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Branch History

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.

  • Berkshire Branch meeting circa 1980

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.

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Online Old Motorcycle Gathering in 2020

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.

  • The Old Motorcycle Gathering in 2014

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.

  • Best Triumph
  • Best British
  • Best Foreign
  • Best in Show

We had lots of great entries to the show. There is a selection of some of these bikes below.

Triumph Thruxton Bonneville 1965

Entry number 043 in our 2020 Online Old Motorcycle Gathering

This Thruxton Bonneville is the very first one of the 52 that Triumph built in 1965 . So can be considered to be the first Triumph named Thruxton model. This bike is owned by my brother Richard. And I had the pleasure of restoring it for him . I was lucky enough to take the bike to the Manx with Digger and reunite it with Ray Knight, the TT winner of the 1968 500 class, won on a Daytona. Ray did two laps around the Jurby circuit. Truly a very rare and very special Triumph.

Greg’s Triumph Thruxton Bonneville – 1965

Triumph Tiger cub 1955

Entry number 33 in the 2020 Online Old Motorcycle Gathering Show. From Terry.

Same design as the Triumph terrier the only Triumph to be fitted with plunger suspension and very advanced for the day being of unit construction. A later exhaust pipe has been fitted because it has a bracket bolted to the engine mount to give more support which was never fitted originally. It’s also fitted with a solo sprung seat making the ride more comfortable.