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British Superbikes 26 – photos

Our stand at the British Superbikes race meeting at Thruxton

Our stand at the British Superbikes race meeting at Thruxton over the weekend of the 14-16 August attracted a lot of interest. We set up on Thursday and were there through Friday to Sunday. We had our tent with information about the club and samples of our regalia in the bike display area in what is normally the skid pan.

The highlight was our display of bikes titled “Triumph thru the years”. This was a line of 12 bikes in front of the stand arranged in chronological order, from the eldest (1962) to the newest (2020), with bold year labels and stands giving information about each bike. This took advantage of people generally walking in a clockwise direction around the array of bikes displays in skid pan are. There was almost continuous stream of visitors strolling past and stopping to look more closely, read the information sheets, take photographs or ask questions about particular bikes from our members manning at the stand. We made some children very happy by allowing them to sit on the bikes and have their photographs taken.

While different bikes interested different people, it was the Rocket 3 that attracted the most interest. Although first launched 22 years, there are still many people who don’t appear to have seen one closeup before and at 2500cc with only three cylinders, there is no other bike on the market which is like this.

We took it in turns to man the stand, so there was plenty of time for our members to look around the other attractions at the event and watch some of the racing.

See below for some more photos of the event.

Dr B’s Bike Show – 2026

This bike show raises money for the Dr Barnardo’s children’s charity. We have supported this show for many years and is always a good event with an interesting collection of custom bikes on show. We will have a stand at this show and a display of bikes.

See here for some photos and a video taken at a previous year’s show.

See here for more information about Dr Barnardo’s or here for more information about Highclose School.

Triumph Day at Sammy Millers – 2026 – photos

Around 20 Berkshire Branch members rode to the Triumph Day at Sammy Miller’s Motorcycle Museum in the New Forest organised with the TOMMC. We met up at the cafe at Popham Airfield and many arrived early and had breakfast there. We then took a scenic route down to Sammy Millers. As usual there was big turnout of visitors, with the courtyard and car park in front of it reserved for Triumphs only. The South Hants had a stand there and it was good to meet up with some of their members. Here are some photos of the day.

Swallowfield Show – 2026

Berkshire Branch members in the main arena at the 2025 Swallowfield Show

We will have our Branch stand at the Swallowfield Show on Sunday 30 and Monday 31 August 2026 with a display of Triumph bikes. So if you are going to the show, come along to our stand and say hello. We will be in the “Classic Car” area.

Click here to see photos and a video from last year’s Swallowfield show.

Click here to see more information about this event from the organisers.

British Superbikes – 14-16 Aug 2026

We will have our Branch stand at the British Superbike Championship at Thruxton race circuit from 14 to 16 August 2026. We will be there for the whole weekend from Friday to Sunday. So if you are planning on going to the Thruxton BSB meeting, why not drop in and visit us at our stand.

Our stand with display of bikes at a previous BSB

See here for more pictures and a video of us at BSB in 2025.

See here for an article about us at the BSB which was published in Nacelle.

See here for details of the BSB event from the organisers

Jacks Hill Ton-Up Day – 2026

TOMCC members at Jacks Hill in July 2026

We had a great day at Jacks Hill Cafe’s Ton-Up day. The venue was packed with a cracking collection of bikes, lots of people and a live band. There was a big turn-out from the TOMCC nationally. The Northants branch had a stand and there were representatives from at least five TOMCC branches: Northants, Berkshire, Meriden, West Middlesex and South Lincs and several members of the Club committee, including the Chairman, Ian Waumsley. We managed to get a lot of them together for a group photo in front of the Northants stand.

Berkshire Branch members meet up to ride to Jacks Hill

Five members of Berkshire Branch rode up to the event together, meeting up at a BP service area on the A34, before riding up past Silverstone and to Jacks Hill and being directed by the marshals to park behind the cafe.

Parking our bikes on arrival at Jack’s Hill

The organisers had reserved the parking area in front of the cafe for classic and custom bikes and there were some really good bikes on display, including some excellent cafe racer’s. A trailer in the car park was being used as a stage, and when we arrived there were a couple of DJ’s playing 50/60s records. Later on, a three piece band, The Stingrays, came on to play live music from the same era.

We took a more scenic ride home, riding down the A5 and then stopping at the Super Sausage, another famous biker cafe on the way home and then heading off via Buckingham and Aylesbury on the way home, finally stopping in Nettlebed before splitting up and going our separate ways home.

Taking a break at the Super Sausage Cafe on the way home

Nacelle Report – Aug 26

Below is the report published in the August 2026 issue of Nacelle, which covered Branch activities in June 2026

The bikes lining up for the Old Bike Gathering

The riding/event season is well underway now and weekends seem to be crammed with events to display your bike or ride-in meets.  So when we moved our annual Old Bike Gathering from it’s usual Father’s Day Saturday to the following weekend Sunday, due to a clash with other events, the committee was concerned that our normal healthy attendance would suffer.  Furthermore, as we were setting up on the day the sky darkened and then came the rain; not a downpour, just enough to dampen our bikes and our spirits.  But it lasted minutes and by the 11am start time all was dry, sunny and it turned into a splendid day.

The happy prize winners with their unique plaques

There was a cracking display of Triumphs and Greg, who was judging Best Triumph, had a very difficult decision to make.  Nonetheless, the 3 judges decided their categories and together made a joint decision for Best in Show.

Prizes awarded as follows:

Best British – Alan Monger, 1961 BSA B40

Best Foreign – David Cox, 1977 Kawasaki cafe racer Z750

Best Triumph – Ben Woodcock, 1968 TR6 Trophy

Best in Show – Dave Guttridge, 1976 Triumph Trident T160

Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all who attended the event and also to those who donated to “Blood Bikes”, our chosen charity for the show.

Numbers were  slightly down, but there was a VMCC event on that day, which probably accounted for no pre-war bikes or the fact that there were only 3 British bikes to choose from.  All in all, it was a great success and many, I’m sure, will be looking forward to next year. 

Ride fast and safe

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Ride to Popham – July 26

Members meeting up in Theale for the start of the ride

We had 14 members meet up for a ride to Popham on another hot sunny Sunday. We met up in Theale and then rode down a scenic route through the back roads to cafe at Popham Airfield. There were were outside tables in the shade so had some refreshments. Some of the group then set off the White Hart in Sherfield on Loddon where we had some cold beers in the beer garden, while the rest went home. Here are some photos of the ride.

Ride to Lasham – July 26

Berkshire and the Rother members together at Lasham Airfield Cafe.

It was another hot ride for five members of the Berkshire branch as we set off from Theale to Lasham Gliding Society Airfield near Alton. We had a quick stop at the ride leader’s house on the way and then onto the cafe at the airfield. While we were there a group from Rother Branch arrived. Recognising each other by our Branch t-shirts, we quickly introduced ourselves, had a brief chat and then posed for a joint group photograph. Good to have a joint meet with another Branch even if it was totally unplanned.

Rother and Berks together
Quick stop on the way
In the airfield cafe