British aftermarket supplier Motobitz has ceased trading.

[Bugatti Fan]

Went to look for some parts on the UK company Motobitz's website yesterday to discover that they had closed down operations. The notice of their closure stated that their G mail address would no longer be monitored and their Facebook activity curtailed.

Sad to see them go as they marketed a nice range of high quality resin and 3D printed parts plus some very nice decal sheets. Hopefully someone else might buy out their stock, tooling, 3D files etc. So maybe we might see their products being marketed under another banner sometime soon.

[peteski]

That's a bad news. Some time ago I bought a very nice 3D printed wire wheels and front suspension upgrade for Revell Jaguar XK-E and looking at their website, they had many other very useful items available.  Like you, I hope someone else takes over their operation.  I wonder why the business closed.

[Bugatti Fan]

Don't know why the business closed Pete. No explanation was given on the closure notice that I read.

But I did hear something about a year ago about them losing their principal designer who made their moulds. Whether it was true or just conjecture at the time is anyone's guess, but maybe there was something in it?  Who knows?

I went onto their site to look at their wire wheels oddly enough to buy some Jag wheels like yourself when I discovered that they had closed. Like I said, hopefully someone will buy out the tooling, 3D files and so forth and start producing from them again.

[Matt Bacon]

Combination of health issues for the owner/designer and as @Bugatti Fan says the guy who cast the resin parts from 3D printed masters passed away. 
best,

M.

[Bugatti Fan]

Thanks for that info Matt.    Would be interesting to see what happens to their product in the future, if anything does.

[1959scudetto]

The old Janis Joplin song comes to mind: "Get it while you can" . Unfortunately, we have seen many aftermarket suppliers going out of business - some after a relatively short time.

I'm glad that I ordered their "London-Mexico world cup rally 1970" transkit with excellent decals last year ...