bikes and now owns one of Harley’s all time classics – a Dyna FXR. Steve recalls working on Harleys throughout his years as a bike mechanic: “You can tell the difference with Harley’s, they’re always immaculate and nicely customised, each one is different. They’ve come a long way over the years, having worked on old Iron Heads up to modern Softails, you can see the progression of the engines. They’re much, much more sophisticated and really great to ride too. I think its great that you can buy a standard Harley and convert the engine to a much larger capacity, if that wasn’t enough, you can even put stroker kits on them, it’s a great idea!” Steve enjoys track days but is interested in a different kind of power since moving to Chester Harley-Davidson. “I’m looking forwards to being involved with the V-rod Destroyer Drag bike. I saw it over in the Isle of Man, it was pretty rapid, and loud! I’ve seen the coverage in various bike mags too, so being a part of that is something I couldn’t resist” |
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Siân Flavell joined Chester Harley-Davidson in July 2005 after gaining her Bachelor of Honours degree in English and Media from the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education. Having completed her academic path, she has embarked on a career chasing her favourite past time, motorcycles! Siân started riding bikes 5 years ago. She has enjoyed riding in many different styles, from competition trials to track days at Oulton Park. She has owned a number of different motorcycles from a Supermoto to various other sports bikes. Whenever she can, she rides a FXR Evo and any other Harley she can get her hands on. She regularly travels the 33 miles from home to work on her Buell X1 Lightning. Siân enjoys working with Harleys and Buells having always had a keen eye for Harley-Davidsons and customised bikes. |
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Chris joined Chester Harley-Davidson in August 2004 as our Parts Manager, but with the opening of the Sales Centre in July 2005, he graduated to After-Sales Manager and now has overall responsibility for both the Service and Parts operations. Chris has worked for Harley-Davidson for more than seven years but recalls that his knowledge of the marque started a long time before then. “I remember growing up surrounded by Harley images. My Dad had Easy-Rider posters and model bikes all over the house when I was young,” explains Chris. “I still have the photos of him holding me as a child in one arm with a Captain America Bike in the other.” Chris, who originally studied Industrial Ceramic Design at St Martin’s College in London, began working for Warrs Harley-Davidson, Europe’s first dealership, in 1999 and has worked a couple of other Harley dealers in the past. Chris explains the type of bike he likes to see arrive on the forecourt, “What I really love to see arrive is the uniquely customised bikes. There is a Predator bike by Destiny Cycles, which I find just amazing. I think it is perhaps my artistic background that makes them appeal to me so much, they are close to being sculptures, I just marvel and the hundreds of hours of work that goes into creating something like that.” Although he currently rides a Triumph Daytona, Chris has set his sights on buying himself a customised Fatboy for his 40th birthday – just six years to go then! |
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Nigel joined Chester Harley Davidson in July 2008. Previously having come from a North west family business, operating a Ford franchise and with a background based in all aspects of its operations, for over 22 years. Also, Nigel operated as a self employed technical courier for Compaq for 4 years until recently. Nigels main interests lie in bikesport having competed regularly for over 20 yrs on both Motocross and Short circuit Road Racing. Nigel rides a Buell Lightning day to day and also runs a Heritage Softail Custom. |
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Keith’s passion for bikes has always been with him, from the early 1960’s, when he rode BSA’s and Triumph’s in local Motocross events, in his native Derbyshire and surrounding area, right through to the present day. An engineer by training, Keith found a sales career through the Agricultural Industry and progressed to Castrol Lubricants, of GTX fame, selling cutting oils and machine tool lubricants to manufacturing companies throughout the UK. Bikes eventually became the dominant interest in Keith’s life and as a result, a change of work environment, Keith becoming part of the Sales Team with Pidcock Motorcycles, at their BMW Dealership, near Nottingham. Having re-married in 2005 and moved to the North-West, Keith decided he should be working nearer to home and joined the Chester Harley-Davidson Dealership in February 2006. |
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Chris Shaw joined Chester Harley-Davidson part time in July 2005 and became full-time in 2007. Chris has been into bikes especially Harley-Davidson’s since he was 11. He bought his first motorcycle at the age of 17, which was a Honda 250 G5. After several other bikes including a couple of chops and a trike, he moved onto his first Harley a 1977-79 FXE Shovel in 1988. In 1990 Chris bought one of the first FLSTF FATBOYS which he customised into a multi-show winning ENOLA GAY. At the same time Chris started working at an authorised Harley-Davidson dealership in Manchester called Bauer Millett which was like a dream come true. He worked his way from motorcycle preparer to sales manager, in just under 10 years. During this time Chris’s obsession for everything Harley has kept growing, he has quite a collection, from T-shirts, models, brochures, ornaments and even a train set to mention just a few. He has owned quite a few Harley’s and a Buell over the years. Chris has been a HOG member since 1990 and over the years Chris has participated in many rallies and ride outs. So as you can see, if you need a chat about a Harley-Davidson give him a call, he will be very happy to help you decide which Harley will make your dream come true. |
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Kirk joined Harley-Davidson over 10 years ago and since then he has worked at dealerships across the country gaining vast experience of the American classic and the passionate community of people that follow it. “As a technician I had always wanted to specialise in something. To try and explain what attracted me to Harley-Davidson I would say it is like a watchmaker saying he prefers working on and repairing an antique Rolex to a £2.99 watch someone bought in a pub,” explains Kirk. Kirk has become well known over the years for his work on some major projects that involved getting the best performance out of a Harley. These included being part of the team that in 1999 built the most powerful Sportster in Europe. Also during the time he spent working at Chester’s former Harley dealership Kirk played a major role in the Chariot of Fire project, which involved the transformation of a standard Road King into a 1700 cc bike that left a Honda Fireblade struggling in its wake as it accelerated to 70mph. Having played a major role in driving through a new era for Harley-Davidson in Chester with the setting up of the country’s first standalone authorised parts and service centre, he now takes a front seat in driving forward Chester Harley-Davidson’s Sales Centre. “I was delighted to have been given the opportunity to be part of building and developing a new service centre for Harley-Davidson owners across the region, I am now even more delighted to be able to offer our customers the opportunity to be able to buy either a new or used Harley or Buell from our Sales Centre, another Harley first, while the development of the new dealership building takes shape next door.” says Kirk. “I am also very fortunate to be working as part of such a great team of knowledgeable and dedicated Harley experts who I am certain will play a fundamental role in providing a first class service to our customers,” he adds. Kirk manages to indulge in his passion for American engineering by driving a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. |
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Chester Harley-Davidson marks the start of Myrtle’s journey into the world of the legendary motorcycle and she is looking forward to meeting the people that help create the legend. Myrtle has run a successful newsagent in Oxton on the Wirral for the past 18 years and now she joins her husband Paul in setting up the foundations for the new dealership. “What I am really looking forward to is building up the social side of the business. I am very aware that there is a strong community that surrounds the Harley brand and I am really looking forward to developing great relations with out customer base,” explains Myrtle. Although Myrtle did once own and ride a Honda 50 - it is horses rather than motorcycles that her family is famed for. In 1928, Myrtle’s great grandfather, Joe Dodd, trained one of the only 100-1 winners of the Grand National – Tipperary Tim. However according to Myrtle we need to watch this space as getting her bike licence is something that may well be happening in the near future. |
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Paul has ambitious plans to put Chester Harley-Davidson on the map and create a dealership that not only provides high levels of service but also a friendly environment where bikers will like to meet. Paul’s career, as an agricultural engineer heavily involved in dealership development for companies such as Massey Ferguson, Harvester International and Case, has taken him all over the world. However, after spending the past six years working in Kenya as the general manager for the Mack truck, Komatsu and Massey Ferguson dealer for the whole of East Africa, Paul is returning to the UK to set up Chester Harley-Davidson. “I feel honoured to be associated with the Harley-Davidson brand and it is a very exciting time for us at the moment,” says Paul. Paul is determined to make customers feel at home in the new dealership, he says, “What we are aiming to achieve is to implement a level of service that gives our customers confidence in what we do. We also want to create an informal atmosphere that will enable people to meet up at the dealership and share their passion for bikes,” he adds. During his career Paul has always made it a priority to develop longstanding relationships with his customers, which is something he wishes to replicate in Chester Harley-Davidson. He explains, “In agriculture you get to know your customers because they need to know they can rely on you and so over time you develop a relationship based on trust and I want it to be the same with Harley customers – they should become more than just names on a page, they should become familiar faces and friends.” Paul currently does not own a Harley, however he does have a bike licence, although he admits to being slightly rusty, and so we could soon see Chester Harley-Davidson’s managing director riding his very own fatboy! |
Steve Creaser, Service Technician
Siân Flavell, Clothing, Parts & Accessories Consultant
Chris Jones, After-Sales Manager.
Nigel Pitt, Salesman.
Keith Blurton, Salesman.
Chris Shaw, Salesman.
Kirk Herbert, Dealer Principle and Company Director.
Myrtle Brooks, Company Director and Secretary.
Paul Brooks, Managing Director.