They’re two separate businesses with a common boss, Luke Gregory, but the importer of BSA and Royal Alloy, Lukas Distribution, and dealership chain Global Moto have made some strategic business changes at the start of 2025.
House of Thunder,Whitstable
Lukas is rapidly expanding its dealer network with an impressive 10 new retail partners taking on the Royal Alloy and BSA brands. Meanwhile, Global Moto has completed the sale of its Colchester Kawasaki premises, which went on the market late last year.
Lukas has hit the ground running following the Royal Alloy distribution deal it took on just before Christmas, signing up no fewer than 10 extra dealers. The firm announced that Poole Moto in Dorset, House of Thunder in Whitstable, Kent, and Road and Trials in Barnsley, West Yorkshire, had joined the Lukas operation, taking on both the Royal Alloy and BSA ranges of bikes and scooters in the first tranche of announcements. That was quickly followed by another seven signings: Dimons of Gosport, Corby Kawasaki, Pass Bike in Southend, Halifax dealer Buzz Solo Moto, Team Roberts in Doncaster, P&D Motorcycles in Wakefield and the Cornwall Scooter Centre in Bodmin.
P&D Motorcycles, WakefieldThe retail expansion broadens the national availability of both brands and is backed up with support from Lukas Distribution’s partners: Fowlers of Bristol for spares and DF Capital for consumer finance.
“As we expand our network, it’s clear that the future of Lukas Distribution is brighter than ever,” said Luke Gregory, managing director of Lukas Distribution. “We’re thrilled to welcome these new dealers to our family. Together, with the support of our trusted partners Fowlers of Bristol and DF Capital, we’re building a strong foundation for sustainable growth and success. The team is really busy appointing and signing up new dealers.”
Road and Trials, BarnsleyLukas Distribution says it is looking for more dealers to work with. For more information, visit www.lukasdistribution.co.uk or email [email protected].
The other news from Gregory’s stable of companies concerned Global Moto’s Colchester Kawasaki showroom, which was sold towards the end of 2024 as part of an overall restructuring process. The proceeds from the sale helped when taking on the Royal Alloy scooter brand, and Gregory is keen to stress that the dealership’s closure was completely different from other shutdowns in the retail sector, and that it will have no impact on Global Moto’s other outlets.
“I don’t want it to look like Global Moto is the new Completely Motorbikes: that’s not the case,” he told BDN. “The reality is we owned that building outright, and we’ve sold it, it’s gone. We’ve just shut one branch, a bit like Tesco does every now and again. Watford, Coventry and Clay Cross are 100% ready for the new season, and there’s nothing hanging over their futures. I don’t want that to have a wider impact on the company.”
Gregory also emphasised that the Colchester sale had been on the cards for some time. “It’s not been a ‘forced hand’ move that we’ve had to make in the last two or three months, we’ve been talking about it for a year.”
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