In 1989, we first started our business under the name of Livesey Service Station Ltd, the garage was mainly angled around 2nd hand motorcycles, scooters, cars and petrol, we tried things like valeting, importing new VW Beetles and vans from Mexico, even Christmas trees over the festive periods!

We realised over the years that our true passion was bikes and that was where we wanted to be.

In 1997 we got a brand new showroom and the floors were excessively polished knowing the Aprilia rep was on his way to see us regarding starting a franchise. After a few ifs and buts, ums and r’s we eventually got what we wanted and became the North West’s largest sole Aprilia dealership. Also during 1997 we got heavily involved with Go-Ped brand scooters and this was the start of our in-house ‘Toy Shop’.

The next few years became a real wake up call for us when we realised what kind of a dent we were putting in the market, we then had talks with Kawasaki and they joined in the spring of 2002.

We have always been independent and were constantly looking to improve and better ourselves as the service area, parts, accessories and clothing departments exploded. We thought to ourselves, we better get a bigger shop!

During year 2000 we started looking for ideal sites in the area, then the ideal plot became available and we decided this was going to be the new home of ‘The All New Rocket Centre’. It took 3 years of planning to get where we are today and a lot sentimental issues with the original Rocket Centre, but we have never looked back since.

Our official open day was 11th July 2004, panicking nobody would turn up we were quickly bombarded with around 5½ - 6 thousand people from all around the country and this was when we felt the rocket had launched!

Since the move to our new site the ball has not stopped rolling with the introduction of Ten Fore, The North’s largest Quad specialists. Suzuki taking pride of place in the on-road section of the showroom and Yamaha off-road joining our driving force.

As a result of the move to our new home we feel we have the right premises, products, and the right people to satisfy all of your needs in the motorcycle industry.