Collin’s Tiger.
I bought this new in November 2019 after trading in my old Tiger 1050. During my first year of ownership I managed around 5,000 miles on various ride-outs.
During one ride-out a car tried to enter the same lane as me, resulting in a bent footpeg and bruised foot. Luckily, I managed to stay upright!
As a result of this mishap, I decided to fit a dashcam system in the shape of a Innovv K2 system with front and rear cameras running constantly.
From Scott. This is my 2001 Bonnie, somewhere in the west of Mull a few years back, coming back from Orkney by the west coast with a bit of a diversion through the Hebrides. There’s not much I’ve changed to make it good for touring – flat bars, a flat gel seat from a Scrambler, Givi boxes, screen, and a bored and ported engine. Torque is flat as an ironing board from 2000 to 7000, so it’s great for just rumbling along in top gear all day
Scott’s Bonneville on the Mull
Of course when I get in to the south of England, I have to be more careful about securing the bike, so here is the TankDog™ Security System.
TankDog on a Bonneville
Steve’s bike. I have owned this for 3 years. It was in pieces when purchased but had been carefully restored by the previous owner. I have assembled and replaced a number of parts, most recently the front valenced mudguard, difficult to find and an expensive item.
Have you ever wondered how our Branch got started? The TOMCC itself was founded by a group of enthusiastic Triumph owners in South London in 1949.
The first TOMCC Branch in Berkshire was the Reading Branch, founded 12 years later in 1961, and ran for 13 years before closing in 1974.
The current Berkshire Branch was started in 1979 and The first meeting of the Berkshire Branch was held at the Queen Victoria pub on the A4 between Knowl Hill and Hare Hatch.
To read more about the Branch history click the button below.
This is a copy of the Branch newsletter emailed out to all Branch members in January 2021
From Bob. I started on bikes in 1954, on a Matchless. I then went into trials and had a Greeves and also had an ex army BSA 350 – which i converted to trials. Then I purchased my first Triumph Tiger, and never wavered from Triumph after that.
For many years we have held a motorcycle show in June for historic motorcycles that we have called The Old Motorcycle Gathering. Read here for an article about The Old Motorcycle Gathering in 2014 which was published in the TOMCC Club Magazine Nacelle.
In 2020, because of the Covid-19 restrictions weren’t able to hold the show. as normal. So we put on a virtual show on the web. People posted us pictures of their bikes and we showed them on a website, judged them and picked the winners. You can see the winners of the 2020 show below.
We had lots of great entries to the show. There is a selection of some of these bikes below.
This bike was too new for the Old Motorcycle Gathering show, but here’s Marcus’s ex-Ron Haslam Mobil One Triumph Speed Triple Challenge 1995 bike in the visitors parking.
Entry number 29 in the 2020 Online Old Motorcycle Gathering Show. From Derek.
Finished restoring the bike in 2015 (in my front room) – stove enameled frame, new forks and exhaust – lots of elbow grease and a fresh coat of paint.
