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CAFE' RACERS SPEED, STYLE AND TON-UP CULTURE


A photographic chronology of some of the fastest, most stylish, and most individualized bikes in motorcycling history. Originally used as a slur against riders who used hopped-up motorcycles to... Read more
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A photographic chronology of some of the fastest, most stylish, and most individualized bikes in motorcycling history. Originally used as a slur against riders who used hopped-up motorcycles to travel from one transport cafรฉ to another, cafรฉ racer describes a bike genre that first became popular in 1960s British rocker subculture - although the motorcycles were also common in Italy, France, and other European countries. The rebellious rock-and-roll counterculture is what first inspired these fast, personalized, and distinctive bikes, with their owners often racing down public roads in excess of 100 miles per hour ("ton up" in British slang), leading to their public branding as "ton-up boys." Cafรฉ Racers traces cafรฉ racer motorcycles from their origins in the mid-twentieth century all the way into modern times, where the style has made a recent comeback in North America and Europe alike, through the museum-quality portraiture of top motorcycle photographer Michael Lichter and the text of motorcycle culture expert Paul d'Orlรฉans. Chronologically illustrated with fascinating historical photography, the book travels through the numerous ever-morphing and unique eras of these nimble, lean, light, and head-turning machines. Cafรฉ Racers visually celebrates a motorcycle riding culture as complex as the vast array of bikes within it.

Product specification

Binding
In hardback
Pages
224
ISBN / EAN
9780760345825
Languages
English
Publication date
06/2014
Colour illustrations
200
Illustrations
75
Dimensions
26 x 31 x 2,5 cm

Additional information

Book type or Series
History; Photo Book

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