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    • #12808
      John Young
      Participant

        Will the club be having a display at Coventry Motofest on 24h & 25th July this year ?

        I desperately looking for things to do now that Russia has been cancelled again this year !!! Lol !!

         

      • #12820
        John Nelson
        Participant

          Meriden Branch of Triumph Owners Club should be there John. If TR3OC aren’t doing anything then give us a shout, I’m sure you would be most welcome to join us.

        • #12821
          Anonymous

            If only someone would go to the trouble to organise a rally that weekend, Oh I have, would be good to see you there. A great ride out in the Welsh countryside on the Saturday.

            George

             

          • #12823
            John Young
            Participant

              John – if the TOMCC are looking for a triple for their stand, please let me know

            • #12824
              John Young
              Participant

                George, I wish you success with your rally.

              • #12828
                John Nelson
                Participant

                  John, I’ve emailed the committee with your interest and a recommendation we invite you.

                  Will let you know what the others have to say.

                • #12833
                  John Nelson
                  Participant

                    Everyone on the committee that has answered my email has been happy to have you join us John, so consider yourself invited. Just don’t go bringing anything badged as BSA to a Triumph Owners display.

                    Do you want to do one day or both?

                  • #12834
                    nigel wheatley
                    Participant

                      Date clashes with other events, John – or else we would have been there

                       

                    • #12837
                      John Nelson
                      Participant

                        With so many events being pushed back in the calendar this year there are bound to be a lot more date clashes than normal Nigel.

                        We all have to choose what suits us best. Meriden Triumph owners could hardly not do the Coventry MotoFest though as Triumph was in the city for it’s first 80 years.

                      • #12838
                        John Young
                        Participant

                          John Nelson – thank you.  I’ll probably just come along for the Saturday.  What if I bring the two race bikes ?

                        • #12879
                          John Nelson
                          Participant

                            Hi John,

                            I had a chat with our esteemed branch secretary in Meriden last evening. It seems that he has decided to cut our attendance this year to just the Saturday any way. As that is your choice of day we are all good.

                          • #12880
                            Terry Maslin
                            Participant

                              We went to the Motofest a couple of years ago with my old Citroen. (100th anniversary rally). Citroens were allowed on the circuit for a lap, great fun, egged on by marshalls to let rip when there was a gap . A great event for car owners, we did’nt see many bikes though. Maybe a good year for Triumphs’ to show off to the public ?

                            • #12882
                              John Nelson
                              Participant

                                Hi Terry,

                                Coventry Motofest is a different format this year for obvious reasons.

                                Previously Motofest has taken over the whole city centre for a single weekend with a lot of different things going on at once in different areas. The Bikes have mostly been either in the Bull Yard area or between the ring road and the rail station.

                                This year it is spread out in time with  differently themed weekends. Not got any idea yet what part of the city centre we will be in this year – The wall of death will be there again this year. We’ve been right next to it some years and calling it the “wall of deaf” by the end of the second day…  Just hoping the motorcycle weekend pulls a good crowd – Previous years we got a lot of people showing an interest in bikes who were not presently bikers. Most of the events we go to are very bike centred and you are “preaching to the choir” so the ones where there are other petrol heads about make a nice change.

                              • #12976
                                John Nelson
                                Participant

                                  Hi John Young, I don’t seem to have your email address.

                                  If you are bringing 2 bikes to the Motofest the way in with a van or trailer is via Coventry ring road Junction 3, then Gosford Street and Jordan Well and turn Left into Much Park Street. From there you will be directed to the club stand and secure trailer parking.

                                  Hopefully we will be starting to put the club stand together about 8:00 am and the organisers will be wanting trailers out to the parking by 9:00.

                                  You can contact me at bmf@tomcc.org if you want more information.

                                • #12992
                                  Martin Rawson
                                  Moderator

                                    The club did do Coventry Motofest before Covid kicked off and we had a great weekend. Stayed as guest of the Antelope club who were based in the Butts Rugby Club. Unfortunately club members were committed to other events for this year and a decision was made to not attend. Next year is a possibility.

                                  • #12994
                                    John Nelson
                                    Participant

                                      I visited the TR3OC stand at the last Motofest when taking a break from the TOMCC one. Bikes were split into two different areas that time so it was a few minutes walk through cars and Land Rovers from one to the other.

                                      This year was a very different event, staged mostly on static inducing artificial grass… There are some of my phone pictures in a slide show here.

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