Café Racers of 50s and 60s (Mick Walker on Motorcycles, v. 1)

by Mick Walker

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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.
  • ISBN10 1872004199
  • ISBN13 9781872004198
  • Publish Date 1 May 1998
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd