Category: Other Pictures

Other pictures of Branch activites

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.

Machine Registrar – 2025 – Photos

In January 2025, Richard Wheadon, the TOMCC Machine Registrar gave an presentation to the Branch at a Thursday Club Night. Although it was a cold winter evening, around 40 people turned out to hear him talk about his work as TOMCC Machine Registrar. He explained the process for registering an old bike for the first time with the DVLA, such as a “barn find” with an old style log book or an import from abroad. Part of that process is to obtain a certificate from a recognised authority, such as the TOMCC. He also gave some fascinating insights into his work. Lots of people in the audience took advantage to ask him questions and there were further discussions continuing after the formal part of the evening finished. Here are some photos of the event.

Bring & Buy Sale 2025 – photos

We had a good turn-out for our January evening Bring & Buy sale. There was lots of stuff on sale: motorcycle parts, tools, books and clothing and more than 50 people came along, even though it is was a cold winters evening. There was hot food and drinks as always, an opportunity to chat to other members and the added fun of browsing through the goods on offer and grabbing a bargain.

Here are some photos of the event.

75th Anniversary Picture

At our September Lunchtime Bike Meet we decided to take a picture celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the TOMCC. We moved 8 bikes into position and then got an aerial view by hoisting a remotely operated camera to the top of the flag pole. We submitted it to Nacelle as a possible front cover, but it wasn’t chosen by the editor. It did get printed on the last inside page of the December edition though. Thanks to Steve Yarwood who had the idea and directed operations on the day and Collin Fox who took the picture.

See here for more pictures of the bike meet where this photo was taken

Quiz Night Photos – Nov 24

Teams competing in the quiz in the club bar

We had our annual quiz night in November and once again, Bob Cromwell set a mix of motorcycle related and general knowledge questions. Prizes were awarded to the top three teams. There was a tie for third place, so Bob asked a further three questions in an exciting tie break round. There were some great prizes awarded to the three winning teams. See below for some photos of the event, including the three winning teams collecting their prizes.

See below for video summary of our quiz night.

British Superbike 24 – Pictures

Watching the racing on the main straight

We were at Thruxton for the entire weekend of the British Superbikes Championship, Friday through to Sunday in August 2024. We had our own stand there which we set up on the Thursday afternoon so it was ready for the whole three day event. We had a display of around 15 bikes there for each of the three days. Our members took it turns to man the stand, so everyone had an opportunity to see everything else at the event, including some racing.

We had a great time. See some photos below of the weekend.

  • Triumph Dealer Stand
  • Live band in the evenings
  • Great view of the racing
  • Our stand with display of bikes
  • Another view of our stand
  • Our stand got a lot of interest
  • The Triumph Racing Team Garage

See the video below for some great shots of the bikes we had on display on our stand.

A video showing the bikes on display on our stand at the BSB

An article about our weekend at BSB appeared in the November 2024 issue of Nacelle, the TOMCC magazine. You can read that article here.

Summer BBQ – July 24 – Photos

We had a good turnout, great weather, an impressive collection of bikes and an enjoyable evening at our Branch BBQ on 28 July 2024. We also awarded the Steve Butcher Trophy to the Best Branch Member’s bike in the car park, which this year our judges decided was a 1938 Triumph Speed Twin in excellent condition.

Best Branch Member’s Bike Winner

Here are some more photos of the event.

Ace Cafe Triumph Day – 2024

Five branch members rode up to the Ace Cafe on 9th June for special Triumph day celebrating 75 years of the TOMCC. The West Middlesex Branch had their stand there and put on a good display of bikes including a 1929 Triumph that was ridden. Triumph West London (the Triumph dealer previously known as Jack Lilley’s) were there selling clothing and displaying the new Tiger and 400. A band called The Smash played a set in the cafe and the car park was packed with people and an impressive range of modern, classic and customised Triumphs. The sun shone. It was a great day.

Here are some photos of the event.