Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s

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. Various events contrived to bring about the cafe racer era, together with the advent of the rocker - and subsequently mod - cults. New motorcycles such as the BSA Gold Star singles and star twins, Norton Dominator, Royal Enfield Meteor and Constellation, Triumph Tiger 110 and Thunderbird and Velocette Venom created a new breed of enthusiast.Films such as Marlon Brando''s The Wild One expressed, albeit in somewhat extreme form, the biker-as-rebel philosophy. Add to this the potency of that biggest of all pop music phenomena, rock''n''roll, and the ingredients were all in place.

• | Author: Mick Walker
• | Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 01, 1998
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781872004198
• | ISBN-10: 1872004199