{"id":653,"date":"2021-08-25T21:27:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/?p=653"},"modified":"2021-08-25T21:27:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:27:41","slug":"nacelle-report-sept-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/?p=653","title":{"rendered":"Nacelle Report &#8211; Sept 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Don\u2019t believe a word! \u00a0Weather forecasters warned of torrential rain for our Old Motorcycle Gathering on the 24 July. Fortunately, lots of people ignored them, so we had a good turnout for our first real show for two years and it barely rained at all. \u00a0It was good to be back!!! With a beautiful collection of bikes, a bar, hot food and good turnout of fellow bikers, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Berks-Sept-21-Jubille-Bonnie-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Berks-Sept-21-Jubille-Bonnie-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Berks-Sept-21-Jubille-Bonnie-700-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>A Limited Edition Silver Jubilee Bonneville at the Old Motorcycle Gathering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the prize winners which were:\u00a0 Best Triumph: 1970 Trident; Best British: a BSA Twin; Best Foreign: a Suzuki TR750 XR11 race bike; and Best in Show: a 1951 Ariel. \u00a0The Steve Butcher memorial prize for Best Branch Member\u2019s bike went to the first Thruxton produced in 1965. It was signed by Ray Knight, who used to race it, and has been fully restored by Berkshire Branch member Greg, who rode it to the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Berks-Sept-21-1st-Thruxton-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Berks-Sept-21-1st-Thruxton-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Berks-Sept-21-1st-Thruxton-700-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>The first ever Triumph Thruxton  at the Old Motorcycle Gathering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve gone on rides to the Haven Caf\u00e9 near Salisbury and the Court Hill Centre near Wantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday nights are back to normal. Drinks can be ordered from the bar. There is outside seating and on sunny evenings, expect to see people by the bikes outside, chatting together with a beer in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our last ride of the month was to Sammy Millers Motorcycle Museum near New Milton. This has a fantastic collection of around 450 immaculate bikes, from the very first in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century to the present day. We thoroughly enjoyed looking at them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep on rolling!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ton-Up Ted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ted-signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-622\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t believe a word! \u00a0Weather forecasters warned of torrential rain for our Old Motorcycle Gathering on the 24 July. Fortunately, lots of people ignored them, so we had a good turnout for our first real show for two years and it barely rained at all. \u00a0It was good to be back!!! With a beautiful collection &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/?p=653\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nacelle Report &#8211; Sept 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nacelle-reports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}