ORIGINS

 
A small group of people answered an advertisement calling for “owners of sports oriented motorcycles” to a meeting at the Black Lion Hotel, Hindmarsh in mid 1978. At the end of that meeting, the foundation members of the Café Racer Club of South Australia (in alphabetic order) were:  

Needless to say, the original idea for the club name, “The Under 4 Cylinder Non-Japanese MCC”, (formulated earlier over a few beers by the Norton, Ducati and Moto Guzzi riders) immediately failed. What everyone did have in common was low handlebars and rear set pegs. We were all aware from the magazines of the café racer scene which had flourished in the UK (see the Ace Café site for a history of genre) and agreed that was our common thread. Everyone was building or buying a road going racer. The name was forged as The Café Racer Club. “South Australia” simply denoted the home of our foundation chapter. By the time the first formal constitution was drafted later that year, the name had become “Café Racer Club of South Australia” as it has remained hence.

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