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Category: Ace Cafe

  1. Ace Corner at Barber Vintage Festival - USA 2013

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    Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the "Ace" having originally opened in 1938, Ace Cafe London's North American team, in a collaboration with the USA's Dime City Cycles, hosts Ace Corner Barber at the forthcoming 9th annual Barber Vintage Festival, presented by Triumph dealers of North America and held at the renowned, purpose built Barber Motorsports Park and Museum, Birmingham, Alabama from 11th - 13th October.    

    Throughout the weekend Ace Corner Barber, with its dedicated motorcycle parking and exclusive infield hill top location at the race circuit's "Turn 17", provides a unique vantage point view of all the racing, as well as of the pits and extensive Motorsports Park.    In addition to visitors being able to make a last minute entry to win the Triumph, Dime City Cycles, Iron & Air Magazine and Neale Bayly Rides special "giveaway" Triumph Bonneville Cafe Racer, Turn 17 will also host IoM TT and road racing "Red Riders" sponsor Red Torpedo, and special Isle of Man TT racing Guest of Honour, Manxman, Conor Cummins.

    The cafe racer focused area at Ace Corner Barber 2013, features a cafe racer and custom motorcycle ride in, show, competitions and Bike Builders Park showcase, together with Cafe Racer TV who will be capturing it all on camera!

    Saturday kicks off with a "Ride with the Rockers", an Alabama Back Roads Burn Up and concludes with live rock n' roll, featuring The Cigar Store Indians, on the Ace Corner Barber stage for the cafe racer "Party at the Ace" night.

    Along with an array of Ace Cafe, Rockers, StoMoCo items and the 312 page critically acclaimed seminal book, by author Mick Duckworth, "Ace Times - Speed thrills and teas spills, a cafe and a culture", debuting at the Festival is the all new, 132 page, Ace 75th anniversary Bookazine.    Amenities and hospitality available at Turn 17's Ace Corner Barber over the weekend, includes not only fish n' chips, tea, burgers and soda's, but is also the only race side venue licensed for beers and wine - enjoy the party!    

    For more information and tickets www.acecornerbarber.com

  2. Ace Cafe Bookazine - a 75th anniversary special!

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    Think of black leather jackets, quiffs, sideburns and rockers and the Ace Cafe is at the heart of defining UK motorcycle culture.

    This glorious 132 page bookazine celebrates 75 years of Britain’s most historic motorcycle meeting place – the Ace Cafe in London.

    From high-speed thrills to the birth of an entire culture, the Ace Cafe bookazine takes us from the ton-up boys getting their speed kicks on the road, the Mods versus Rockers, right to the present day with the motorbikes and people that are keeping the Ace Cafe legend alive today. It’s a must read for all!

    Would make a great Xmas Gift!    Available at the cafe or from the on-line web shop

    Price £6.99

    www.acecafeshop.com

    www.ace-cafe-london.com

  3. Ace Cafe T3 Racing Team at Donington this weekend!

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    Rob Guiver looks for a top ten finish at Donington Park

    After their best finish of the season at Cadwell Park, the Ace Cafe T3 Racing team are moving the goal posts and aiming for a top ten finish.

    The team are now leading the Cup class by 56 points and are in a strong position for the rest of the season. Combined with two top 12 finishes at Cadwell Park and the knowledge that he broke the lap record at Donington Park in the Triumph Triple Challenge last year, confidence is running high.

     Guiver spoke to us about his aim for the weekend:

    “I’m looking forward to Donington, I love the place and after a good weekend at Cadwell I’m hoping to build on that and hopefully be able to fight for a top ten finish! My aim is to win the Cup race too, just keeping my fingers crossed that the rain stays away!”

    There was a new found confidence from Guiver at Cadwell Park and it was reflected out on track. The team have been working hard to find the winning formula for him and it has paid off. Team Principal of the Ace Cafe T3 Racing team Tony Scott commented:

    “We’ve been working so hard this season, at times it felt like it was one step forward three steps back, but to see it all come together has been fantastic for all the team. We knew before that a top twelve finish was possible but the way Rob’s riding and the way the bike is going, I think he’s definitely got a top ten finish in him.”

    Guiver will be out on track for the British Supersport races at 15.40 on both Saturday and Sunday. You can see more of the team by dropping into the Ace Cafe T3 Racing awning or check out the races live on Eurosport 2.

    For more race updates and information follow us on twitter @T3Racing or find T3 Racing on twitter. Alternatively you can head to www.t3-racing.co.uk or www.ace-cafe-london.com

     

  5. Ace Cafe Stunt Festival & Streetfighter Show Wembley‏

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    Ace Cafe London Stunt Festival & Streetfighter Show, Wembley 2013  

    Tickets are now available to purchase at the cafe and via the on-line web shop

    Ace Cafe London, this year celebrating the 75th anniversary of having originally opened in 1938, returns to the world famous and iconic Wembley Stadium Complex for the 4th annual Stunt Festival & Streetfighter Show featuring the premiere of the all new Stunt Bike Open Freestyle Championship Finals, to be held throughout the day from 10am Sunday 28th July.

    In addition to trade and industry stands and displays, the Carole Nash Grandstand, this increasingly popular annual event combines the cafe's legendary Streetfighter Sunday, as well as showcasing the dramatic live action finals of the stunt competition, with stunt riders from across Europe and beyond taking part and competing in the "Metzeler Arena" for the coveted awards, Metzeler tyres, Draggin Jeans and cash prize fund totalling £5K.

    Individual Free Style:

    1st - £2K 2nd - 1K 3rd - £750

    Draggin Jeans Longest Stoppie - £750

    Sickest Trick - £500

    Highlights of this prestigious event also includes "Best Streetfighter" static display and competition, with cash prize fund of £500, the awards and prizes include vouchers for exclusive, precision-made performance products, courtesy of Germany's renowned LSL Motorradtechnik, to the value of £1800!

    Best in Show: 1st - £100 & LSL Voucher £750 2nd - £75 & LSL Voucher £500 3rd - £50 & LSL Voucher £250

    Best Engineering: £50 & LSL Voucher £50

    Best Brightwork - £50 & LSL Voucher £50

    Best Rat - £50 & LSL Voucher £50

    Best Junior/Lightweight - £25 & LSL Voucher £50

    Special cash prizes, each of £50, are to be awarded for the "Best Harley Streetfighter" & "Best BMW Streetfighter", each also receiving a £50 LSL Voucher, both marques this year respectively celebrating their 110th and 90th anniversaries.

    Best Streetfighters competition will be run on a "Show Up n' Shine" basis and are to be on site at Wembley by 9am.

    All fourteen winners, of both the Stunt Bike Open Freestyle Championship Finals and the "Best Streetfighter" Show Up n' Shine competition, also receive Draggin Jeans product vouchers courtesy The Key Collection.

    Other features include tyre-frying burnouts and the "Extreme Wheelie"  machine for those who want to experience "Up in the air thrills, a fun mini moto circuit (40cc's, 5 "on track" at any one time and open to all over 6 years of age and with a special Academy session for kids), together with interactive stands and displays.

    Live entertainment on the Ace stage includes with The Fuel Girls, and mixed with the music, the roar of engines and tyre-shredding drifters, along with the spectacular motorcycling aerobatics and hot tricks of the East Coast FMX Team, featuring Chris "Sir Swampy" Birch, widely acknowledged as Britain's No.1 FMX rider, a regular at the Red Bull X Fighters and BoldDog FMX British Championship winner, adrenaline will be pumping - let the action begin!

    The London Rockin Rollers, who with their eight-wheeled thrills and spills have been rolling with the punches since 2007, will be assisting in raising funds for "Riders for Health", the events chosen charity and who will be operating a helmet park on the day.

    Tickets are available at the cafe and via the Ace on-line web shop as well as "On the gate on the day".

    Buy your ticket at the cafe and you will receive a free tea or coffee.

    Tickets: £10 per person £15 Family Ticket (available on the day)

    Club & Group pre-booking concessions available - please contact Lora David at the cafe on [email protected]