A video about a part of Motorcycle Culture history in England. If you love vintage motorcycles, cafe racers, or Rocker culture, this is a video to watch
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@hotdogbri15 жыл бұрын
wow , that brought back memories and some faces from the 59 club ive not seen in 40 odd years well done tops,
@jwyche13 жыл бұрын
I was one of those weird kids in the class of 1966, down in Mississippi who had clip-ons, rear sets, and bum stop seats on the brain. No one knew what I was talking about. This program you have posted fills in a lot of gaps about the culture that produced these beautiful forms of functional art! Now, an old fart in my early sixties, I finally have the time and resources to be a part of Cafe Racers one more time! Thanks again for providing this great stuff to us! Jim
@Rebel-Forces-Earth-00715 жыл бұрын
It's fantastic to know that something started almost 50 years ago is still around and going strong. I'm only 39 and love the Rocker lifestyle here in southern California, its small and exclusive the British influence is definately there. My mates have Nortons, Triumphs and BSA's as well.
@trevorparris7 жыл бұрын
GREAT DAYS REMEMBER THEM WELL, HAD TEA IN VICARAGE AND BIKE BLESSED IN CHURCH
@larrystansbury95469 жыл бұрын
I was in the 59 club in early 60's Loved racing up Ali Pally (Alexander Palace ) Ace cafe on North circular never made it to Busy Bee. Worked as pilot in America retired to Pennsylvania
@geoffboxell390611 жыл бұрын
I'm 59 Club Member 007 305. I thought it a good number - James Bond + the fact I rode a Honda CB77 which was 305cc. The 59 Club was a fantastic place & Father Bill one of God's great servants - he helped me through a crisis in my life & I will alw hold him in a favoured place in my heart.
@28grey11 жыл бұрын
Just great, lots of memories
@paullewisc15 жыл бұрын
Great .....that brought memories of my days at the 59 in Paddington !
@mick752915 жыл бұрын
what wonderfull memories, I remember sitting on the wall in the churchyard at Hackney Wick when they filmed father Bill ridding in, the filming was for "look at life" shown in the local cinemas, oh happy days of my youth.
@PurityVendetta2 жыл бұрын
Riding and racing bikes since I was around 12. Unfortunately I wasn't old enough to pass my test until 1981 but still riding a Norton Dominator 99 cafe racer, building an 88 cafe racer. I have a Domiracer Lowboy replica (Halfway through a rebuild), a Yamaha Fzr1000 and a SOHC Honda 750/4, oh, and a Bantam D14/4 trials bike project. I guess it never leaves some of us 😁
@paullewisc11 жыл бұрын
I was a rocker in the 60,s.......59 club....Chelsea Bridge....The Busy Bee....The Ace.......there was nothing like it ! Oh and Shakin Stevens at the 59......GREAT DAYS !
@kevinb111514 жыл бұрын
Excellent!! thanks for posting, about 20 years before my time before you ask!
@leeannerushton49558 жыл бұрын
my dad was a 59 club member hung on Chelsea bridge love listening to the tales from back in the day go rockers x
@sharnemorgab14 жыл бұрын
10 Out 10 Brings Back Good Memories.
@fishman195514 жыл бұрын
This was great and brings back great memories.
@trumpton7712 жыл бұрын
my dad was a rocker , still got his jacket my daughter wears it , triumph rules , plenty of studs patches , she,s up graded it abit , looks so cool, brian setzer would love it ,
@GrannySea13 жыл бұрын
lovely memories of this 60-year-old granny's mis-spent youth.....!!!
@Fritztoons13 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting! Brilliant!
@micktingley304412 жыл бұрын
first class video brings back happy days of the 60"s
@buggalug4613 жыл бұрын
I'm 66 now but remember those days like yesterday. I had a '58 BSA A10 SR, and it was my life. If any one is interested in the ace Cafe and the rocker era, look for a film called ' The Leather Boys' starring Rita Tushingham. A bit romantasided but shows the real 'Ton-up Boys'
@900ss8114 жыл бұрын
Great nostalgia & bikes!
@seve194410 жыл бұрын
Fab memories of the Ace cafe and Busy Bee, my new 650 Triumph Bonny only cost me £321 from Rex Judd of Edware, i use to race from the Polish War Memorial to the then Hillingdon round about and back
@oldcaferacer13 жыл бұрын
what a great time who would of though that Father Bill would bring this lot together Proud to have viewed this part of cafe racer history Proud member of the 59 CLUB OLDCAFERACER
@andrewshere13 жыл бұрын
"If there's one thing that I like, It's a burn up on my bike, A burn up with a bird up On my bike. When I pass a little scooter I blast 'im wiv me hooter, A burn up on my bike That's what I like." Check out Mike Sarne 'Just For Kicks'. Fun song about rockers from the 60s.
@anythingoldmechanical5 жыл бұрын
Father Bill, an absolute legend.
@pixiereda7 жыл бұрын
I was a member, lived in Orpington , had a bsa tiger club, Royal Enfield crusader sports, 650 bsa road rocket and velo venom 500. Used to go to Chelsea bridge, saltbox cafe at biggin hill, Johnson's cafe at brands hatch. Good old days.
@nieseba215 жыл бұрын
Great video! For a present day sportbike rider it's great to watch where it all came from. I think that everything that he says about the cafe racers, from the difficulty with public opinion to the basic reasons that we ride, apply to riders today.
@dybbuk464015 жыл бұрын
... never knew this about those dodgey rockers ... interesting and uplifting
@notwocdivad13 жыл бұрын
Great vid, I'm in my 60s and still riding a British bike. Well done.
@williamnethercott4364 Жыл бұрын
Good video! I enjoyed the interview with Father Bill, its not often that you hear his side of the story.
@CUBEL201113 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video, these bikers were a legend.
@MrNotleo12 жыл бұрын
started going to the 9 in the late sixties,after it closed on a sat night it was all down to chelsea bridge, other places were the ace,the rocker cha,the bee,there were other places l cant remember which were opening and shutting all over (the police often had a hand in it) great times, can still remember lots of us stitting on the padington flyover when it was being built, on a summers night,right near the old padington nick(dock green) still have a guzzi and suzuki
@CreamTease14 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video. Gonna' restart my club membership!
@rodtemplar12 жыл бұрын
Great Video! I was a rocker from 1966-70. We then became greasers, probably due to the movie "Easy Rider." Whatever the case, we fought with the mods and then the skinheads. The fights were usually nothing more than fist fights. We fought mods at Blackpool, Brighton and Margate. We fought skinheads in Leicester. The first rocker gang I was in was the Kirby Muxloe Rockers in 1968. In 1971 some of us split and formed a greaser gang and called ourselves the Hangmen. Then we became the War Lords.
@ageingoldrocker13 жыл бұрын
Great video, just the time when I rode a Norton and hung out at Kandy's coffee bar in Cleethorpes. Never got to the Ace cafe when I was young but made it 2 years ago. Old Rockers never die, they just put on a bit of weight...........
@edhoughton26094 жыл бұрын
My dad used to run a Gold Star back in the day yea he was one of those guys
@tortillafilms13 жыл бұрын
very nice documentary..well done ! Love it !!
@MrRabbit05112 жыл бұрын
First bike was a Triumph Trident. Love the Cafe Racers . I don't "putt" around on my Harleys, I ride them. Between the two I average 12,000 miles per year. ('92 FLSTC w/ 150,000m+ and my newer '08 FLHTCU) Nothing better than doing a 100m and stopping somewhere for breakfast. Ride Free-Ride Safe! I like ALL motorbikes.
@rodtemplar11 жыл бұрын
So glad I was a rocker in the 60's.
@sidewinder081113 жыл бұрын
Mensch, da wäre ich gerne dabei... SUPER !!!
@mob123515 жыл бұрын
wow this were good times^^ would love to live there for a few weeks
@THEBANDIT79796 жыл бұрын
The wild one with Marlon pretty much gave birth to these boys. Marlon rocking the perfecto leather and riding a British triumph motorcycle. Is what these boys were emulating.
@notwocdivad15 жыл бұрын
11/10 the way it should still be, and long may it continue. Supertramp1950
@erryrollins4 жыл бұрын
They weren't just bikers, but ROCKERS!
@mja27513 жыл бұрын
I was a 59-er back in the mid 60's. I knew Father Bill and Father Graham who'm I am still in touch with some 40 years later. I was a bad girl for many years who due to Father Graham's repeated praying for me was saved and found God and became a good Christian. Marian (known as Lady Scratch in the 60's, then known as Miss Whiplash in the 70's-90's). LOL
@rodtemplar11 жыл бұрын
I was a rocker but I never HATED the mods. They are what made us become rockers :)
@Cookie696972 жыл бұрын
Today the chap in this video Paul pulled over to talk about my Bike and asking if I still go to the meets at the 59 club. I was at Hertford Hospital getting a blood test. We had a good chinwag about the old days and doing the Iron bridge and attempting to hit the magic ton. Paul sends his best regards to all that remembers him. Due to I’ll health he can’t travel far so can’t make the meet at the Ace on Sunday 27th Feb……
@mgb10413 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, great video.
@charliechicpea15 жыл бұрын
great video they used bits of this at st martins last saturday
@increibleperocierto14 жыл бұрын
great video. thanks for posting it.
@Ratabilly15 жыл бұрын
God Bless You Father Bill. I hope god has you burning up the back roads in heaven!
@Beezerbum14 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@Micky196415 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, some excellent footage. Apart from the bikes (was that a Norton P11 Ranger being crated up for export?) and the rockers, good to see the original Shadows line-up and a very tasty Princess Margaret. Many thanks.
@conanhayle13 жыл бұрын
really enjoyed that, thankyou
@makeminealarge18 жыл бұрын
The good old days
@danarcher321012 жыл бұрын
I like this video and I rode a Vespa.
@Rebel-Forces-Earth-00714 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of the Rocker tradition and culture, and i'm an American who owns a Norton and Triumphs. I'll be a proud Ton-up Boy untill i'm too old to ride and my leathers no longer fit me, lol.
@garcibus14 жыл бұрын
Great nostalgia vid, thanks for the proud memory! (Well, time to get back today now... Ghost Rider vid anyone?)
@roadrocket15 жыл бұрын
great bloke once went to court as a witness for me.
@whaddefuxx14 жыл бұрын
Ton-up's a way of life, still going strong!
@SuperDeltaRomeo12 жыл бұрын
What a good vid,we are the Rockers
@DAVEWCLARKE5112 жыл бұрын
Great memories of Paddington yo the ACE1
@hotdogbri15 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Father Bill.
@zxgarage15 жыл бұрын
59 forever
@edgware99 жыл бұрын
Princess Margaret looked as she was having a good time at the 59.
@RatPackDirector15 жыл бұрын
A W E S O M E ! LUV IT !
@koorbwodaem15 жыл бұрын
memer 5044 this was our sat night out the celler (windsor) to 59 club (hackney wick) then onto the ace. father bill look down on us from up their and keep us safe.
@CALLAHAN31512 жыл бұрын
Rockers for life
@isoldegodman226811 жыл бұрын
My Husband Peter Godman are a 59 TunUp boy in the 60s(Triumpf)
@MrOldbrummie114 жыл бұрын
@scarcat Spot on.I road a 250 BSA and a 350 AJS and i would rather do 140 on a modern bike than 70 and 80 on the old bikes,they vibrated you to bits and how i ever managed to stop from those speeds i dont know
@Englandforever1112 жыл бұрын
WE ARE THE MODS, WE ARE THE MODS, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE THE MODS.!!!!!
@zookirider112 жыл бұрын
that's my dad at 1.54. still riding but a lot less hair
@cartermcafee5683 жыл бұрын
I believe one of the groups was The Manchester Creepers
@Beezerbum15 жыл бұрын
I Love it !
@lapsiquisarcaica114 жыл бұрын
ROCKERS FOREVER
@scarcat15 жыл бұрын
You weren't in that video were you?
@jobijiski13 жыл бұрын
what doc is this? & can i find it somewhere to purchase?
@geepbee12 жыл бұрын
im so confused about my identity. i have an 80s sportbike and a 60s scooter. Whats an a hole to do?
@vincentmarsden81227 жыл бұрын
sweet gene vincent
@elbuccanero15 жыл бұрын
That's Boris Johnson on the left at 1'55"
@RudyDiddley12 жыл бұрын
I'm just slightly sub-rocker age myself - we got called grebos, and I suppose since we were into the Who and the Stones etc not Holly or Elvis, that puts us on our own part of biker culture's evolutionary tree. PS mods alone didn't go hippy, it was cross-youth cultural. Hence hippy bikers, see Easy Rider:) I just dislike all the posturing, whatever people do - if you like something do it, no need to make other's lives a misery - or indeed your own.
@garcibus14 жыл бұрын
@A1BSA yep your're right 60's bonnies are great, but you can't ride a 60's bonnie daily. Also no need to mention that today's Bonnevilles T100 aren't worth it AT ALL, while Kawasaki could manage to keep the few twin-engine personnality ("soul" as you named it) specs -torque, sound- that was left to today's regulations with it's W650. Let's say: today's new retro "bonnie's 60's bikes style" award: Kawasaki. We're still waiting for Triumph to wake-up...
@lucas123347810 жыл бұрын
What's song is at 7:02 ??
@montgomeryrichard6 жыл бұрын
Come join the club Boys and girls! facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=893192430873084&set=gm.2227145503965973&type=3&theater&ifg=1?
@retrorocker4413 жыл бұрын
GREAT VID. Nice to see those shots of farver bill, he personally autographed my copy of "CAF'E RACERS " by Mike clay. Please check out my vid...... the SALTBOX CAFE BIGGIN HILL 1963, and retrorockers OLD MOTORBIKES , and SALTBOX DAYS .
@scarcat15 жыл бұрын
@fevkin50 A more innocent age? Most of the Cafe Racers in England were basically England's versions of biker gangs. They were a rough and tumble kind of group. Not at all innocent. Further, at the time, there were no speed limits on British A roads. As a result they pushed their bikes far beyond the limits of what they were designed to so. Today's bikes may be safer and faster, but I'd also say these folks took far more risks making modern bikers the innocent ones.
@westbywalker12 жыл бұрын
whats that! you are the knobs......lmao.
@JAG31213 жыл бұрын
There are 5 people who don't like this video. They must ride scooters and think they are cool.
@rockinatthe2eyes15 жыл бұрын
time not forgotton
@porridgeeveryday14 жыл бұрын
and nary a scooter to be seen.
@MrRay5610 жыл бұрын
grate days gon but not thorgoten
@michaelslack52695 жыл бұрын
Is it still a Christian or faith based club these days?
@angelamary9493 Жыл бұрын
We were Rockers ...not Rebels ...
@vincent51511 жыл бұрын
hahaha they must be mods,still hate them,lol
@ProyectoEvaBraun12 жыл бұрын
8 Vespa suckers! jaj
@Biggest_Cat_There_Ever_Was14 жыл бұрын
kickstarters rule! Down with gay e-starters!!!
@shintacm12 жыл бұрын
i hate the mods !
@netleyned15 жыл бұрын
Grow up. What's that to do with the 59 Club exactly? The 59 club is not a 1% club, it's about brit bikes, brit rocker culutre and the ton-up boy. It's about being with true friends who appriciate both the bike and the rider. It's about being accepted by virtue of who you are, not what you want to be. You want to belong so badly, yet, by that statement you set yourself apart. Don't marginalise yourself, support ALL bikers. Simples.
@scarcat15 жыл бұрын
sorry mate, far too young to be in that film.
@andycliff196512 жыл бұрын
Glad i was not alive in the 50`s / 60`s, very gay !!! apart from "Gold stars" and may be "Tridents" ????