having lived behind the ACE CAFE , beresford ave , for most of my life ( 63 years age ) its so good to see THE GOOD TIMES BACK, AGAIN , YOU VE ALL MADE A OLD MAN VERY HAPPY , and i m SHAKING ALL OVER ! ,( JOHNNY KID AND THE PIRATES ! .
I just bought a Triumph Thruxton. Its an amazing machine. It attracts a lot of attention when I ride it. People fall in love with it where ever I go. I love the Brit Ton Up culture. I'm an American but fully wholeheartedly support and promote the old 60's British bike culture. Its eye opening when old grizzled Harley veterans come up to me at the gas pump and tell me they wish they had one too. :) Cheers!
Short and sweet, but very good & well made video. Remember seeing large groups of Rockers/ton up boys riding through Kent in the summer when i was a child. You can't beat that roar !!! Fantastic.
been there dun it,loved it,lots of memories, cafe's, coffee, flipper machines, music,oil,rust, spanner wounds,accidents, a part of growing up.aA10s,Tritons
I'm an American and from where I'm standing you Brits ROCK! I can only dream of owning a Norton so my Honda CB will have to do (for now). Keep up the good fight!
The bike, the beat and the general beating off into the wind, really sums it up. One removed from the mopeds crew in the fine young cannibals videos and any deus(h) plopped out.
The song at the end of the video is Johnny Kidd & the Pirates 'Shakin' All Over'. It's been edited though, as there is no singing. The guitar playing in the movie is 'F.B.I.' by The Shadows.
Ok maybe I was being unfair in my comments earlier... The Triumph, I admit, is a respectable motorcycle and in the end anyone with a passion for motorcycles is a brother (or sister) of my 'cloth'. I personally ride a Guzzi California 1100 and have never owned any other bikes :-) like you I love my bike, for its 'soul'.
Clip-ons..'cos they clip onto the top of the fork stancions, their easy enough ot get hold of. I also have fallen in love with the lady at 1:28, she rocks.
You're quite correct, it is indeed a beautiful Japanese bike....therefore I will refer you to my previous comment... "Proves a very definate point that Cafe Racers are not limited to British Iron!!" Nuff said!
cafe racers are built.The new thruxton is a beautuful bike, but any older bike can be done up in a "cafe" style... Preferably vertical twin,clip ons or clubmans, bumpstop seat,rearsets.
This inspires me to get, or rather build, my own Cafe Racer!. im more of a car guy but i have been looking for that perfect bike and whats more perfect than one you can build to your exact liking. The only thing i dont like about this is that some of the people that belong to this awesome culture aren't welcoming to those who want to join =/ how are you suppose to keep this awesome thing you got going alive with that attitude...
My recollection is that most cafe racer bikes were not that fast. Most would be struggling to reach 120mph. Wasn't really about top speed though. It was all about image. They looked fast and powerful. They were good ol' days!
@OzzyDave6969 I remember it as a young lad I used to pass it every day walking down Ashton old road to Openshaw tech I saw the bikes at the meets and always wanted to be part of it when I eventually had a bike,sadly it went long ago and the old hall was demolished.
I'm new to riding. I really want a cafe racer for a first bike. Can anyone recommend a good first bike in the cafe racer department. Also one more problem. I'm 5'4. So it needs to be a 27 or so inch seat height. Can anyone help me?
A caff racer by definition is any bike that has had the unwanted bits stripped off to make it lighter clip ons fitted to make it lower and not a bike with a triumph engine in it like was suggested by the muppets in this video.
don`t know what is seat high but if u think your first bike so i think it could be thuxton.... but if u know something at engines so then u can buy bit older bike.... brit offcourse.... i think that some 50-60`s brit bike could be it. easy engine tech.
bought a Triumph Thruxton last week, cause i'm not a mecanic and love to ride a cafe racer. First miles are stunning, i'm almost 39 and love the cult thats comes along with this motorcycle.
@oneoctavelow less of the pom gezer you wana ride the roads we have over here in the UK ,ive riden in the USA many times with club m8s who are based in the USA and belive me the real fun is to be had over here in the UK the road in the clip is the A406 lost so many m8s on this road esp the iron bridge bla bla
