Cafe Racers: Speed, Style, and Ton-Up Culture
"...the just released hardcover bookCafe Racers, Speed, Style and Ton Up Cultureis a must-own if you like the Cafe Racers genre."- CyrilHuzeBlog.com"If you enjoyed Paul's crisp, perceptive writing in our own book The Ride, take a look at his latest workâ??a joint project with one of the top US motorcycle photographers, Michael Lichter. So fresh my own copy has not arrived yetâ??but I'll be ripping off the packaging in haste when it lands in the mailbox." -BikeEXIF.com"D'Orleans does an amazing thing inCafe 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 findCafe Racersa fascinating read and a great addition to your library."- UltimateMotorcycling.com