Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #94286 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

Cafe racers of the 60's
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.

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 come flooding back as you read this book....so enjoy

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. I thought the chapter introductions were trite and simply recycled ideas that have been around for a long time (compare with Cafe Racers by Mick Clay). The choice of illustration of subject matter was narrow - perhaps circumscribed by personal photographs - and there were some machines included that clearly were not originated in the 1960s. The format depended too heavily on photographs and the book was too "thin" for the retail price.