Photographs of bikes, ride-outs, shows and other activities
Collin’s Tiger.
I bought this new in November 2019 after trading in my old Tiger 1050. During my first year of ownership I managed around 5,000 miles on various ride-outs.
During one ride-out a car tried to enter the same lane as me, resulting in a bent footpeg and bruised foot. Luckily, I managed to stay upright!
As a result of this mishap, I decided to fit a dashcam system in the shape of a Innovv K2 system with front and rear cameras running constantly.
From Scott. This is my 2001 Bonnie, somewhere in the west of Mull a few years back, coming back from Orkney by the west coast with a bit of a diversion through the Hebrides. There’s not much I’ve changed to make it good for touring – flat bars, a flat gel seat from a Scrambler, Givi boxes, screen, and a bored and ported engine. Torque is flat as an ironing board from 2000 to 7000, so it’s great for just rumbling along in top gear all day
Scott’s Bonneville on the Mull
Of course when I get in to the south of England, I have to be more careful about securing the bike, so here is the TankDog™ Security System.
TankDog on a Bonneville
Steve’s bike. I have owned this for 3 years. It was in pieces when purchased but had been carefully restored by the previous owner. I have assembled and replaced a number of parts, most recently the front valenced mudguard, difficult to find and an expensive item.
From Bob. I started on bikes in 1954, on a Matchless. I then went into trials and had a Greeves and also had an ex army BSA 350 – which i converted to trials. Then I purchased my first Triumph Tiger, and never wavered from Triumph after that.
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.
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.
We had lots of great entries to the show. There is a selection of some of these bikes below.
This bike was too new for the Old Motorcycle Gathering show, but here’s Marcus’s ex-Ron Haslam Mobil One Triumph Speed Triple Challenge 1995 bike in the visitors parking.
Entry number 29 in the 2020 Online Old Motorcycle Gathering Show. From Derek.
Finished restoring the bike in 2015 (in my front room) – stove enameled frame, new forks and exhaust – lots of elbow grease and a fresh coat of paint.
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.
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.
