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ABOUT US
Shirlaws was founded back in 1928 by Leslie B Shirlaw who started the business by selling second hand motorcycles at premises in Catherine Street, Aberdeen.
His son, Leslie G Shirlaw, trained as a motorcycle mechanic in 1947 with George Cheyne Motorcycles in Aberdeen. After National Service Leslie and his wife Babs joined his father's business (Shirlaw´sGarage) at Princes Street, Aberdeen. 1985 saw the sad and untimely death of Les. Up until that time he was completely devoted to the business and indeed was the architect of its steady development and expansion. He was a man of great energy and this proved by his involvement in all aspects of motorcycling life. Babs can still be seen helping out at the shop today.
Les son, Roy joined the business in 1971, he initially trained as a mechanic. Thereafter he obtained a full working knowledge of all aspects of the company, working in the parts, sales and financial sides of the business and is now Managing Director of the business.
Roy´s daughter Dawn joined the company in 2006 assisting in the sales office. In 2009 she was appointed office manager and deals with all aspects of sales admin and finance. Roy´s son Craig also joined the team in 2007 briefly as a mechanic and is now a key member of the sales team. Craig competes in road racing and was runner up at East Fortune. He was recently awarded the visitors award - quickest non Irish rider at the Mid-Antrim road races in 2009. Craig Finished 3rd in the Irish Road race Junior Support Championship 2010 and 3rd in the Moto 450 Roads class 2011 Aswell.
Shirlaws Racing
Shirlaws have a long and successful racing heritage involving family, staff and sponsorship.
- Les G Shirlaw - competed in scrambling grass track and trials, top 3 finisher
- Roy Shirlaw - has competed in all types of motorcycle sports raced both solos and sidecars. He became the Scottish Production Champion, 125,250, sidecar runner up and gained considerable success including 3 replicas in the Manx GP.
- Phill Hogg - 2nd Manx , T.T, Southern 100 winner
- John Tawse - raced both solos and sidecars and competed in moto cross.
- Iain Duffus - British Champion and gained TT replicas winning the lightweight in the early 90´s Brian Morrison - British Champion and gained TT replicas
Many Riders not listed and all top finishers.
Current Competitors
- Bill Davie - Scottish, British and European sidecar competitor
- Phil Bell - Scottish, British and European sidecar competitor
- Craig Shirlaw - Irish Road Racing. 3rd in Irish Moto450 National Championship 2011
- Andy Lawson - 2010 Thundersport Minitwin Champion and 2011 CB500 Thunersport Champ
- .John Burrows- 2010+2011 Irish Road Supertwin Champion
If you are looking for some help with racing contact Craig to see if he can help you.
Service and Parts
Our Aberdeen Motorcycle workshop is fully equipped to service and repair Triumph , Suzuki , Kawasaki , Honda, Yamaha, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, mv-Agusta and Ducati and our technicians are fully trained by the manufacturers.
Full MOT facilities are available and we are happy to work on any make of motorcycle.
We carry an extensive range of spare parts and can source parts for the majority of motorcycles.
Call 01224 584855 option 4 order your parts And Option 5 to book your Service/Mot or Repair
Sales Department
Our sales department is pleased to offer you the latest range of motorcycles from Triumph, Suzuki, Kawaski, MV Agusta and SYM with a range of demonstration models available to test ride.
We have over 100 used bikes in stock which all go through a multi point check by our factory trained technicians prior to sale.
Call Donald, Craig or John on 01224 584855 option 1 to discuss your requirements.
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