Help find a Youtube short film, 60's UK, cars/bikes

MrCostington

The other night I watched a Youtube video on cafe racers and it reminded me of another video I saw a year or two ago, I tried to find it again without success and its been bugging me since, so I hope you can help. I'll try after hours if nothing comes up here.

Here are my memories of it - take everything with a big pinch of salt as I'm sure to have mixed thing up with other videos!

• 20-40 min long, B&W, set in England, perhaps London. I think it was a short film, but could be a doc. 60's or early 70's
• About the lives of one or two main characters, one a biker the other perhaps a man about town type with an E Type
• Pretty sure it starts with the biker sitting in traffic and his bike stalls and he can't get it going, people beeping at him
• Cafe scene near the end
• Might be a scene going through a tunnel
• Love interest for one of them

I know it's a long shot!

RichT

Cafe Racer.....?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXY1PgvdzrU

MrCostington

Wow, thank you! That's it! I feel very silly now, I should have been able to find it, did you just search cafe racer or did you know it?

I'll watch it tonight with some vino :) LOL the E Type was actually a Merc!

RichT

When you mentioned a cafe scene, I wondered if it might be The Ace Cafe. (A famous biker hangout on The North Circular in London)

So I looked up Ace Cafe on Youtube, and that video was there.

Ironically it's not The Ace Cafe in the video.

MrCostington

Ah yes the Ace Cafe is very famous. Oddly I actually searched tunnel of love but got hits for a song, that is the actual name of the film, but the uploader titled it differently.

I won't spoil my viewing later, but I see Eddit Kidd is in it, sad story. I actually saw him I think behind Donnycarny chruch back in the 80's, if you know the area.

Thanks again, I might havea Rich Tea biscut in your honour too :)

steinbock123

Made a pilgrimage over to the Ace Café once upon a time, having read so much about it.

Nice bikes and cars , but one of the worst fry-ups I ever had.

Thinkingaboutit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119694423#Comment_119694423

That's disappointing and kills the slight interest I've had in doing that.