Vintage Motor Cycle Club - 76th Banbury Run

The Banbury Run is the world’s premier riding event for Veteran and Vintage motorcycles – bikes made before 1931. The first Banbury Run was in 1949. The young Vintage Motor Cycle Club (founded in 1946), set out to create a tough competitive test which used some of the routes followed by factory test riders in the early days of the motor industry. From inception, the event was framed as a public showcase for the Club’s activities and bikes. Over 75 years later, The Banbury Run remains a serious sporting event – a true competition for machines from the early years of motorcycling. It is overseen by the Auto Cycle Union (ACU), the governing body for motorcycle sport in the UK and run to their standards. As a result, “Banbury” is very different to almost all other VMCC events and is more than just a pleasant social run on old bikes through nice countryside. Riders can choose not to bother with riding to time, but in all other respects the rules of an ACU-authorised competitive event apply.