These guys kinda remind me of these middle class professionals who dress up as cowboys at the weekend. Love the bikes, but the dressing up is a bit sad. Grow up.
damn I love cafe racers. I have a bobber cafe and it's truly my baby. only problem is the cops nabbed me last night for speeding and impounded the sweet thing.
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...
@needhambabb1 i got family in america ,some are down to earth with the rest of the world ,but to those that aren't they can lick out my ass :) my account is englandman2008 ,for some reason everytime i come onto youtube it signs me into this account :S werid much lol
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!
@markkiee666 - found another leech heeb - manchester is fucking full of them and fucking lady boys because these people love to suck on cock lollipops - GO USA!!!! we could take out your little shithole anytime we like - now fuck off!!!! whaaa!!! hahahahaha!!!
@dubyamoney are you trying to imply that america could ruin Great Britan any time they liked ??? ha ha grow the fuck up ! will have the best armed forces in the WORLD !! its about quality not bulk !! oh my account is englandman2008 send me a msg if u have a problem
@MrUnited08 one F22 would totally fuck the whole RAF, PS all your gay boys are being sacked because you cant afford nice new toys. Also the harrier is shit!!!
@dubyamoney you really are one divvy twat!! we could bring out the mighty old spitfire and still rape a F22 !! it's shit so the americans bought them hahaha its just american pilots cant fly them !! and to be honest i couldnt care less if people are getting sacked as long as i still get my pay check im happy enough to carry on working !!! and like i said this isnt my account mine is englandman2008 deal with it !!!
@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.
@BigDomG - take it easy, u weren't gang raped were u, or are u one of those self hating queers!!!! WTF british bikes???? old crap no power!! Jap bikes every time!!! Royal enfield ( top brit tit bike)hahahahahahahaha vs gxr 1000 - yes the brits need tea to steady their nerves before the ass kicking starts!!!
i saw the show yesterday and i liked it , i like the concept of customizing the bikes and going retro. the bikes history is pretty cool, something i totally missed.
Oh and Basher (or whatever you like to tell yourself you are) trying to sound tough with a cockny accent doesn't quite work ... A bit like trying to sing rock music with a Liverpool accent. It's just irritating. Now if earlier I made a comment that was out of place I made ammends and apologised. That however doesn't extend to taking shit from a pom.
@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
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. :)
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'.
@oneoctavelow I'm a biker and if we ever met and you called me your brother I would lump you one son! How dare you judge the whole British cafe racer culture when you yourself admit the only bike you've ever owned is a italian copy of a Harley which isn't designed for speed (and lets face it, looks either). Why don't you chug-along on your old-man bike and stop bothering the real men ( and women)
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 Well you guys dont have any heritage like this, I wouldn't expect you to like it. Still, im sure theres some lovely trucks you can salivate over! As for the accent.. get over yourself.
to old to rock and roll,to young to die ! i miss the whole biker thing soooooooooo much. to crippled to ride now but love watching those who can . keep the faith lads
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.
Here's a true story. When I was 21 an event happened that upset my folks so badly that temporarily disowned me - I'd gone againt their wishes and behind their backs and bought an H100S (the big scary version!). In a tearful reconciliation they said they still loved their son but couldn't understand how I'd become a b***r. Like a lot of their generation, they'd grown up hating bikes and the culyure that went with it. That's how damaging the whole cafe racer phenonemon was.
....and gave bikers a bad image that lasted for years. They were that era's equivalent of today's Asbo scum who drive stolen cars around council estates. 'S funny that the same ppl who celebrate their legacy today by painstakingly building authentic copies are the exactly the kind of respectable hard working ppl who wouldn't even have pissed on those low life back then.
(Don't mean to to spoil the vid, just thought I'd get that off my chest, I am a biker BTW)
Ppl want to reinvent cafe racers as something romantic and glamorous.WTF!! My mother showed me a cafe in Barry, S Wales(then a bustling holiday resort) where she remembers cafe racing in the early sixties. The bikers were foul-mouthed and aggressive and would go tearing round Barry Island Lake at dangerous speeds on bike that were generally illegal/unroadworthy/stolen and always with the baffles removed. They were feared and hated by everyone else.
I love this stuff, it's timeless, the bikes give the thrills but aren't throwaway crap that are obsolete in 3 years. Greetings from California, USA. You rock, Britain!
antigamente isso era para os doidões que sabiam pilotar moto, hoje é para quem quer ter stilo, mas confesso que curto pra krai, queria ter toda essa grana pra poder bancar uma motoca assim, enquanto isso me contento com minhas pererécas veias. Hum tem que colocar Very Good pelo menos se não deletam meu comentário rsrsrs.
Hold on, that guy at 44 seconds in - I know him! Is that you Elkz? Yes it is, you Welsh bastard. I know your secrets, yes, ALL of them! You bloody bastard.... Yes you know ALL about NOISE don't you, eh? Shall we interview your neighbors? BWAAHAA!! I love you mate - Thunz :)
It's getting close. It should be running by next weekend. Then I need to sort out brakes, fit foot pegs, wire up the lights etc then it will be almost ready for the registration process.
Oh shit yeah! I'll make another small project update vid (just like the first three) then when it's finished and on the road I'll make a longer one, more like my aluminium polishing vid, etc. The main thing slowing the project down right now is my lack of funds!
Thanks so much! I hear ya on the lack of funds. I'm wondering if I'm gonna have fundage for essentials, like a new chain and sprockets, and now my daughter's bike is needing stuff too. BTW, your old Thrux was lovely as well.
Thanks mate glad you liked it. Yeah the dirt bike thing was part of the humor in that vid. Nup, no cafe bike at the moment, I'm working on a bobber. After it's finished I reckon I might build myself up a 70's cafe of some description.
Did you see what you said Frank? "People no longer drive their classics like idiots and show off" First, you called all the riders back in the day who had fun riding Idiots, then you admit that your idea of fun is "showing off". Speak for yourself Frank, when I ride my 650 Norton, I wind it to high rpm, go 100mph and drag the mufflers. If I blow it up or wreck it the consequences are ok with me now just like they were when I did it decades ago.
Rocker77 says"I've known about the ROCKER culture since I was a kid and I'm 28 now". Now THAT is a laugh riot. Newsflash, if you are 28 you are still a kid, and the only thing someone born in 1977 ever had to do with rockers and cafe racing would be to take part in pop-culture ripping-off one more real thing from the past, because they have nothing to offer in themselves.
The Triumph engine in the Norton frame, "Triton". Came about because it was a cheap way to have a fast good handling bike. In the fifties Triumph engines had more power than Norton engines, but the Norton had better handling. In the sixties and later the Norton engine was the equal or better of the Triumph in power, but people still put Tritons together because they were now trendy. The Rocker scene and cafe racing was originally all about performance and fun, now it is all about posturing.
so it's not about fun anymore? rubbish, times change, if you want a 100% perfomance bike these days, you buy
an r1. Caferacer models are classics these days, and becoming scarce.
Thats why people no longer drive their classics like idiots and show off a little more. Like people who collect WW2 stuff, they dont collect it to defend themselves against invaders..No, Building/driving and showing caferacers will always be fun regardless of their roots..
From someone who was only born at the time all this was happening, can someone tell me why the engines were all Triumph as opposed to Norton, were Nortons no good?
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.
Making comments without thinking just results in a red neck.
Rockers and their Cafe racers where a British sub culture that had nothing to do with the USA or any other country, however the rocker movement now exists all around the world, with the USA adopting the culture.
I've known about the ROCKER culture since I was a kid and I'm 28 now and live in Southern California...In fact I got some of my Rockabilly friends into it...I remember fighting the fucking fag Mods when I was a teen...But the crowd I run with always new about the scene and are hardcore ROCKERS, while the scene over here is pretty much going to shit since almost everybody is mixing the scene with the ghetto gangster style... But you can spot a true ROCKER a mile away!
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?
besides my sports bikes i love cafe racer motorcycles
IcePickSnowmanzzzz 4 days ago
great vid of the classic brit cult of the 50s and 60s. Makes me wanna go build a retro cafe racer right now
verdeboyo 1 month ago
WHAT IS THE FIRST SONG NAME I MUST KNOWWWWWWWWW!!
MikSane 2 months ago
@MikSane
The Shadows - FBI
1shanghaisurprise 1 month ago
@1shanghaisurprise THANK YOU GOOD SIR
MikSane 1 month ago
1:52 Christian Bale look-alike!
dob90210 2 months ago
velocette's all the way
spikemilliganfan 2 months ago
gotta love the shadows
spikemilliganfan 2 months ago
nice.
pumasporvida 2 months ago
Hi pacrat90.At the end of the video thats Johnny Kidd and the pirates,Shakin all over.
1960 I think.
MERLIN19571 2 months ago
/watch?v=6RG9g_GMcz0
Sweet 500cc single sound!!
check it out, more movies with much better quality and higher speeds is comming.
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TheClassicMotorcycle 2 months ago 2
Love cafe racers, but I still think it looks a bit silly when these old blokes look like they're trapped in the time period..
pacrat90 2 months ago
These guys kinda remind me of these middle class professionals who dress up as cowboys at the weekend. Love the bikes, but the dressing up is a bit sad. Grow up.
londonbill100 2 months ago
damn I love cafe racers. I have a bobber cafe and it's truly my baby. only problem is the cops nabbed me last night for speeding and impounded the sweet thing.
clundy133 2 months ago
Arrivo!
csimotube 4 months ago
Do u have to ride at night?
FlankerVT 5 months ago
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FAGS
TheBongBubble 6 months ago
@TheBongBubble ur the fag, bastard!
MrParallelTwin 5 months ago
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...
j1mbOZ31 6 months ago
@ MrUnited08. I just hope you don't think all americans are wankers. Admitedly there are some bad apples but a fair number of cool cats as well
needhambabb1 7 months ago
@needhambabb1 i got family in america ,some are down to earth with the rest of the world ,but to those that aren't they can lick out my ass :) my account is englandman2008 ,for some reason everytime i come onto youtube it signs me into this account :S werid much lol
MrUnited08 4 months ago
Live to ride. Ride to live. Cool vid love it
needhambabb1 7 months ago
i love the thumbnail when you click on this video
whatitischief 7 months ago
old rockers never die.....
und f...k the mods
iselba1 8 months ago
what's the music in the background?
FlowHowler 8 months ago
Whats all this chat about cafe racers Mark? Get your goldie on the road!
tlt689 9 months ago
where can i order this movie?? any idea???
MrParallelTwin 9 months ago
cafe racer vis and they start it with a harley ffs
1981dasimpson 9 months ago
that HD looks awesome
mobstar1187 9 months ago
I bet these were the fastest thing you could get your hands on in the UK during the 1960's
malevolenceXXXensues 10 months ago
Great clip. Cafe racers are back in America and Europe - thumbsup --Beacham Owen
OwenArtStudios 10 months ago
@ConnollyJordan there is no real brand name, people just make them... probably a feather-bed frame with a Harley v t for that American muscle.. :D
saffronwales 10 months ago
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!
aliwhitwell 11 months ago
ROCKERS RULE !!!
bluespower 11 months ago
How are these for longer highway trips? I'm thinking about building one
mysticblade35 1 year ago
@mysticblade35 they will hurt !!
MrUnited08 11 months ago
Does anyone know where I can buy this?
DevesterOner 1 year ago
This video was quite good until a woman started to give her opinion. Please lady's ..stay in the kitchen where you belong..
teamfab 1 year ago
@teamfab harsh but oh how i laughed :D
tommynooka1 1 year ago
anyone know the tune at the begining?
ph03nixf0x 1 year ago
@ph03nixf0x Its F B I by The Shadows mate.
MERLIN19571 1 year ago
@MERLIN19571 cheers!
ph03nixf0x 1 year ago
@MERLIN19571 hey do you know what the song at the end is??
pacrat90 2 months ago
171 club ... any one ???? remember ( manchester uk )
OzzyDave6969 1 year ago
@OzzyDave6969 yeah! manchester full of heebs and queers!!!!
dubyamoney 1 year ago
@dubyamoney Manchester full of queers ,,,,fuck off you half wit
markkiee666 1 year ago
@markkiee666 - found another leech heeb - manchester is fucking full of them and fucking lady boys because these people love to suck on cock lollipops - GO USA!!!! we could take out your little shithole anytime we like - now fuck off!!!! whaaa!!! hahahahaha!!!
dubyamoney 1 year ago
@dubyamoney What do know about Manchester you inbred half wit....give me six...lol
Typical yank all mouth no action who is probably not intelligent enough to spell bike let alone ride one.
Oh bye the way Americas finest Harley Davidson ??? enough said....
markkiee666 1 year ago
@dubyamoney are you trying to imply that america could ruin Great Britan any time they liked ??? ha ha grow the fuck up ! will have the best armed forces in the WORLD !! its about quality not bulk !! oh my account is englandman2008 send me a msg if u have a problem
MrUnited08 11 months ago
@MrUnited08 only problem is when we kick ur ass and walk all over ur country. My previous posts say enough - go figure it out!!!
dubyamoney 7 months ago
@dubyamoney yea no chance !! thats why america buy our harrier's is it ? etc etc dream on sad o
MrUnited08 5 months ago
@MrUnited08 one F22 would totally fuck the whole RAF, PS all your gay boys are being sacked because you cant afford nice new toys. Also the harrier is shit!!!
dubyamoney 4 months ago
@dubyamoney you really are one divvy twat!! we could bring out the mighty old spitfire and still rape a F22 !! it's shit so the americans bought them hahaha its just american pilots cant fly them !! and to be honest i couldnt care less if people are getting sacked as long as i still get my pay check im happy enough to carry on working !!! and like i said this isnt my account mine is englandman2008 deal with it !!!
MrUnited08 4 months ago
@dubyamoney what a cunt !!!
englandman2008 4 months ago
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@dubyamoney Manchester full of queers and heebs? Fuck off you half wit
markkiee666 1 year ago
@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.
markkiee666 1 year ago
@markkiee666 Typical yank all mouth !!!! face to face you'd shit your pants ..oh bye the way give me six you inbred.... LOL
Why are you on a bikers site you are obviously not intelligent enough to ride one ?
markkiee666 1 year ago
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I hate dirty coons. They should fuck off back to their own country
BigDomG 1 year ago
@BigDomG - take it easy, u weren't gang raped were u, or are u one of those self hating queers!!!! WTF british bikes???? old crap no power!! Jap bikes every time!!! Royal enfield ( top brit tit bike)hahahahahahahaha vs gxr 1000 - yes the brits need tea to steady their nerves before the ass kicking starts!!!
dubyamoney 1 year ago
Gday guys
If you love Cafs and other custom built bikes, please subscribe to my channel tabmow69
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tabmow69 1 year ago
Long live the Mods!!!
miles8775 1 year ago
i saw the show yesterday and i liked it , i like the concept of customizing the bikes and going retro. the bikes history is pretty cool, something i totally missed.
rusta20 1 year ago
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.
spib65 1 year ago
Rockers rule!!!! Mods suck!!!!
rivasmen 1 year ago
classier than your average harley rider, more balls than your average ninjaboy
XxGuardian337xX 1 year ago
whats the name of the song??
pachu4 1 year ago
@pachu4 The song at the end is "Shakin all over" - "Johnny Kidd and the Pirates"
Does anybody know wich tune they play in the rest of this clip?
SwiffMeister 1 year ago
@pachu4 FBI by the shadows, was a rocker myself golden days!!
evertony1047 1 year ago
This is one of my favourite videos on You Tube...can't wait to be at The Ace on Sunday!!
endorno 1 year ago
... As for my beautiful California at least it does't look like it's borrowed from the set of Thomas the Train Engine...
oneoctavelow 1 year ago
Oh and Basher (or whatever you like to tell yourself you are) trying to sound tough with a cockny accent doesn't quite work ... A bit like trying to sing rock music with a Liverpool accent. It's just irritating. Now if earlier I made a comment that was out of place I made ammends and apologised. That however doesn't extend to taking shit from a pom.
oneoctavelow 1 year ago
@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
g2sticks 1 year ago
Basher79 you sound rather tough from behind a keyboard...
oneoctavelow 1 year ago
what a lifestyle, i used to be into american styled choppers. i was wrong wasnt i.
spoddog1 1 year ago
me old man just got a triumph thruxton '08. looks DIRTY.
whaddefuxx 1 year ago
did you know the new triumphs out sold all other motorcycles last year, my mate has the rocket 111
kopynd 1 year ago
I sold my fist dresda triton for £300 I think the aloy dresda petrol tank would cost more than that now
kopynd 1 year ago
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!
kpb96m 1 year ago
@kpb96m nice on but on the harley thing sporties are cool my choice of ride these days for so many resons You got a fine bike there Safe rideing
g2sticks 1 year ago
F**king brilliant, arrrrr
bikedemon99 1 year ago
yeah baby!!!!!!!! yeas!
i want a bike like that!
enzOfake 1 year ago
great video:)
iksproduction 1 year ago
I've got a R1200R on order and after seeing this I'm already regretting my choice. Bugger!!
tegra1 1 year ago
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luisacato 1 year ago
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ShangaiShotgun 1 year ago
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'.
oneoctavelow 1 year ago
@oneoctavelow I'm a biker and if we ever met and you called me your brother I would lump you one son! How dare you judge the whole British cafe racer culture when you yourself admit the only bike you've ever owned is a italian copy of a Harley which isn't designed for speed (and lets face it, looks either). Why don't you chug-along on your old-man bike and stop bothering the real men ( and women)
Bashers79 1 year ago
@Bashers79 well put bash
g2sticks 1 year ago
Great video...I was riding those bikes in the 60s...still am...arse up...head down...full throttle.....
duci71k 1 year ago
i want to sell my car and get a cafe racer.
elextrixtechnixtree 1 year ago
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.
MARYinREDress 1 year ago
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ROCKERS RULES!!!
mods suck!
lapsiquisarcaica1 1 year ago
ROCKERS RULES!!!
mods suck!
lapsiquisarcaica1 1 year ago
Im building a Yamaha R5 cafe bike!
LordSamuelJ 1 year ago
Oneoctavelow...What the fuck you on about,do you want them to talk say maybe south African?..man you are a Twat..And pray tell what do you ride..
SpeedTriple59 1 year ago
Sorry, the Pommy accent killed it for me from the start ... Oh and parallel twins ? Don't think so.
oneoctavelow 1 year ago
@oneoctavelow Well you guys dont have any heritage like this, I wouldn't expect you to like it. Still, im sure theres some lovely trucks you can salivate over! As for the accent.. get over yourself.
simonfb10 1 year ago
@oneoctavelow
all bikes are fun
g2sticks 1 year ago 2
@g2sticks That is true though some are more fun than others :-)
oneoctavelow 1 year ago
@oneoctavelow and what would a keyboard freak now about rideing bikes it aint like playing a com game go on have a go now
g2sticks 1 year ago
mods can go to hell
ROCKERS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
AltamontKiller 1 year ago
Cult Of The Cafe Racer
jagiron75 1 year ago
Don't understand, sorry. Looks strange for me.
CallMeRom 1 year ago
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wsbill14224 1 year ago
luv from liverpool cheers mate : ]
722erodz 1 year ago
customized, fast, loud and low.. liking this café racer motorcycle cult
markthijssen 1 year ago
love it, notice that even in near freezin weather they still don't wear those poncy face mask thingies that fair weather harley riders seem to favor?
1000chairs 1 year ago
the coolest looking bikes
TheBaller357 2 years ago
It's raining and below 32F. Means ICE, All I can think about is to go riding.
jacklyw 2 years ago
Chowajcie cruisery cafe racers the best!!!!!
w650cafe69 2 years ago
to old to rock and roll,to young to die ! i miss the whole biker thing soooooooooo much. to crippled to ride now but love watching those who can . keep the faith lads
bigrider2806 2 years ago 52
Classy / Edgy
joey3847 2 years ago
so cool.... the original sport bikes....
snowbiker111 2 years ago 25
Classic bikes & memories of my mispent youth! 5* & Fav.
modemeyes 2 years ago
the music is by Johnny Kid and the Pirates-Shakin All Over.
actionankles 2 years ago
thank you for the memories. i miss my gold star.
bigrider2806 2 years ago
what is the first tune? i know it.. but can't place it
djbrut33 2 years ago
whats the song called
AltamontKiller 2 years ago
Great film. Great bike's. Modified by biker's with a passion for creating somthing personal. Good stuff. 5* and faved.
terence20001 2 years ago
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.
eldorado62 2 years ago
Cafe Racers feared and hated by everyone? Awesome!
JSVyolence 2 years ago
What is the song that plays during the end 'credits' segment of this vid?
caferacer7 2 years ago
i love single engine
50ccrider 2 years ago
cafe racers. Young people being foul mouthed, reckless and aggressive, never, who'd have thought it.
canisfamilliaris 2 years ago
what is the band and song of last one what come from? unknonwed finnish with orginal norton es2 -61
kaariaisenmikko 2 years ago
Pls start at bottom and read upwards
dimgwalltameiben 2 years ago
Here's a true story. When I was 21 an event happened that upset my folks so badly that temporarily disowned me - I'd gone againt their wishes and behind their backs and bought an H100S (the big scary version!). In a tearful reconciliation they said they still loved their son but couldn't understand how I'd become a b***r. Like a lot of their generation, they'd grown up hating bikes and the culyure that went with it. That's how damaging the whole cafe racer phenonemon was.
dimgwalltameiben 2 years ago 2
....and gave bikers a bad image that lasted for years. They were that era's equivalent of today's Asbo scum who drive stolen cars around council estates. 'S funny that the same ppl who celebrate their legacy today by painstakingly building authentic copies are the exactly the kind of respectable hard working ppl who wouldn't even have pissed on those low life back then.
(Don't mean to to spoil the vid, just thought I'd get that off my chest, I am a biker BTW)
dimgwalltameiben 2 years ago 3
Ppl want to reinvent cafe racers as something romantic and glamorous.WTF!! My mother showed me a cafe in Barry, S Wales(then a bustling holiday resort) where she remembers cafe racing in the early sixties. The bikers were foul-mouthed and aggressive and would go tearing round Barry Island Lake at dangerous speeds on bike that were generally illegal/unroadworthy/stolen and always with the baffles removed. They were feared and hated by everyone else.
cont....
dimgwalltameiben 2 years ago 2
Jeez! Who owns that very first bike shown? I would love some more pics/details on it!
lolwithvoldemort 2 years ago
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Slugkatcher 2 years ago
The first bike shown is an Evolution Harley Sportster, the engine at least! The rest looks handmade to me.
wsbill14224 2 years ago
Rocker over here, fuck you over there!
hunthurd4 2 years ago
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ziggy6848 2 years ago
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YOure GAY!
theguywatchingyou 2 years ago
HA, its you who wears the Leathers mate!
ziggy6848 2 years ago
I love this stuff, it's timeless, the bikes give the thrills but aren't throwaway crap that are obsolete in 3 years. Greetings from California, USA. You rock, Britain!
batvette 2 years ago
antigamente isso era para os doidões que sabiam pilotar moto, hoje é para quem quer ter stilo, mas confesso que curto pra krai, queria ter toda essa grana pra poder bancar uma motoca assim, enquanto isso me contento com minhas pererécas veias. Hum tem que colocar Very Good pelo menos se não deletam meu comentário rsrsrs.
1GGP1 2 years ago
1.11 Alan you the same ugly like 5 years ago ;) hello from poland-its me marek's brother....
stjopan82 2 years ago
why couldn't I be born in the UK
KokonutM0nkey 2 years ago
Obviously not priviliged enough ;) we are prestigious people :D
daporkchopexpress 2 years ago
Hold on, that guy at 44 seconds in - I know him! Is that you Elkz? Yes it is, you Welsh bastard. I know your secrets, yes, ALL of them! You bloody bastard.... Yes you know ALL about NOISE don't you, eh? Shall we interview your neighbors? BWAAHAA!! I love you mate - Thunz :)
thunzie 2 years ago
Did you ever finish that bobber?
roadrash998 2 years ago
It's getting close. It should be running by next weekend. Then I need to sort out brakes, fit foot pegs, wire up the lights etc then it will be almost ready for the registration process.
thunzie 2 years ago
Good to hear. Then you'll make a vid of it, right?
roadrash998 2 years ago
Oh shit yeah! I'll make another small project update vid (just like the first three) then when it's finished and on the road I'll make a longer one, more like my aluminium polishing vid, etc. The main thing slowing the project down right now is my lack of funds!
thunzie 2 years ago
PS: That black Bonnie of yours is by far the nicest I've seen among the new Bonnies, lovely bike.
thunzie 2 years ago
Thanks so much! I hear ya on the lack of funds. I'm wondering if I'm gonna have fundage for essentials, like a new chain and sprockets, and now my daughter's bike is needing stuff too. BTW, your old Thrux was lovely as well.
roadrash998 2 years ago
thunzie you legend
love your vid the" ony rocker in the vill
got you cafe racer back ?
the dirt bike dont go with the rocker jacket dude
zuuked 2 years ago
Thanks mate glad you liked it. Yeah the dirt bike thing was part of the humor in that vid. Nup, no cafe bike at the moment, I'm working on a bobber. After it's finished I reckon I might build myself up a 70's cafe of some description.
thunzie 2 years ago
thunzie dude has to be a bonnie ??
have to send you a pic of my 50 th anniv bonn with my rocker jacket
zuuked 2 years ago
Hell yeah man I'd love it to be a Brit bike. We'll see whats around at the time.
thunzie 2 years ago
im sellin my japanese streetbike for a piece of shit cafe racer and a pair of tight levis
fatcat669 2 years ago
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YOU WONT REGRET IT...
Ryanrobot99 2 years ago
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roadrash998 2 years ago
Did you see what you said Frank? "People no longer drive their classics like idiots and show off" First, you called all the riders back in the day who had fun riding Idiots, then you admit that your idea of fun is "showing off". Speak for yourself Frank, when I ride my 650 Norton, I wind it to high rpm, go 100mph and drag the mufflers. If I blow it up or wreck it the consequences are ok with me now just like they were when I did it decades ago.
imrotting 2 years ago
Agreed...
Ryanrobot99 2 years ago
Great video mate, keep them coming. We'll watch.
Animalfor20 2 years ago
Rocker77 says"I've known about the ROCKER culture since I was a kid and I'm 28 now". Now THAT is a laugh riot. Newsflash, if you are 28 you are still a kid, and the only thing someone born in 1977 ever had to do with rockers and cafe racing would be to take part in pop-culture ripping-off one more real thing from the past, because they have nothing to offer in themselves.
imrotting 2 years ago
The Triumph engine in the Norton frame, "Triton". Came about because it was a cheap way to have a fast good handling bike. In the fifties Triumph engines had more power than Norton engines, but the Norton had better handling. In the sixties and later the Norton engine was the equal or better of the Triumph in power, but people still put Tritons together because they were now trendy. The Rocker scene and cafe racing was originally all about performance and fun, now it is all about posturing.
imrotting 2 years ago
so it's not about fun anymore? rubbish, times change, if you want a 100% perfomance bike these days, you buy
an r1. Caferacer models are classics these days, and becoming scarce.
Thats why people no longer drive their classics like idiots and show off a little more. Like people who collect WW2 stuff, they dont collect it to defend themselves against invaders..No, Building/driving and showing caferacers will always be fun regardless of their roots..
Frank12391NL 2 years ago
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porfavor no lea esto
el 13 de octubre de 1991
un niño llamado nick se tiro de un puente devido a problemas familiares
si ya leiste esto deves copiar y pegar
en otros 5 videos mas o si no
nick vendra por toda tu familia
haslo o moriran porfavor hasme caso
yo lo lei y lo hise
josefina125 2 years ago
I know everything there is about Cafe Racers and my frineds and I are the GODS OF CAFE RACERS come to my site: dotheton(dot)com
L0C0LE0N 2 years ago
BHAHAHAHA.. ahh Hector... you are funny...I knew that you always wanted to be me...LOL!!!...
noelocol 2 years ago
hahahaha at least he gave ya a free plug... he put a lot of effort in to it too!
hodgsontoaylen 2 years ago
thats quite a bold statement, noel
FistOfTheGinger 2 years ago
From someone who was only born at the time all this was happening, can someone tell me why the engines were all Triumph as opposed to Norton, were Nortons no good?
ukchris64 2 years ago
what do they call the handle bars
racingicon 2 years ago
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.
netleyned 2 years ago
Can I ride one on the Freeway?
eddiebird 3 years ago
that harley at the start is awsome, I'm not a harley guy but that one is the shit.
dwnhilmtbr 3 years ago
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Wannabe americans.
Burritoface 3 years ago
how the frig are they wannabe americans - cafe racers were british - along with rockers mods , punks etc all started from brits!!
bnpmatt 3 years ago 22
im american, and i completely agree with you, people have to understand the history of cafes. now america is home to the ass hole sport bike culture
CorvZr1 2 years ago
aww dont be so hating on the sport bike crowd....
most of us are very friendly :)
great vid also..
machonacho22 2 years ago
pff not many of you.
sik1blud 2 years ago
Making comments without thinking just results in a red neck.
Rockers and their Cafe racers where a British sub culture that had nothing to do with the USA or any other country, however the rocker movement now exists all around the world, with the USA adopting the culture.
motorvating 3 years ago 8
I've known about the ROCKER culture since I was a kid and I'm 28 now and live in Southern California...In fact I got some of my Rockabilly friends into it...I remember fighting the fucking fag Mods when I was a teen...But the crowd I run with always new about the scene and are hardcore ROCKERS, while the scene over here is pretty much going to shit since almost everybody is mixing the scene with the ghetto gangster style... But you can spot a true ROCKER a mile away!
77rocker 3 years ago
what arebthey mixing, the clothes or music?
masoncag 3 years ago
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?
aparrado 3 years ago