EVENTS 2008

 Links to web pages with event details

http://www.realclassic.co.uk/events.html

http://www.tomcc.org/events.asp

  April

13th British & Classic Bike day at the ACE café

19th Double Drat MCC, St Georges Party 7pm till late, Live Band Bonus it’s also Amanda’s brothers wedding reception. Alverley Social Club, Kidderminster Road, Alverley. Contact Jackie 07843153944

19th Kempton Park Auto Jumble

20th The London Motorcycle Museum celebrate St George’s Day with a DRAGON ROAST & RIDE-IN. £6 entry fee includes admission to all the museum buildings and displays plus your helping of dragon. Opens 10am at Oldfield Lane South in Greenford

20th Ride out to Brooklands from the ACE, set of time 10am. Details from 020 8961 1000

26-27th  The INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC BIKE SHOW opens 9am at Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, Staffordshire. Tickets cost £9 on the gate, camping: £3 per night. Disabled parking area. Prebook discount tickets on 01507 529529

 May

2-4th Paignton Bike Festival, Paignton seafront, Devon. Fri 6pm-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-6pm.

5th Hastings May Day Run. 7am from High Street, Locksbottom, Kent. OR 8am from Ace Cafe OR meet en route (once at the M25 it's A21 all the way), find map at  www.maydayrun.co.uk/maps.html

11th British & Classic Bike day at the ACE café

16-18th BMF Show at Peterborough East of England Showground. www.bmfshows.co.uk

 31st Bike gathering for charity, Tintagel, North Cornwall

 June

7-8th Garden of England Motorcycle Show (GEMS), INFO www.bmfshows.co.uk

8th Triumph day at the ACE café

13-15th Clubless Riders 13^th Annual Rally. Symonds Yat Leisure Park, Symonds Yat West, On the Ross-on-Wye to Monmouth Road

22nd Ride out to the Banbury Run, (now held at Heritage Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire) from the ACE café at 8am

29th Triton and Café racer day at the ACE café

30th Cassington Bike Night gathering from 5pm till late, Cassington Village, near Oxford

 July

4th - 6th Wycombe MAG bike show, Chinnor (or just on outskirts of), Bucks.

6th The London Motorcycle Museum celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the Bonneville with a BONNIE RIDE-IN. Entry fee includes admission to all the museum buildings and displays plus a portion of great grub. Bring any old bike, but Bonnevilles are especially welcome. Opens 10am at Oldfield Lane South in Greenford (two mins from A40). 0208 575 6644 or see www.london-motorcycle-museum.org

11-13th TMOC Summer Party at 63937 Weilbach/Wiegentall Germany. For details check out www.TMOC.DE

18-20th The Bexley Triumph Owners Club hosts a CLASSIC BIKE RALLY at the Old Elthamians Rugby Club in Chislehurst, BR7 6HA. All makes of bikes welcome, various class trophies, camping, hot food, cheap beer, toilets and showers, live bands, disco. £12 prebook or £15 on the gate. 0208 304 1356 or www.bexleytriumph.org/rally

19th Run out to RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, NW9 5LL (free of charge open 10am). Then on to de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (Mosquito Museum). Located next to Salisbury Hall, J22 South side M25, AL21BU (closes 5.30pm). Admission £5 adults, £3 children/OAPs. Meet for breakfast at Ace Cafe, set off 10am.

26th Berkshire TOMCC 22^nd Classic & Custom Show, Reading Abbey Rugby Club, Peppard Road, Emmer Green, Reading. Contact No. Mick 0118 978 8113

August

1-2nd West London Harley Owners Bike Show, Note it's at a new venue, BEACONSFIELD SYCOB FOOTBALL CLUB, Holloways Park, Slough Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 2SG  Details contact 01494 676868 or check out their web page www.wlhr.org/news/

2nd 'Hairy' West Sussex Custom and Classic Bike Show, open 12pm. The Bat and Ball, Wisborough Green, W. Sussex, RH14 0EH. £5 per bike, £10 bike + tent pitch. Contact Roger 01903 232018 or r.j.baker@btinternet.co.uk