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Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s Mick Walker

Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s By Mick Walker

Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s by Mick Walker


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Summary

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.

Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s Summary

Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s by Mick Walker

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.

Additional information

GOR002813315
9781872004198
1872004199
Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s by Mick Walker
Used - Very Good
Paperback
The Crowood Press Ltd
19980501
94
N/A
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