Lịch sử Cafe Racer: không khác "dân tổ" Việt Nam là mấy! | Đường 2 Chiều

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Hai Trieu! In today's video, we're going to go back in time to find out the history of a subculture which is a type of culture in the car industry which is Cafe Racer This name may not be too far-fetched because we have been in contact with Cafe Racer from relatively early on, from the time of the car trend in Vietnam But what about the history of this type of car and the surrounding cultures related to it? Let's find out in today's video! Let's get started! I would like to thank Koolmed for accompanying Hai Trieu in today's video Currently, Koolmed has a 1-million-people promotion on their website There are a lot of great gifts such as masks and hats I will put all the links of the program right below for those who are interested And don't forget to enter the code HaiTrieuD2C to get a discount of 50,000 VND for orders over 350,000 VND Speaking of the name Cafe Racer I saw the word Racer in there What does this culture have to do with racing? In fact, Cafe Racer originates from the love of young people in the UK in the 50s and 60s for the British GP races In general, it is a long road and it can be considered a cultural foundation built between the UK and the US In the 50s and 60s of the previous century the UK just went through World War II and this is a time that can be called No one has to sell high-end goods and no one has to sell cream because everyone has a job Young people in the UK at that time had money and spent a lot of time in cafes Life in the UK was relatively urgent so this situation quickly put young people in the lead A need to have a fast enough vehicle to catch up with life at that time In order to develop Cafe Racer we have to mention two cafes Ace Cafe in London and Busy Bee Cafe in Watford Young people at that time often came to these cafes to have fun to interact, learn and especially to listen to American rock and roll music At these cafes, young people in the UK had a relatively boring hobby playing in a cafe Then they got on the car and rushed to buy another cafe just to play There is a story about the origin of the name Cafe Racer On that day, there was a truck driver sitting in a cafe and he saw two young men racing and he said Hey, you guys are not professional racers you are just a cafe racer just a cafe racer and the other young men replied Oh, that's right we are Cafe Racer and that's how the name was born and the Cafe Racer often interact with each other by saying Hey, now I'm going to play and I'm sure this is my boss and I don't believe that you can go from the International Port to A-Ha Ly Thuong Kiet and come back here before the game is over and then the racers will rush to get on the car and run at full speed before the MTP stops singing My personal experience at the beginning when I saw the first Cafe Racer in Vietnam it was a truck from Honda LA250 or Suzuki GN125 and when we come back to the 50s and 60s how does a Cafe Racer look like? A Cafe Racer has some distinctive features such as a low handlebar a long handlebar and a truss on the rear Cafe Racer is a truck that has been modified by the owner for the purpose of maximizing the performance of the truck and also for personalization Young men usually modify different parts of the truck such as Triton I'm not talking about Mitsubishi's truck but it's a combination between Triumph and Norton At that time, Norton's Fatal Bad Frame was combined with Triumph Bonneville's engine and the owners will do everything to make their truck as fast and powerful as possible At that time, there was a goal that every Cafe Racer wanted and that was to hit the ton or reach 100km per hour and that was about 160km per hour And those who can run at this speed will be called a ton-up boy and this name will only apply to England at that time In Vietnam, if you run at 160km per hour it will not be called hit the ton but it will be called hit the incense In the past, but now we should not run like that The Cafe Racer culture both cars and people are full of youth and rebellion This culture is a mixture of English and American when rock'n'roll music has influenced the youth of England and spread the love of motorcycles to many places in the world And the Cafe Racer racers are considered rockers wearing leather jackets and sprinting very fast on the fastest car they can buy to go to cafes and hang out with their friends to have fun and satisfy their passion for speed It is a mixture of youth, fun and rebellion and youth in Vietnam The Cafe Racer also represents that kind of thing The influence of the Cafe Racer culture is relatively large and is considered one of the most influential motorcycle culture of all time Although the scenes of boys and girls driving from one cafe to another ended in the 60s but later on, the manufacturers still produced models that are still influenced by this culture In the past, we can talk about some Honda models such as CB750 and even now we can buy our own Cafe Racer cars that are ready-made Speaking of a Cafe Racer model that is affordable we can talk about the Royal Enfield Continental GT which has been reviewed You can see it somewhere in the channel If we want to find more high-end models we can refer to Ducati, Scrambler, Cafe Racer or Triumph Thruxton These are all models that are relatively expensive but the technology they bring is still modern and great That's what I want to share with you about the Cafe Racer A motorcycle that has been very beautiful for a long time and still has a loyal fan What do you think about this culture? 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