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A '''café racer''', originally pronounced "caff" (as in Kaff) racer, is a type of [[motorcycle]] as well as a type of [[motorcyclist]]. Both meanings have their roots in the 1960s British counterculture group the Rockers, or the Ton-up boys, although they were also common in Italy, Germany, and other European countries. | A '''café racer''', originally pronounced "caff" (as in Kaff) racer, is a type of [[motorcycle]] as well as a type of [[motorcyclist]]. Both meanings have their roots in the 1960s British counterculture group the Rockers, or the [[Ton-up]] boys, although they were also common in Italy, Germany, and other European countries. | ||
Rockers were a young and rebellious Rock and Roll counterculture that wanted a fast, personalized and distinctive bike to travel between transport cafés along the newly built arterial motorways in and around British towns and cities. The goal of many was to be able to reach 100 miles per hour (called simply "the ton") along such a route where the rider would leave from a cafe, race to a predetermined point and back to the cafe before a single song could play on the jukebox, called record-racing. They are remembered as being especially fond of Rockabilly music and their image is now embedded in today's rockabilly culture. | Rockers were a young and rebellious Rock and Roll counterculture that wanted a fast, personalized and distinctive bike to travel between transport cafés along the newly built arterial motorways in and around British towns and cities. The goal of many was to be able to reach 100 miles per hour (called simply "the ton") along such a route where the rider would leave from a cafe, race to a predetermined point and back to the cafe before a single song could play on the jukebox, called record-racing. They are remembered as being especially fond of Rockabilly music and their image is now embedded in today's rockabilly culture. | ||