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Triumph Day – Sammy Miller- 3 Aug 2025

The TOMCC is organising another Triumph Day this year at Sammy Miller’s Motorcycle Museum on the 3 August 2025 from 10am to 3pm. This will be the third year and it’s been massive each time. Arrive for 10am and you’ll likely get into the courtyard. Prizes will be given at 12:30 followed by a photo shoot of the winners. The South Hampshire TOMCC Branch and Destination Triumph will have stands on site.

Berkshire Branch members on a ride out to a this event previously

See here for more pictures of a previous ride out by the Berkshire Branch to this event.

See here for more details of this event from Sammy Miller.

Summer BBQ – July 25 – Photos

Bikes parked up on the lawn at our summer BBQ

We had a good time at our Branch BBQ on a Thursday evening on 3 July. The weather was dry and warm, we had plenty of excellent food and a good turnout of Branch members with their guests. There were some excellent bikes brought along and we awarded the Steve Butcher Memorial Trophy to the Best Branch Member’s bike there. This year this was awarded to a 1971 Triumph Trophy 650 twin.

Presenting the award
The winning bike

The Steve Butcher Memorial Award for the Best Branch Members Bike.

Here are some more photos of the event.

Here is video of the event. Sit back and watch.

Summer BBQ – 3 July 25

We’ll be having a BBQ on Thursday 3 July 2025 for Branch members and their guests instead of the usual weekly club night starting at 7.30pm. It will be held outside at the BCSA where we normally meet. There will be a small charge per head per serving for BBQ food. Drinks will be served and paid for at the bar as usual.

There will be no subs collected on the night.

We will be hold a raffle with some fabulous prizes to be won.

During the evening, we will judge all the members bikes in the car park, and we will present the Steve Butcher Memorial trophy for the Best Branch Members Bike to the owner of the best bike in the car park. So if you want to be in with a chance of winning this prestigious award, come to the BBQ on a bike.

The winner at our 2024 BBQ with the Steve Butcher Trophy and his winning bike

Our Summer BBQ in 2024

Old Motorcycle Gathering 2025 – Photos

The winning bikes at the 2025 Old Motorcycle Gathering.

We held our 2025 show for Old Bikes on 28 June 2025. It was a hot, humid day, overcast in morning and bright, sunny and very hot in the afternoon. We had around 60 old bikes on display on the lawn with a further 15-20 more modern bikes in the car park. The bar was open serving drinks and there was hot food, cakes and ice cream on sale in the lounge bar. There were some great bikes on display and and it was an enjoyable day.

Lots of bikes and people at the Old Motorcycle Gathering

Here are some photos of the winning bikes.

The Best In Show winner – a 1939 Triumph T100

Best Triumph
Best Foreign
Best British
The winners in each category

Here are some more photos of the event.

See below for a video of the event.

Thames Valley MAG Riders Resistance

Thames Valley MAG produced a short article in June 2025 setting out their view of the current position taken by Reading Council and the Government with respect to motorcycles. This was produced as a briefing in advance of the Rider’s Resistance Day of Action called by MAG and the locally organised protest ride planned for the 5 of July. The article sets why the ride is being held and what the issues are. In summary these are:

  • Local and Government policies and intentions, now and in 2030
  • Expensive and unrealistic motorbike parking charges
  • Bus Lane Access for motorbikes

Click on the button below to read the full article.

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The Old Motorcycle Gathering – 2025

The Old Motorcycle Gathering, our show for old bikes, will be held this year on Saturday 28 June 2025  at the Burghfield Community Sports Association (BCSA), James Lane, Burghfield, RG30 3RS. The show will be from 11am to 4pm. This is near junction 11 of the M4 and is where we hold our Thursday club nights. Click here to see the venue on a map.

This show is for all bikes classed as “Historic” vehicles by the DVLA, which currently means bikes manufactured before 1985. The show is open to all marques, but bikes must be ridden to the show. Prizes will be awarded for Best Foreign, Best British and Best Triumph as well as Best in Show.

There is no entry charge.

If you don’t have an old motorcycle, you can still come along on a modern bike. Just leave it in the car park while you look at the old bikes on the lawn.

A wide range of food and drink will be on sale at the bar.

Click here to see pictures from our Old Motorcycle Gathering in 2024 or read this article from Nacelle Magazine about our show.

See the follower flyer about the show that you can download, print and share.

Reading Protest Ride – July 25

Thames Valley MAG is organising a Bike Protest Demo Ride on 5 July 2025 as part of the Motorcycle Action Group’s (MAG) Riders Resistance weekend. The ride will leave at 1pm from Superbikestore, Reading Link Park, Rose Kiln Lane, Reading, RG2 05N.

You can read an article by MAG on the background to this protest here.

For up to date information about the ride and local MAG activities, look on the Thames Valley MAG group on Facebook.

For more information from MAG nationally, see their website here.

Brooklands Motorcycle Day – July 25

Brooklands Museum are holding a Motorcycle for all motorcycles on 6 July 2025. Come and admire a staggering legacy of motorcycling at Brooklands matched with a vast display of the best of modern motorcycles. Motorcycle enthusiasts, no matter what they ride or from what era, all are welcome to come and enjoy the spectacle, food stalls and live music.

Test Hill will provide a unique opportunity to see how the pre-War race bikes fare against today’s super-machines. Always a crowd-pleaser, the Hill was constructed in 1909 to test acceleration and power and has been in use for events since the Museum opened. Bookings will be open on the day to allow people to take their own bikes up Test Hill during the session.

For more details, click here.