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Críticas D'Orleans does an amazing thing in Cafe Racers - he provides a history of motorcycling's earliest days and how cafe racers evolved became widely popular in the 1960s and beyond that is almost clinical in its completeness yet he keeps it from being as dry as a helmet owner's manual. Add to that 200 stunning large format full-color studio shots of some of the best examples of cafe racers you'll ever see 75 period and historic black-and-white images slathered all over 224 10 x 12.25 heavy stock pages and you have a book that is as much presentation quality art as it is a technical masterpiece. Even if you haven't been particularly drawn to the cafe racer scene up to now if you appreciate Spartan essential motorcycles that are an art form unto themselves you will find Cafe Racers a fascinating read and a great addition to your library. - UltimateMotorcycling.comIf you enjoyed Paul's crisp perceptive writing in our own book The Ride take a look at his latest workâ?¬â?a joint project with one of the top US motorcycle photographers Michael Lichter. So fresh my own copy has not arrived yetâ?¬â?but I'll be ripping off the packaging in haste when it lands in the mailbox. - BikeEXIF.com...the just released hardcover book Cafe Racers Speed Style and Ton Up Culture is a must-own if you like the Cafe Racers genre. - CyrilHuzeBlog.com Reseña del editor 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 café to another “café 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.” Café Racers traces café 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’Orléans. 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. Café Racers visually celebrates a motorcycle riding culture as complex as the vast array of bikes within it. Biografía del autor MICHAEL LICHTER has been photographing custom motorcycles since the early 1980s for the pages of Easyriders magazine. He has also written and photographed a number of books. PAUL D’ORLEANS better known as the publisher of website The Vintagent travels the world following the vintage motorcycle scene. As a rider collector and recognized expert on moto-history he is a passionate advocate for old motorcycles and writes for numerous magazines (including Cycle World MCN Men’s File Klassik Motorrad and Café Racers FR) websites and club journals worldwide.