Classic motorcycle show, stafford 11th & 12th October 2025

[themoudie]

Hope the day has gone well and the evenings entertainment goes well, with you getting back in, without having to climb over the gates as we did on my last visit. Should be warmer and dry too, unlike my last visit.

Have a good final day, any info about the Bonham's auction and the price trends would be welcome.

Safe home too. Good health, Bill

[themoudie]

All home safe, I trust?

Bill

[Moto63]

Evening Bill. Yes, a great time was had by all (well definitely by me anyway 😁) over the weekend. As always, Gareth & Graham looked after us all brilliantly, feeding and watering us the entire weekend. So, again. Thanks to both of them for sorting it all out 👍
There were no shenanigans, at least I don’t think there was 🤔. However poor old Steve broke down on his way home in his VW bay window camper. Didn’t get home until 4am this morning.
Great to catch up with some regular faces and also great to meet some new faces too.
Here’s to April 🤞
Cheers, Michael

[johnr]

agai stafford was a great social weekend, thanks to gareth and graham for all their hard work setting it up and running the whole show.

was a bit of an expensive weekend for a couple of us though........ ;.)

[xbally]

I don't think you can do anything on the cheap now!

As I've posted on here before I think I regularly used to go to both Stafford show in the 90's / early noughties.

I even attended the first classic bike show at Bell Vue in 1980 where there was a small contingent of VJMC stalwarts IIRC, as of course in those days it was very much a brit bike scene.

I think it was Bob Berry of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics who incidental in starting the second Stafford show in October whereas the April show was more inclined to the brit bike side.

The show was great in these early days. At one time you could actually park (the car) in the area in front of the buildings on the showground itself. Bike parking wasn't a problem either then.

As the show became more successful, it necessarily had to be more regulated so rules and regulations became more onerous. When I first started a bit of autojumbling you could turn up very early in your car on the Saturday morning and unload it at the back of the halls and on the Sunday evening you could do the same to re-load anything not sold or given away!

When I last went, about 2014 it must have been, things were a lot busier and controlled. I'm not complaining as I understand these things have to be done properly but I can't help feeling some of that charm and excitement I used to feel was lost along the way.

Or may be I'm just a miserable old git with rose tinted glasses?

[iansoady]

Aren't we all?

[Moto63]

To be honest, I mainly go to support the TC club and the social side. Have a Catch up, a few beers and a bit of a giggle. Obviously chat to the odd interested show goer. Really enjoyed it last weekend. I think John meant it was an expensive weekend for him as he bought a bike while he was there.
I’ll let him spill the beans to exactly what machine he bought… 🤔😁
Lovely bike… that’s all saying 👍👍
Cheers, Michael

[themoudie]

That'll be a Katana then? 

Bill

[Moto63]

That'll be a Katana then? 

Bill

Nope… three cylinders a drift there Bill.
Dare I say it, the bike John bought is debatably more iconic than the katana 😮

[Propellor]

That'll be a Katana then? 

Bill

Nope… three cylinders a drift there Bill.
Dare I say it, the bike John bought is debatably more iconic than the katana 😮

Ah, you've given the game away. It's the 7 cylinder Benelli sei-ven, Allen Millyard conversion. 😁😎

[Moto63]

Nope… it’s most definitely a single, a very classy single I might add. 🤔

[Ian]

Just seen the photos of said bike ....... oooooooh

[xbally]

It all becomes clear now!
Must have been a "starry starry night........"