Re: Cafe Racer

["Jim Hendrickson" <enjinear@xxxxxxx>]

>>Does anyone know where the term really comes from?  I dont, but I know it
>>pre-dates the 70's - and I've never heard it in the context listed above.

The term originated in England in the 60's. It referred to the bikes that
would race from the famous Ace Cafi , to a local bridge and back. The object
was that you dropped your coin in the jukebox, raced to a bridge on the A-406,
(London North Circular Road), then raced back before the record had finished.
Though closed in 1969, the Ace was rebuilt and re-opened in 2001. The bikes
used were stripped to their bare essentials.
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