Cafe Racers of the 1960s

Author: Mick Walker
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781872004198
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Renowned motorcycle expert Walker profiles the exciting range of nostalgic '60s cafe racers superbike specials in this easy-to-use reference. Includes chapters on Goldie, Triton, Dunstall, Rockers, Homebrew, Cottage Industry, and Foreigners.

The BSA Gold Star

Author: Mick Walker
Publisher: Brooklands Books
ISBN: 9781855209350
Category : BSA motorcycle
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
This book covers every aspect of one of the best loved classic racing machines, from its beginnings back in Small Heath through to the Brooklands days, Trials, the Cafe Racer scene to the classic scene of today. Contents: Origins, Brooklands and the Birth of the M24, Post War Small-fin Developments, Clubmans TT, Scrambles Star, Thruxton, Trials Activities, Cafe Racer Culture, Post War Big-fin Developments, Road Racing, Roland Pike, Stateside, Rocket Gold Star & The Classic Scene.

Café Racers

Author: Mike Clay
Publisher: Osprey Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780850456776
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
A nostalgic look at the coffee-bar motorcycle culture of the 1950s and 60s. The book features photographs of souped-up BSAs, Triumphs, Nortons and Ducatis with technical analyses of some of the best bikes produced, from the Triumph Bonneville to the Harris Moto Guzzi.

Cafe Racers

Author: Michael Lichter
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760345821
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
DIVIn Café Racers, master photographer Michael Lichter and motorcycle culture expert Paul d’Orléans visually trace café racer motorcycles from their origins in the mid-twentieth century all the way into modern times. /div

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles

Author:
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028642581
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 460

Book Description
Covers everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear to how to ride safely, and how to make the most out of trips on the open road. It also discusses motorcycle history and the timeless motorcycle mystique.

Ton Up!

Author: Paul d'Orleans
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 0760360464
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Ton Up! A Century of Café Racer Speed and Style focuses on the story of the ton-up boys and their café racers. But it's much more than just that. Illustrated with historic and modern photos and featuring a text by one of the world’s motorcycle historians, it's really the story of motorcycle speed and style evolved from the early 1900s right through today. Cafe racers are most associated with the young, rebellious rock-and-rollers of 1960s Britain. These riders created the quintessential café racers—fast motorcycles customized to resemble the racing bikes of the period. They were called “café racers” because their riders raced on public roads, from one café to the next. The goal was to do “the ton” (exceed 100 miles per hour) on these runs, which led to their designation as “ton-up boys.” Today, ton-up culture is more popular than ever and recognized worldwide with a following of young and long-time riders alike.With Ton Up!, enjoy a scenic ride through the history of this vibrant scene.

The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride

Author: Distinguished Gentleman's Ride
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760379734
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride documents and celebrates the charitable ride's first decade of spectacular motoring events that raised tens of millions of dollars for men's health initiatives.

Everything You Need to Know about Cafe Racers

Author: Keagan Smith
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514334546
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90

Book Description
Café Racer has two meanings because it can denote a type of a motorcycle, or a person who rides on the bike, the motorcyclist. The two meanings date back to the 1960s in the Rockers group, which was a British Counterculture organization. It can also be referred to as the Ton up Club. The group was predominantly established in Britain but it was common too in Germany, Italy and some other European nations. The Rockers were a defiant group of young counterculture men, who were hungry for speed, and hence they had to derive a way to customize motorbikes to fit the speed they wanted. The distinctive bikes were meant to travel from one transport café to another on the arterial motorways that interlinked British cities and towns. The motive of redesigning a standard motorbike to fit the specifications of a Café Racer was to attain a speed of 11 miles per hour, which was referred to as 'the ton'. The rockers would take challenges of 'record-racing', where a rider would ride from a café to a predetermined place and back to the same café before a song could place to the end on the jukebox. A racer could for example race from Ace Café that is situated on The North Circular Road - NW London to the then Hanger Lane junction (the nowadays-famous Hanger Lane Gyratory System) and back to the Ace Café.

Ace Times

Author: Mick Duckworth
Publisher: Redline Books
ISBN: 9780955527869
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
This book by Mick Duckworth, centres on the definitive history of London's Ace Cafe, the roadside pull-in that became the most famous haunt of motorcycle riding Ton-up kids in the Fifties and Rockers in the Sixties. The book also tells the story of other lively bikers haunts of the past, like the 59 Club, the Busy Bee and other cafes around the country.A substantial high-quality volume packed with personal recollections and evocative photos, Ace Times also looks at the fastest motorcycles, the loudest music, the iconic movies and the distinctive clothing of the cafe-racing era. Burn-ups, press hysteria, rock'n'roll riots, police-baiting, Mods and Rockers, pirate radio and loads more besides are all portrayed in a true-to-life, unembroidered way.

Cafe Racers

Author: Mike Seate
Publisher: Parker House Publishing Incorporated,Csi
ISBN: 9780979689192
Category : Motorcycling
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A fascinating expose of the culture of the cafe racer - a motorcycle culture which emerged from WWII in the UK and the USA. Today, it's in the midst of a huge restrspective.