14-Jun-11: New Merchandise: RD05 Model, Limited Edition TT Pin Set, Read/Ago Signed Photo in the shop

10-May-11: Caps and MV Die Cast Models now back in stock!

09-May-11: Fleeces have arrived - no caps though...

18-Apr-11: We have a new PR fleece - in the shop soon (also caps will be here soon)

18-Apr-11: Phil is in the Isle of Man with Yamaha at the launch event

22-Mar-11: Phil says: "The 50th anniversary of Yamaha Motor Company this year. They have invited me for an interview with Jorge Lorenzo at Jerez next week to compare our experiences with Yamaha racing team.

I will suggest that if he wins again this year we swop bikes at the Valencia last GP.

Interesting."

02-Mar-11: Phil has secured a supply of new Premier Replica helmets direct from Premier in Italy. They are available in the shop at £199.99 + shipping in sizes S,M,L

24-Jan-11: New caps should be available by March (watch this space)

04-Jan-11: The site (and shop) fell off the interweb on 31st December as I was away and forgot to renew the domain registration (sorry). All back and working now...

21-Dec-10: I have ditched good old Microsoft FrontPage and switched to Dreamweaver. To be honest, I found that I was editing the HTML code directly half the time in order to get it to do what I wanted! Most things should be the same, but if you find any errors on the pages please let me know.

04-Dec-10: I have installed the French language extension in the shop application. It provides a French configuration but unfortunately leaves the individual product descriptions in English. It takes a while, but I will seek and install other languages if there is a demand - let me know here

30-Nov-10: Phil announces that he is to represent top Elvis impersonator Kees Versluys. Phil met Kees at the Centennial Dutch TT at Assen this summer and liked him so much that he has agreed to represent him in the UK - and maybe get some gigs at the IoM...

29-Nov-10: New shop tested and now online.

24-Nov-10: New hosting service (you won't notice) and new eCommerce shop. For the last couple of years, this site has been kindly piggy-backed on www.nirvana-motorcycles.com but has attracted sufficient traffic to warrant its own server (not a real server of course, just a bit of virtual space in a nameless data warehouse...) The shop is also changing from the old eCommcart package to a much newer PHP5 application called OpenCart. You should notice the difference immediately with a much more professional shopfront. Comments and suggestions welcome.

25-Sep-10: New T-Shirt and CD of Racing Bikes

26-May-10: Out of Stock - Caps

07-Dec-09: Press Announcement of the Read-Ago MV GP3 500cc racing motorcycles and the 2010 parade / race programme

19-Nov-09: I have been receiving photos from some of Phil's fans and have created a new "Fans' Gallery" where you can look at them. Send any contributions to webmaster@philread.org

04-Nov-09: eCommerce introduced for some items in the shop. This is still work-in-progress but seems to work OK so far. We will continue to develop the site and add features such as this.

06-Oct-09: Meet Phil at GetGeared (Leatherhead) www.getgeared.co.uk on Sunday 11th October, where he'll be chatting, signing stuff and selling his merchandise. There's also a BBQ and the MCN Babes...

28-Sep-09: New Memorabilia Gallery (under construction) containing magazine articles, programmes etc

28-Sep-09: New photos of Phil's exploits at BSB Brands Hatch in August and at the Goodwood Revival in September.
*** Go to bottom of page for 2009 pictures ***