Category: Shows

Pictures taken at Branch shows

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.

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.

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

Old Bike Gathering – 2026 – photos

After a week of roasting hot temperatures and forecasts of rain for Saturday, we actually had perfect weather for our Old Bike Gathering; dry and sunny, but notably cooler than it had been earlier in the week. The bar was open, we had picnic tables outside and Tasty Bun caterers were serving the food. As usual, 40 year old and above bikes were on the lawn and eligible for the show, with modern bikes in the car park.

We awarded prizes for the: Best Triumph bike, Best British bike that wasn’t a Triumph, Best Foreign bike and Best Bike in the Show. Pictures of the winners and their bikes are below.

Prize winners left to right: Best in Show, Best Triumph, Best Foreign and Best British

Below are photos of the winners being presented with their prizes.

Best Triumph
Best British
Best Foreign
Best in Show

Here are photos of the four winning bikes

Best Triumph
Best in Show
Best Foreign
Best British

We took a collection for the Blood Bikes charity at the show and they had a representative on site with a one of their bikes.

A blood biker with one of their bikes, who was collecting money for the charity

There are more photos of the event below.

See a video of the event below.

Old Basing Carnival – 2026

TOMCC Berkshire stand at the Old Basing Carnival

This year we had a new event, the Old Basing Carnival and Show. We had our Branch stand and a display of bikes at the showground. There were lots of different organisations there with stands and a classic bike section. We set up our stand with 8 motorbikes next to the classic cars. Someone with a Royal Enfield Bullet and a side car asked if he could display his outfit with our bikes and of course we said he could. One of our members also displayed a classic Mercedes in the car section . We had enjoyable day.

Branch members manning our stand

We had a team manning the stand, giving plenty of time for them to browse the rest of the displays and enjoy the day while always having a couple of people on hand to talk to any visitors. There were a lot of different activities that people could take part including archery and rockwall climbing as well as coconut shies and other traditional attractions.

Marching band at the head of the Carnival Procession as it enters the show ground

Here are some more pictures of our stand at the Old Basing Carnival

Ace Cafe Triumph Bike Day – 2026

Berkshire Branch Members Bikes at the Ace Cafe for Triumph Bike Day

Every year in June the legendary Ace Cafe has a Sunday dedicated to Triumph Motorcycles. which they call Triumph Bike Day. This year it was on the 14th June and a group of Berkshire Branch members met up to ride together to the event. It was sunny weather and there was a great turn-out of bikes at the event. There were lots of Triumph’s of all ages to browse around at the car park and Triumph West London had a stand there selling Triumph clothing and merchandise. There was also a live band, The Smash, a five piece band playing the New Wave sounds of 70-80’s Britain.

Some of our members with their bikes outside the cafe
Triumph West London at the Ace selling their merchandise
The Smash providing the sound track for the day

See a selection of photos from the day below as a slide show.

The Ace is a great destination and has a special place in the history of British motorcycling and the Rocker culture in particular. But ride there is an urban ride through built up areas. But that too, perhaps, has its own nostalgic charm, because its location on the North Circular Road was largely what attracted the bikers of the 60’s to the cafe as they and rode their Cafe Racers along it.

Now the Ace Cafe is in the ULEZ (Ultra Low Emissions Zone), which means there is a £12.50 charge for bikes for bikes to go there that don’t meet the emissions standard. That may have put some people off, but most bikes manufactured after 2013 comply, and so don’t have to pay. Also, any bike classed by the DVLA as historic, which means any manufactured before 1986, is exempt. So that allows a lot of Triumph’s to go there without paying.

Our members took the direct route there along the M4 and M25, but chose a scenic route through the leafier suburbs on the way home. It was a great day.

Bike Meet Photos – April 26

We had a cracking start to the year with our first Lunchtime Bike Meet of 2026 on Saturday. The weather was dry, warm and sunny and we had a good turnout with a great collection of bikes on the lawn. The bar was open, hot food was on sale and the picnic tables were out with music playing in the background. Don’t stop us now, ’cause we’re having a good time. Lets hope for more sunny weather for a great summer out on our bikes. See some photos of the event below.

Below is a short video that we made of the event and is on our YouTube channel.

Below is a longer video taken by a visitor for his YouTube channel. It refers to the meet incorrectly as the The Old Motorcycle Gathering, but that is our show for old bikes and will be coming on the Sunday 28 June 2026, where we award prizes for the best bikes in various categories. There were no prizes for this event and it was open to all bikes. Easy mistake to make though, because there were a lot of old bikes there and some were of show winning standard. Take a look.

Bike Meet Photos – Sept 25

For our last big outdoor event of the year, the weather stayed dry although it was overcast. It still warm enough for people to sit outside at the picnic tables in comfort. We had a good collection of bikes on the lawn, the bar was open and our Tasty Bun and Herbies Pizza were on site providing the food. Our Branch stand was up with its usual collection of merchandise and people on hand to respond to any questions people had. A good time was had by all. Here are some photos of the event.

Swallowfield Show – 2025 – Photos

Berkshire Branch members in the main arena showing their bikes

We had a cracking time at the Swallowfield Show, which is probably one of the biggest and oldest country shows you are likely to find. It’s been going since 1885 and it’s huge. The classic vehicle display alone had about 250 vehicles in it. We had a stand there for the whole two days and rode a selection of our bikes in the main arena. Here are some photos and a video of the event.

Here is a video of the event.

British Superbikes 2025 – Photos

Riders leaving the pitlane at Thruxton

We had a stand at the British Superbike (BSB) round at Thruxton Circuit in August 2025. We were there for the whole weekend, setting up on Thursday and staying through to Sunday night. We were part of the display of bikes set up by Thruxton in the skid pan area along with other bike clubs and people with bikes of interest. We had six to ten bikes on display each day and there was a lot of interest from the large numbers of people wandering through the display area over the weekend. We had a fun weekend and got to see some of the racing and the live bands on Friday and Saturday nights. Here are some photos of the weekend.

Here is a video showing the bike display area at Thruxton Circuit for the British Super Bike round in August 2025 where we had our stand.