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Post by flyereddie on Jul 27, 2007 21:56:30 GMT -5
  Hi guys At the risk of showing my ignorance why do we call them Cafe racers? sorry if this is a dumb question but it intrigues me Thanks mark
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chuck
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Post by chuck on Jul 27, 2007 22:09:49 GMT -5
Hi Mark, If you follow the link to the cafe society weblink in "Hey Stew"
caferacersociety.blogspot.com/ it might explain in the article below the one about Stews bike.
Basically the Rockers hung around cafes like the Ace in London and used to race from there in their altered (from the then boring british) bikes.
I'm sure someone will correct or add to this
Cheers, Charlie
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Post by pablosrfivehundred on Jul 27, 2007 22:35:01 GMT -5
back in the day(which was a Wednesday) blokes in the England would pop a couple of tunes in the juke box at the cafe they were at and would race from the cafe to location and back before their selections finished playing. plus racing other chaps hanging about.
early street racing for motorcycles.
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Post by pablosrfivehundred on Jul 27, 2007 22:42:25 GMT -5
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Post by flyereddie on Jul 28, 2007 0:12:35 GMT -5
Cool , Thanks guys i thought it might be something like that looks like a good excuse to go get a coffee and cake
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Post by mattb on Jul 28, 2007 1:57:31 GMT -5
Heaps of great info and pics here about greasers / ton up boys / cafe racers / rockers, and their cafe racers: The Spirit of 59 the59club.com/public_html/rocker.htmlCheck out in particular the linked "The Graham Hullett Collection" : "270 plus largely unseen photographs from the cafe racing Rocker and 59 Club heydays!" Matt |
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Post by lurch on Jul 28, 2007 12:00:52 GMT -5
Hi
Is anyone planning on going to the Ace Cafe run down to Brighton in the autumn,or will I be the only SR there ? thats if I ever get the rebuild finnished .
LURCH
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Post by milkman on Jul 30, 2007 10:12:05 GMT -5
Thats a dream for me at the moment.....I lok at the turn out they get on the Ace Cafe site, it would be fantastic.
I'll just have to watch Quadropheina again, and curse the mods....
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Post by miker on Jul 30, 2007 10:23:46 GMT -5
"Leather Boys" is another good movie, parts of it were actually filmed at the Ace back in the day.
miker
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