Category: Other Pictures

Other pictures of Branch activites

Bring & Buy Sale 2026 – photos

We held a Bring & Buy sale at our Thursday Club night on the 15 January 2026 . There was a good turnout of people and a wide variety of motorcycle related paraphernalia on sale from: motorcycle parts, tools, books, magazines and clothing. Some old motorcycle magazines dating back to the 1930’s and 1940’s one sale raised a lot of interest. It was fascinating to read through the advertisements from so long ago. There was hot food and drinks as always, an opportunity to chat to other members. Plenty of people came end enjoyed browsing and seeing if they could grab a bargain.

Here are some photos of the event.

Review of 2025

Our stand at British Superbikes at Thruxton – August 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, lets look back at some of the great times Berkshire TOMCC members had together this year.

  • Our Bring & Buy sale for motorcycle stuff
  • Our first ride of the year in the freezing cold
  • Talk from TOMCC Registrar
  • First ride to a new location
  • Talk on MotoGP technology
  • Ride to Cherry Tree Lane
  • At the start of the Easter Egg Run
  • Our stand at Bulldog Triumph’s season launch
  • Blood bikes at our May bike meet
  • Enjoying the sunshine on a Sunday ride out
  • Thruxton 70’s themed retro event
  • Wednesday ride-outs become a regular feature
  • Winner at out Old Motorcycle Gathering
  • Our summer BBQ
  • Presenting the award for Best Branch Members Bike
  • Ride out to Triumph Day at the Ace Cafe
  • Start of another ride-out
  • Triumph Day at Sammy Millers Museum
  • Our stand at the BSB at Thruxton
  • Another Sunday Ride-out
  • On parade at the Swallowfield Show
  • Our September Bike meet
  • Displaying our new video at the club
  • Autumn Sunday ride out
  • Riding Route 66 talk
  • Another ride out to Thruxton
  • Prize winners at our quiz night
  • Winter ride out to Army Flying Museum
  • Reading Toy Run
  • Christmas Buffet
  • Last ride of the year

We’re looking forward to more fun on our Triumphs in 2026 with more rides, lots of events at the BCSA and trips to others shows and events during the year.

Click on the video below for our wishes for the New Year.

We’re planning lots of fun things for next year and they’ll be added to the events page on this site once they are confirmed. See 2026 events for the latest confirmed events.

Xmas Buffet 25 – Photos

Despite torrential rain and multiple road closures, we were only slightly down on expected numbers with just under 50 turning out for the Christmas buffet on the last Thursday before Christmas. “Tasty Bun” provided a cracking buffet of party food with both old favourites like “pigs in blankets” and mince pies with new additions like pizza slices and samosa’s. We also had cracking raffle with some great prizes. See below for some photos of the night.

Quiz Night 2025-Results

We had a good time at our annual quiz night in November. Bob Cromwell once again served up a set of brain-teasing questions and there were some good prizes to be won.

Quizmaster Bob Cromwell in action at the annual branch quiz

Congratulations to the winning team.

The winning team collecting their prizes

There was initially a tie for second place, but Bob was prepared with some tie break questions which resulted in a clear second and third place.

Second place team after the tie break collecting their prizes
Third place team after the tie break collecting their prizes

Congratulations to the winners.

See below for a video showing highlights of the evening.

Riding Route 66 – photos

Mick Bennett’s presentation to Branch members in October 2025 about his epic ride on his Bonneville from Chicago to Los Angeles along Route 66 had a good turnout and held everyone’s attention for an hour. Mick talked us through a series of photos starting from loading the bikes into a shipping crate in the UK and all the sites on the way to the finish in Los Angeles. Everyone seemed to find it interesting and enjoyable.

Here are some photos of the event.

Photo from Mick’s talk
Photo from Mick’s talk
Mick presenting

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.

Bulldog Launch Photos – 2025

Our Branch stand had its first outing of the year on a sunny Saturday at Bulldog Triumph’s season launch event. We were outside the shop with a few classic bikes, some of our clothing and all the material to inform people what the Branch was all about. We had a great afternoon. There was an incredible BBQ and of course, all the new Triumph’s that Bulldog had in its showroom.

Here are some photos of the event.

John Bottomley – GP Ducati Talk Photos

Branch members listening to John’s talk

We had a packed room full of members eager to hear John Bottomley talk about the development of Ducati GP racing engines. John is a former engineer and has ridden motorcycles off-road and on the track all his adult life. He also started the motorcycle team at Brooklands Museum. It was an interesting evening and everybody enjoyed it and learned a lot. We hope to have John back to share more of his knowledge of motorcycles in the future.

The audience
John presenting

As well as owning a Ducati race, John also owns a 1972 Yamaha TR3 replica. Here is a video of him talking about it.

Branch AGM 2025 – photos

The committee at the 2025 Branch AGM

The Branch AGM was held on the 13 February 2025 at the BCSA. There were 32 members in attendance. Here are some photos from the meeting.

The existing committee were re-elected to their existing roles with the exception of the Runs Coordinator role, which became vacant. Therefore runs will be organised by a number of different people going forward See here for more details of the current committee.