Category: Ace Cafe

1. "ACE TIMES" BOOK LAUNCH AT BARBER VINTAGE FESTIVAL USA

   Posted on 12:00am Friday 7th Oct 2011

   The museum at Barber Motorsports Parkway in Birmingham, Alabama is a "must see" for enthusiasts.  Its collection of over 1200 vintage and modern motorcycles and race cars is world renowned, and its annual Vintage Festival draws huge crowds excited to honour the motorcycle and its associated legends.  

   At this year's Festival, Ace Cafe London is unveiling to America the recently published book Ace Times - Speed Thrills and Tea Spills, a Cafe and a Culture.  This beautiful, copiously illustrated 312-page hardback, packed with personal recollections, is the definitive history of the cafe from its opening in 1938 to the present day, and includes the story of other venues and cafes, like the 59 Club, the Busy Bee, as well as featuring the fastest motorycles, the loudest music, the iconic movies and the distinctive clothing and styles of the Ton-Up era.  Burn ups, press hysteria, rock n' roll riots, police baiting, Mods and Rockers, pirate radio, and loads more besides, all unambiguously revealed. Author Mick Duckworth, along with Mark Wilsmore, will be present signing copies of the book and undertaking special Q&A sessions.

   The Ace is also hosting a number of other special programmes and activities during the Festival including a display of vintage bikes, the fastest of which being the legendary "Hogslayer" with its extraordinary powerplant of two Norton engines! Live music will be performed by the "Cigar Store Indian's" and Velocity Channel's "Cafe Racer TV" will be there to capture every moment!

   The 7th Annual Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, Alabama, 7th - 9th October 2011 October.

   www.acecafeusa.com

   www.ace-cafe-london.com

   www.barbervintagefestival.org

2. The Cat, The Rats & The Ace Cafe!

   Posted on 9:20am Wednesday 28th Sep 2011

   Rat Bikes, Rat Rods and other rodent inspired vehicles are all welcome to attend the cafe from 8am on Sunday 30th October, but all should be aware that 'The Cat' and friends will also be present!    

   'The Cat', Danny John-Jules, together with Steve Keys and Matt Roberts will be departing the cafe at 10am on their 'Viva Valencia' ride to the final round of MotoGP 2011, all in aid of the charity 'Riders for Health'.

   Raise a paw and wave them off!   As well as 'The Cat' riding his Pink bike, Matt Roberts will be riding the unique Jorge Lorenzo Tribute bike, built especially for Lorenzo to ride around TT 2010 - on it's return to the UK the bike is to be auctioned, in aid of Riders for Health, at the forthcoming NEC Birmingham Motorcycle Live Show www.motorcyclelive.co.uk

   To help look after The Cat, the Rats and their friends, will be 'kittens' courtesy of Carole Nash and, if stripes are your thing, graphic artist and pinstriper Johnny 'Rat' Bradnam will be on hand with his paint van!  

   More information about Viva Valencia and to donate to Riders for Health, check out:   www.motoventures.co.uk

3. Ace & Triumph

   Posted on 9:19am Monday 26th Sep 2011

   Celebrating the 10th anniversary of having fully reopened, and influenced by a shared heritage and the links with the Ton Up Boys (and girls) and the Rockers, Ace Cafe London has teamed up with Triumph to produce a new range of official Triumph Ace Cafe gear.

   The collection includes the Triumph Ace Cafe Jacket - classic black leather styling with modern riding technologies, and a bold black and white print to the inner, removable lining. Subtle outer branding includes a Ace Cafe/Triumph pin badge on the collar.  Also available exclusively from Triumph are an Ace Cafe Triumph tee-shirt, mug, baseball cap and sew on fabric patch.

   Check out the Triumph dealership near you or look on the website:

   www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk

4. Ace Exhibition at Coventry Transport Museum - ending on Sunday 2nd October

   Posted on 12:00am Monday 26th Sep 2011

   Throughout this summer and ending on Sunday 2nd October, the Rockers return as Coventry Transport Museum and Ace Cafe London, two world famous transport attractions, showcase an exhibition "Coming of Age at the Ace Cafe" that will take you on a journey through the history of the iconic cafe, its customers and what it meant to be a British teenager in the 1950s and 60s - the story of fashion, the bikes and the music that defined a generation.

   Planned as a roadside transport cafe during the 1930s, the Ace, on London's North Circular Road, quickly became a place where motorcycle riders gathered.  In the 1950's the cafe became the destination for a new breed of motorcyclist; the teenagers who met there listened to rock n' roll and burned up the road doing the 'Ton' - 100mph!

   The exhibition, designed to tour and which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the cafe having been fully re-opened, will offer visitors the opportunity to explore and experience the sights and sounds of the Ace, leather jackets are optional!

   Coming of Age at the Ace Cafe
   Coventry Transport Museum
   Ends Sunday 2nd October 2011

   www.transport-museum.com

5. Guy Martin At Ace Cafe Reunion 2011

   Posted on 12:00am Friday 9th Sep 2011

   Isle of Man TT sponsors Red Torpedo, together with TT racer Guy Martin, confirm attendance at the Brighton Burn Up on Sunday 11th September.
    
   Guy will be on the Red Torpedo stand on Brighton's famous seafront road, Madeira Drive, and will also be debuting, as special guest, on the Ace stage at approx. 2pm.
    
   Six Ulster GP's, seven consecutive Scarborough Gold Cups, 13 TT podiums, innumerable cups of tea, and now Brighton for the 18th annual Ace Cafe Reunion!