Description
| Product ID: | 9781872004198 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Cafe Racers of 50s and 60s |
| Authors: | Author: Mick Walker |
| Page Count: | 94 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, Photographs: collections, History of engineering and technology, Automotive technology and trades, Road and motor vehicles: general interest, Photographs: collections, History of engineering & technology, Automotive technology & trades, Road & motor vehicles: general interest, c 1945 to c 1960, c 1960 to c 1970 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1998-05-01 |