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Photographs of bikes, ride-outs, shows and other activities

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

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

Summer BBQ – July 26 – photos

Steve and Bob handling the cooking and serving at the summer BBQ

We had a good time at our Branch BBQ on a Thursday evening on 2 July. The weather was dry and warm, we had plenty of excellent food and a good turnout of Branch members with their guests. We had a raffle with and gave out some cracking prizes at the end of the evening.

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 the the prize went to Keith’s Triumph Bonneville and side-car combination. It brings a smile to everyone’s face whenever it comes to one of our events, especially with Keith’s dog sitting in the side car with goggles on, but it has never one a prize at the Old Bike Gathering because it is too modern.

The winning bike – Keith’s Bonneville and side car combination.

There are some photos of the event below.

There is a video showing highlights of the event below.

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.

Ride to Honey Street – June 26

Getting together to set off on the ride

Eleven members met up for a ride to the Cafe at Honey Street Mill. This cafe is one of favourites. It does the normal breakfast fare and biker staple of bacon rolls, but also has the most amazing range of cracking cakes. See some photos of the ride below, including the display of cakes.

Unfortunately, a 53 year old Triumph Tiger ridden by one member broke down as he arrived at the cafe. At least he made it that far. It had to be recovered by the AA. See photo below of the stricken machine being recovered. But what better place to wait for a recovery vehicle to rescue than a cafe with such delicious cakes.

Broken down bike being loaded onto the recovery vehicle