Thousands of bikers turned out for the Toy Run in aid of the Dr Barnado’s children’s charity on the 3 December. Many Branch members contributed as marshals, transportation or as riders on the day. See highlights of the run in the video below.
This event is not organised by Berkshire TOMCC, but we will have a stand at the show. So come along and say hello if you are attending.
We will be having a bring and buy (Swapmeet) sale for motorcycle related stuff at the BCSA on Thursday 7 March 2024 at our Thursday club night, from 8pm to 10pm. So if you have any: motorcycle clothing, parts, tools, accessories or books that you no longer want, bring them along.
Just turn up with your stuff and lay it out on a table in the bar and see if anyone wants to buy it.
Or just come along and browse through what is on offer. You might just grab a bargain.
Food, drink and endless chat about motorbikes is also on offer as on all other Thursday club nights.
See here for photos of last year’s Bring & Buy Sale
The 2024 Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on:
Thursday 15 February 2024 at 8.30pm
It will be held at the BCSA as part of our weekly club night. The AGM will start at 8.30pm. All Branch members are welcome to come to the meeting where we review the last year, present the accounts, elect a new committee and discuss plans for the coming year. Branch members can vote, ask questions of the current committee, put forward propositions and join in the discussion. This is an opportunity for all Branch members to have a say in the plans for the Branch during the next year.
People standing for the committee must be full members of the Branch and must be nominated by two other full members at any of the Thursday club nights leading up to the AGM on the nomination sheet that is on the notice board by the bar.
Come along and have your say in how the club is run. Consider how you may be able to participate more in club activities. Do you think you might like to be a committee member?
See the following links for more information.
Peter Rowe of the Glorious Adventure Company will be giving a presentation on accompanied motorcycle tours in India and Europe on Thursday the 18 January 2024 starting at 8pm at the BCSA.
This will be part of our normal clubnight, so the bar be open and hot food available as normal.
Eric Patterson (World Land Speed Record Holder) will be giving a presentation on his exploits at Bonneville Salt Flats to the TOMCC Berkshire Branch on Thursday 1 February 2024 starting at 8pm at the BCSA.
This will be part of our regular clubnight, so the bar will be open and hot food available as normal.
On Thursday 14 December 2023 we will be having a Christmas special evening at our club night starting at 8pm at the BCSA. Its open to all Branch members and their partners and there will be a free buffet of festive food and Christmas music. The bar will be open as usual. We will be holding a raffle with some great prizes. So come along and enjoy a yuletide evening with fellow Branch members.
Triumph has announced they will discontinue the Thruxton and is producing an exclusive limited Thruxton Final Edition to mark the final production run of a British legend in exquisite style. For information follow this link .
The first Thruxton was produced by Triumph in 1965. This was a production racer and only 52 were made with nearly all of them bought for racing. The Thruxton pictured is the very first of those 52 and is currently owned by Berkshire Branch member Richard and was restored by his brother Greg. See here for more information about this special bike.
The Thruxton name was not used again by Triumph until 2003, when the Hinckley based company launched one based on the new Bonneville which had come out two years earlier. It had an 865cc engine, as compared 790cc for the standard Bonneville, swept back exhausts, rear set foot rests and low clip-on bars. As with the standard Bonneville, this bike was air cooled and had twin carburettors. In 2008 it was upgraded to electronic fuel injection along with the rest of the Bonneville range.
In 2016, Triumph completely redeveloped their Modern Classic range with new water cooled models and as part of that they launched the Thruxton 1200 along with a variant with higher specification suspension called the Thruxton R. Since then Triumph have produced a number of updates including an even higher specification model, the Thruxton RS, the Thruxton Factory Custom and a Chrome Edition with an all chrome tank.
The modern Thruxton’s have frequently been used as a starting point for building custom cafe racers. Numerous custom examples can been seen at bike shows.
So is this really the end of the Thruxton? Well, its been discontinued before and then come back, so maybe it will make a reappearance in the Triumph line up in the future.
