The term Cafe Racer developed among motorcycle enthusiasts in the UK early 1960's, especially the Rocker, the term describes the style of the bike for a short trip from "café to café" or coffee bar for other Cafe Racers. So many we encountered in Italy, France and other European countries.
In 1973, Wallace Wyss US contributing freelance writer for Popular Mechanics magazine, café racer confirms a term originally used in Europe as an "insult" of motorists who pretending to be a road racer but just parked outside the cafe.
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