Cafe Racer

Some types of cafe racer can be found here

Cafe Racer

Some types of cafe racer can be found here

Motor modification flows titled Cafe Racer has been dkenal in England since the 1950s. Later around mid-2011, in Indonesia began to bloom similar flows. Is this type of motor change applied here?

Type Cafe Racer itself began since the era after the world war. At that time the UK was flooded with young men who had just returned from the war. They are from middle-class families who are still struggling to find work.

To fill their spare time to buy old motorcycles that are often remnants of war. Unfortunately this war heritage motor tends to heavy and berbodi gambot. On the other hand, most of these young men live in the suburbs whose road facilities are still sober. Mountainous areas with contours up and down, narrow streets, often a lot of cattle crossing the old motor bike was troublesome.

With modest capital these groups began to modify their motors. His direction to the grand prix motor show that was popular at the time. To adopt the need to wiggle in the narrow and crowded streets, the motor cultivated look slimmer and singset.

All the equipment that does not need to be traced. The steering angle is made more upright with the handlebars lowered. The rear axle is shortened from its original size. Seating is usually made minimalist with the form of a wasp tail behind it.

For machine affairs they are upgrading with newer spare parts. Kitchen runway in bore-up to its size becomes larger. In order to compensate for a fuel-hungry engine, the tank was built long into the back.

The result, a light weight with permorfa engine above the average makes this bike can be advanced in high speed with a stable. Each of them began to form a community. As a gathering place, coffee shops and restaurants are commonly used by inter-city truck drivers to take a break.

These resting places at that time were called Cafe. The amount also mushroomed along the inter-city road. Group of young men with motor modifications often move from one cafe to another cafe to just hanging out.

"The latest cafe racer

Modified cafe racer

Model cafe racer / cafe racer design. "

As they move, they spur the bike to get to the destination first. From here then the term Cafe Racer pinned on this group.