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This is a pictorial history of motorcycles - and the riders - who created the cafe racer craze. The author looks at the BSA Gold Star, the Triumph/Norton hybrid and others and recalls the leather-jacketed "rockers" who indulged in burn-ups on Britain's roads, and gained nationwide notoriety through their seafront battles with the archrivals, the "Mods". He explains the origins of the movement, profiles its machinery and its personalities, and describes the equipment, livery and lifestyle of the cafe racer cult. A nostalgic gallery of contemporary photographs recreates a vivid portrait of the period.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For those bikers who lived through the sixties this is a book that will bring back many a memory. I was there as an impoverished apprentice and drooled over the bikes that are depicted within these pages. The author obviously shared the same dreams (and maybe realised them) as the book has been compiled with loving care. Those who came to the scene later will have a true slice of history in this book. Excellent.
Format:Paperback
I found this book very weak on content from the era of the 'Ton-up Boys', 'Coffee Bar Cowboys' or 'Rocker'. There is a lot of rubbish printed whithin its covers ...for example; 'The Ace Cafe' is depicted as being in some town centre somewhere, which I have no doubt the one pictured is - the problem is it's not 'THE' Ace Cafe which is still to this day on the London North Circular Road. Also most of the bikes shown in the book we maybe would have dreamed of owning ...but couldn't afford on apprentice wages. Yes, I was a Coffee Bar Cowboy or Ton-up Boy all the way through the sixties and enjoyed every second of it ...but I sadly don't see much of it in this book - sorry.
Format:Paperback
An interesting read, if a little short but the images used are not reproduced very well. This may be down to the originals not being very good or the reproduction is poor... not too bad for the price though!
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those were the days
It`s a great collection of photographs from a time when most riders wouldn`t of thought of taking pictures of themselves and their friends-pre digital so cost too much to bother... Read more
Published 22 months ago by R. Davies
Cafe Racers
Nostalgia is what we are into and this book really took me back.
The comradeship and generosity that was around in the 60's as bikers came together
All sorts of memories... Read more
The comradeship and generosity that was around in the 60's as bikers came together
All sorts of memories... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by Ms. P. Filley
Cafe racers of the 1960s
Disappointing - a lot of the photographs have been published before and the book doesn't really add anything to the overall understanding of this particular movement. Read more
Published on 15 July 2009 by D. Trebble
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