As a London lad I first went to the Ace in 1966, It was a true greasy spoon no shop no glamour and the juke box was in a cage. In those days we were the Cafe racers not the bikes a common misconception in these times. The Ace was cool but for me The Busy Bee was where is was at it was like an American diner 24/7 364 days a yr if memory serves . I never stopped riding and now at near 74 yrs old still with no car I hope to be riding a few more yrs yet. Off to the Harley rally in Italy next week woo hoo as the kids say :) .
I was always told to fear an old man in a young man’s game. I fancy myself a pretty good rider and the last old geezer I rode with left me in his dust. Proving again what I’d been told.
The Ace Cafe and all the British bikes feature in a great kitchen sink drama from 1963 called the leather boys. A few TH-cam channels have the whole film in decent quality if you search for it. It even has a young Mike Baldwin from Corrie in it, a great period film whether you appreciate the bikes or not.
I first went into the Ace cafe, in 1966, as a 10-year-old pillion, on my brother`s Triumph. It was a fantastic experience which influenced the rest of my life. Sadly, he was killed the following year, on that bike. When the original Ace closed, it seemed to me that it was a link with the past, that would never return. Glad it survives today.
I grew up 10 minutes away It definately changed because it was a tyre shop for about 20 years 😂 everyone was happy when they turned it back into the Ace Cafe.
I and a riding buddy flew into Heathrow from the states last year. Hired (rented) a couple of bikes. The Ace was our very first stop for breakfast on our way to the Yorkshire Dales. The Ace had been on my Bucket List for years. Couldn't believe I'd finally made it. (And it didn't rain 😄)
2016, a Canuck from Vancouver is visiting England with his wife who left England back in 1968. We’re in a little village staying with family outside Milton Keynes and I say “who wants to see the iconic Ace Cafe?” No takers so off I go on the bus to Leighton Buzzard, get on the train and eventually find my way to The Ace Cafe! On the forecourt is a a car show and inside is a great history lesson of the infamous mods and rockers era. After a burger I head to the gift store and get a couple keychains for the guys back home. I decide on the bullet shells attached to a key ring. Bad choice. On the way home at the airport of course the x-ray picked them up and they were immediately confiscated! I shoulda thought of that. Consolation: I also got the black t-shirt with the motto “speed thrills”👍🏻 Thx for the memories Freddie!
Went there a couple of times in the mid sixties on my '59 Bonnie but being a "Sarf London" boy my cafe of choice was Johnson's near Brands Hatch. No helmets required.
Even South London isn’t that close to Brands Hatch is it. I’m a Yank but i had a BSA in 68 then got into motocross with an AJS and finally needed up at Motor Racing Stables at Brands Hatch.
@@Americathebeautiful49 From where I used to live in South London to Brands Hatch was about 25 miles and the roads were nowhere near as busy in the sixties. A skip and a hop on a motorbike. There was also another cafe called Salt Box in Biggin Hill, Kent which was also a bikers cafe in those days.
I live in SW London, so an early Sunday ride for their Big Breakfast is often on the cards. I'm no 70 and my son is 37 - there is nothing quite like racing (er, riding) there. Me on my Super Meteor and him on his Street Twin as we anticipate the taste of those bacon n eggs, sausages, beans and a welcome catch up! Your Bonneville is simply magnificent, enhanced of course by the quality tool roll!
Hi Freddie, if you do want to come to the Adventure Bike Festival this year, I have a spare VIP ticket for the whole event which I would be very happy to donate so you can experience the best biking event of the year. It will only cost you a beer! Bring your Wingman of the Road and join us for a great weekend. Just let me know if you are interested. Steve.
Nice of you to offer Freddie your spare tickets, I think he would love it, especially after his Transalp experience! I'm going for the first time this year and can't wait as I'm considering buying an adventure bike 😀👍
I'll have it if Freddie doesn't take up your offer. I have never been and really cant afford it being a pensioner. I will donate 50 quid to a cancer charity.
I'm surprised Freddie's not already been invited as a guest speaker to the massive ABR festival, especially with all the speaker tents. If not this year I'll certainly be miffed if not next year.
Just Ace Freddie, what a Classic place and show case for the Bonnies ride out.. we just need better weather..! Hows Monica, well on way to recovery. Cheers
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I visit the Ace every single week. I am from Spain but I’ve been a Londoner for the last 17 years. I love the ace. When is sunny lots of riders go down there and it’s lovely.
Hi Freddie, great to meet you yesterday at the Bike Shed, Tobacco Dock. Don’t forget to put Coggeshall and its 13th century monastic barn on your list. Ride Safe!
Wow Freddie. I just watched the big reveal on Joes channel. Man, you are so lucky to find him and have him take care of your bike. It looks brand new. I am so looking forward to seeing your next adventure on the bonnie.
I spent most of my teenage years back in the early 60s in the ace cafe, being all night with bikes coming and going. The likes of BSA"s triumphs bsa gold stars tritons Ariels Velocettes and many moore. In 69 it shut down and became a tyre company. And what is so wonderful when it reopened as the Ace cafe as we know it today the original Rockola juke box was found upstairs on the first floor if my memory doesn't fail me. Good old days, had a great impact on my teenage years..
Funny! I have been there today and it is very cool seeing this on TH-cam. Yesterday I was on Tabacco Docks at the Bike Shed and it was a great motorbike weekend. Now back in Germany I must say that your motorbike culture is great 👍
We used to play ‘mods and rockers’ in the playground at school when I was 11 years old in 1966 , the heyday of British bikes and Italian scooters . Still love both!
The most famous of those ' ton-up ' 2 minute records Freddie was Sheila by Tommy Roe , released in 1962, at the tail end of the Rock N Roll music craze for a while, very much based on the style of Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly.
Very old biker here. Yes, a great joke was to put something really shite (like Tommy Roe) on, inflict it on the others , while you went for a nice little 3 minute ride! 😂😂
Hi Freddie, great to see you were at the Ace Cafe recently. I’ve been a subscriber to your channel afew years now and really enjoy your trips (Goa) and followed the @TheWurks rebuild of your Bonneville, amazing job. Would you consider holding a Q&A event at somewhere like the Ace Cafe for your subscribers? I’m sure we’ve all got a load of questions and it would be a real pleasure to see you in person. All the best, Joe
1963. Tea and a Bacon Sarnie or for some Dripping on Toast. Tea 6d a cup, three 45rpm records (singles) for a Shilling or one for 6d. Joe Brown and the Bruvvers ' That's what love will do' got played a lot.. My 500 Triumph 5TA parked up outside and those Tower block flats were not there!! Happy days.👍
Freddie. Your bike is transformed from skip fodder to almost show-worthy! Stunning! I hope you look after it with the same care and attention that Joe has put into its restoration 🙏🏻
Great memories of riding hard under the Ferodo Bridge near the Ace back in the early '80s. Great to see it open again. I dropped in quite recently. The day after Stan Bowles passed away, I'd visited Loftus Road to lay flowers for Stan the Man and dropped into the Ace for a late breakfast. It was absolutely heaving. Fantastic place.
Nice one Freddie, our ancestorial home, I as a 1967 BSA rider the bike is a hooligan and yes still ton up, oh shame on her she is harlett but my personal harlett she is called Julie😍😍 It is so good to see you back on the bonnie.
I am glad to see it is open again, I have only visited when working in London and at that time the car park was mainly pot holed and part unmade. I will have to bring the speedmaster down. I am also booked in to the ABR festival
Will never forget the absolute nightmare you and Monica had with trying to bump start the bonville at that very spot....what an unbelievable transformation....god bless Joe and here's to the phoenix that has risen from the ashes known as the Bonneville...many happy miles to you and Monica together on it! 😎😎😎👍
It's a very special place. I like you started going just after it reopened in 2001(it was a tyre shop before). I've not been for years after leaving the area but will be back at some point!
The scooter isn't a Vespa or a Lambretta. It's a Royal Alloy, a British designed Chinese/Taiwanese built Lambretta clone with a Honda GY6 125cc engine. I know this because I own a 300cc version. Love your videos Freddie, always really interesting.
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Lambretta, Freddie, not a Vespa. The Ace Cafe looks fab. Thanks for the tour. We, in Manchester, would a place like this. Your Bonnie is both looking, and sounding, amazing. You must be so pleased.
Freddie. Was great to see you at the DGR Tamworth last week. You took the time to jump in a photo with me and have a quick chat, despite being pulled in several directions.. That meant a lot. Every bit the gent i was expecting. You have something pretty special, keep doing what you do, it's infectious.. Hopefully bump; into you again at a future event with a little less time pressure.. You are a class act... 😉👍
I live fairly close to the ace and was a regular visitor once, not so much now though. I tend to head south more now, Rykas has new owners and they are doing a fantastic job, Loomies also is a great coffee stop. Ive done many Ace Runs, Brighton, Southend and Margate to name a few. Since Mark did a great job on getting the Ace reopened many other coffee stops and biker venues have opened and maybe over taken (no pun intended) the Ace, great of the nostalgia although not often worth the effort of getting there for me anyways. If you've never been a must visit. Just found you're channel this morning and really enjoyed this film, many thanks.
Of all the bikes we have seen u on. I am so glad ur back on the bonny. It’s why I subbed years ago.never let that one go and don’t worry about its cleanliness. My gt85 regular application and acf 50 twice a year has served me all my many years of biking and bikes. Only think is, is maintenance and pay for it Fred but with someone you trust. I dont need to name names where you have been stiffed
Thanks for going there Freddie. That’s been a bucket list place for me for a long time. I sure would love to cross the pond and check out all the places that you go to over in England. Remember now when you get home, you CLEAN the Bonnie👍😎
In the early to mid 1990s I used to stop by the site on my bike. You would often see Mark Wilsmore sitting in front of a little cabin with a sign explaining the campaign to reopen the Ace and a bucket for contributions. He was a friendly bloke and I would put a few quid in the kitty even though I thought it was a bit of a longshot. Shows how much I know! An amazing success, well done Mark. The location is superb - a service road off the North Circular and close to the start of the M1. The neighbours are more commercial than residential which helps keeps the complaints down. Re the Bonneville, that front mudguard is useless, get yourself a full-size one, it will help you keep the bike clean. Cheers!
That moped is inspired (here meaning 'with tracing paper') by Lambretta design cues, not Vespa, and it's actually a Scomadi. It's also a lot newer than it looks.
1:18 Eagle-eyed then. So much for wading on bikes. Not to mention the proverbially destructive desert sand. Good of you for sticking with sweet ol Bonnie. And how sweet she proved to be. She churns out charisma in spades. Thanks for the encyclopaedic tour in Ace Cafe London. Spot on as usual. Ride safely mate. Cheers.
Tho I live in London I’ve never been to the Ace Cafe on the North Circular Road tho I’ve passed it hundreds of time over the years! As I’ve got some time off soon I think are jump on the bike one morning & take a trip up there for breakfast, very good video Freddie & the Bonnie looks & sounds great too Joe from the WURKS has done brilliant!
Thanks for the video! Great video, too! I was curious what the ACE Cafe looked like on the inside. It is a very interesting place with a great history for sure.
Last time I was there was 20 years ago. It hasn't changed. I remember being there at a Triumph day back in 2004 for a Rocket 3 event put on by Jack Lilley Triumph.
Almost like old times again with you & your bike. I say almost because Monika enhances things. What a beautiful smile she has. Now be straight up Freddie- who puts the music to your videos? How far wrong would I be if I guessed Monika? Anyway, could we please have a video with the 2 of you buzzing around? Pretty please!! Cheers!! Have a great day!! Illinois, USA
Hi Freddie, great vlog, me and my two brothers all born in the 50s love our bikes and have been bikers all our lives. Lovely to see your bonnie back on the road, you must be chuffed. Myself I know what it's like to be off the road as I had a 9 year break after back surgery in 2014 and I got mine back on the road last summer. Happy days buddy.
Brilliant video, love how you incorporate a bit of ACE CAFÉ history. I would like to recommend the WARR'S 100th anniversary celebration on Saturday 6th July. You can't miss out on that!
It's great to see the Bonneville back out on adventures again. A great video to start Sunday, before heading over to Bike Shed to watch Moto Gp, then back down to Bike Shed Show for the final few hours.
The thruxton featured was modified and tuned by T3 racing. It has 80bhp and 60 lbft of torque. Upgrade suspension, etc. I remember reading about it at the time. 😊
Bad day to go to the Ace Freddie! I went to the Blue Haze event (see vid) and there were a lot more bikes and the weather was perfect! Of course it was mostly 2 strokes! Any plans to visit again?
Nice vid as always Freddie. Bike looks great and it's good to see that you are not worried about a little rain. Too many bikes are hidden away at the merest hint of a raindrop!
When I was visiting customers in the area when out of the office, I always stopped there for a cuppa and sausage sandwich. You can't beat it, better than stopping at McDonald's. I even saw the old bill having a break there, how times have changed.
Really enjoyed that one I was going to comment on the scooter but got beaten to it . I keep meaning to go to there when I’m back visiting family and friends but now I got given a Triumph Ace Cafe cap from my dealer the other week when I picked up my 400 Scrambler X from North of Montreal I’ll definitely have to go . The Leather Boys a great film from 1964 depicts that whole era brilliantly , ahead of its time too with its other content .
Thanks for the cool video! Yes, I got the Ace Cafe on my bucketlist! so, hopefully in 2025 , I need to plan trip from The Netherlands to Londen on my Triumph Speed Twin 1200!😊
Before my time and after my bike riding time but very interesting thanks. I might get back into motorcycles soon and this will be on my list of places to go.
The Ace is just down the road from me and will be there tomorrow (bank holiday Monday) to join the Margate Mayhem ride out. The bonnie is back and Freddie, LOOK AFTER HER lol. Wishing you well and safe riding.
The Ace is my local and I missed you on the Wednesday you visited only due to the weather. When you went into the cafe and went to the Duke box there are 4 guys sitting at the table, this is our usual table, 2 of them, Martin and Keith are original 59 Club members and Keith was one of the well known Teddy boys as well back in the day. They both know more about the Ace than anyone who visits and works there. Friday night is bike night, car park is packed out every Friday with practically every bike make and model you can think of. Great place to visit, we meet many bikers at the Ace who have it on their 'tick list' to visit. You will always get a warm welcome at the Ace 👍🫡
Hi Freddie....great to see you out on the bonnie.....one of my ambitions to come down from Liverpool to visit the Ace Cafe. Hope the bike dont get to dirty in the crap weather......mine dont come out in the wet.....makes to much mess. Lewis Leather's Freddie is in London.....a very established and respected shop prob no more than 3 miles from where your standing in the cafe.
As a London lad I first went to the Ace in 1966, It was a true greasy spoon no shop no glamour and the juke box was in a cage. In those days we were the Cafe racers not the bikes a common misconception in these times. The Ace was cool but for me The Busy Bee was where is was at it was like an American diner 24/7 364 days a yr if memory serves . I never stopped riding and now at near 74 yrs old still with no car I hope to be riding a few more yrs yet. Off to the Harley rally in Italy next week woo hoo as the kids say :) .
What is it they say "growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional" Keep the shiney side up Slumpsg1901.🙂
Bet you've got some stories. Please tell as many as you can before they're lost.
I was always told to fear an old man in a young man’s game. I fancy myself a pretty good rider and the last old geezer I rode with left me in his dust. Proving again what I’d been told.
See you there!
The Ace Cafe and all the British bikes feature in a great kitchen sink drama from 1963 called the leather boys. A few TH-cam channels have the whole film in decent quality if you search for it. It even has a young Mike Baldwin from Corrie in it, a great period film whether you appreciate the bikes or not.
My grandad was one of the ton up boys and this is on my bucket list of places to visit
I first went into the Ace cafe, in 1966, as a 10-year-old pillion, on my brother`s Triumph. It was a fantastic experience which influenced the rest of my life. Sadly, he was killed the following year, on that bike. When the original Ace closed, it seemed to me that it was a link with the past, that would never return. Glad it survives today.
I grew up 10 minutes away It definately changed because it was a tyre shop for about 20 years 😂 everyone was happy when they turned it back into the Ace Cafe.
Im glad Ace Cafe is still in existence as that is a national treasure to the UK
We’ve never been to the Ace Cafe, believe it or not! Great to chat with you on Friday. Catch up soon 👍🏼👍🏼
A bit far from you but it would make a great place for the proposed meet-up. Or where the meet-up finishes...
Your channel is top notch. Glad to see the OlMan back. Awaiting future videos. Cheers.
What are you doing here!? 😄👍
@@silkycherry we love to watch Freddie too 😁
more colabs from brit moto content creators😊
I and a riding buddy flew into Heathrow from the states last year. Hired (rented) a couple of bikes. The Ace was our very first stop for breakfast on our way to the Yorkshire Dales. The Ace had been on my Bucket List for years. Couldn't believe I'd finally made it. (And it didn't rain 😄)
2016, a Canuck from Vancouver is visiting England with his wife who left England back in 1968. We’re in a little village staying with family outside Milton Keynes and I say “who wants to see the iconic Ace Cafe?”
No takers so off I go on the bus to Leighton Buzzard, get on the train and eventually find my way to The Ace Cafe! On the forecourt is a a car show and inside is a great history lesson of the infamous mods and rockers era.
After a burger I head to the gift store and get a couple keychains for the guys back home. I decide on the bullet shells attached to a key ring.
Bad choice. On the way home at the airport of course the x-ray picked them up and they were immediately confiscated! I shoulda thought of that.
Consolation: I also got the black t-shirt with the motto “speed thrills”👍🏻
Thx for the memories Freddie!
Went there a couple of times in the mid sixties on my '59 Bonnie but being a "Sarf London" boy my cafe of choice was Johnson's near Brands Hatch.
No helmets required.
Even South London isn’t that close to Brands Hatch is it. I’m a Yank but i had a BSA in 68 then got into motocross with an AJS and finally needed up at Motor Racing Stables at Brands Hatch.
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From where I used to live in South London to Brands Hatch was about 25 miles and the roads were nowhere near as busy in the sixties.
A skip and a hop on a motorbike.
There was also another cafe called Salt Box in Biggin Hill, Kent which was also a bikers cafe in those days.
Hi Freddie, you have got to watch the Leather Boys. 1960s British film set mainly at the Ace cafe.
I live in SW London, so an early Sunday ride for their Big Breakfast is often on the cards. I'm no 70 and my son is 37 - there is nothing quite like racing (er, riding) there. Me on my Super Meteor and him on his Street Twin as we anticipate the taste of those bacon n eggs, sausages, beans and a welcome catch up! Your Bonneville is simply magnificent, enhanced of course by the quality tool roll!
Was just like being there. Thanks for the tour Freddie!
Hi Freddie, if you do want to come to the Adventure Bike Festival this year, I have a spare VIP ticket for the whole event which I would be very happy to donate so you can experience the best biking event of the year. It will only cost you a beer! Bring your Wingman of the Road and join us for a great weekend. Just let me know if you are interested. Steve.
Nice of you to offer Freddie your spare tickets, I think he would love it, especially after his Transalp experience! I'm going for the first time this year and can't wait as I'm considering buying an adventure bike 😀👍
@@michaelmclarney1994 it’s such a fun weekend, you will have a great time, see you there 👍
I'll have it if Freddie doesn't take up your offer. I have never been and really cant afford it being a pensioner. I will donate 50 quid to a cancer charity.
I'm surprised Freddie's not already been invited as a guest speaker to the massive ABR festival, especially with all the speaker tents. If not this year I'll certainly be miffed if not next year.
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Just Ace Freddie, what a Classic place and show case for the Bonnies ride out.. we just need better weather..!
Hows Monica, well on way to recovery. Cheers
I visit the Ace every single week. I am from Spain but I’ve been a Londoner for the last 17 years. I love the ace. When is sunny lots of riders go down there and it’s lovely.
Hi Freddie, great to meet you yesterday at the Bike Shed, Tobacco Dock. Don’t forget to put Coggeshall and its 13th century monastic barn on your list. Ride Safe!
Wow Freddie. I just watched the big reveal on Joes channel. Man, you are so lucky to find him and have him take care of your bike. It looks brand new. I am so looking forward to seeing your next adventure on the bonnie.
I spent most of my teenage years back in the early 60s in the ace cafe, being all night with bikes coming and going. The likes of BSA"s triumphs bsa gold stars tritons Ariels Velocettes and many moore. In 69 it shut down and became a tyre company. And what is so wonderful when it reopened as the Ace cafe as we know it today the original Rockola juke box was found upstairs on the first floor if my memory doesn't fail me. Good old days, had a great impact on my teenage years..
Preservation of history at its finest…a beautiful thing
Funny! I have been there today and it is very cool seeing this on TH-cam. Yesterday I was on Tabacco Docks at the Bike Shed and it was a great motorbike weekend. Now back in Germany I must say that your motorbike culture is great 👍
We used to play ‘mods and rockers’ in the playground at school when I was 11 years old in 1966 , the heyday of British bikes and Italian scooters . Still love both!
Thanks for the tour Freddie! Glad you've got your baby back...
The most famous of those ' ton-up ' 2 minute records Freddie was Sheila by Tommy Roe , released in 1962, at the tail end of the Rock N Roll music craze for a while, very much based on the style of Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly.
Very old biker here. Yes, a great joke was to put something really shite (like Tommy Roe) on, inflict it on the others , while you went for a nice little 3 minute ride! 😂😂
Hi Freddie, great to see you were at the Ace Cafe recently. I’ve been a subscriber to your channel afew years now and really enjoy your trips (Goa) and followed the @TheWurks rebuild of your Bonneville, amazing job. Would you consider holding a Q&A event at somewhere like the Ace Cafe for your subscribers? I’m sure we’ve all got a load of questions and it would be a real pleasure to see you in person. All the best, Joe
Yea....on a Sunny Sunday in July....would be a great gig!
This is the best automotive blogging channel on youtube. TopGear for bikes!
I really appreciate it, thank you
I tried to get across to Ace after the BikeShed Shown on Sunday, but the weather was against me. Love to visit that place when I'm down there 👍
1963. Tea and a Bacon Sarnie or for some Dripping on Toast. Tea 6d a cup, three 45rpm records (singles) for a Shilling or one for 6d. Joe Brown and the Bruvvers ' That's what love will do' got played a lot.. My 500 Triumph 5TA parked up outside and those Tower block flats were not there!! Happy days.👍
Must be great to have the old girl back. Wish Joe had taken mine! Look forward to your on going adventures. 👍
Freddie. Your bike is transformed from skip fodder to almost show-worthy! Stunning! I hope you look after it with the same care and attention that Joe has put into its restoration 🙏🏻
Great memories of riding hard under the Ferodo Bridge near the Ace back in the early '80s. Great to see it open again. I dropped in quite recently. The day after Stan Bowles passed away, I'd visited Loftus Road to lay flowers for Stan the Man and dropped into the Ace for a late breakfast. It was absolutely heaving. Fantastic place.
Love your video's so honest and your passion for bikes really come through. Just got back into biking and enjoying your channel
Good visit Freddie, thank you.
i like your new bike ! only been to the cafe once with Southampton MAG on a stop of to one of the MAG demos at trafalgar square must go back one day
Nice one Freddie, our ancestorial home, I as a 1967 BSA rider the bike is a hooligan and yes still ton up, oh shame on her she is harlett but my personal harlett she is called Julie😍😍
It is so good to see you back on the bonnie.
I am glad to see it is open again, I have only visited when working in London and at that time the car park was mainly pot holed and part unmade.
I will have to bring the speedmaster down.
I am also booked in to the ABR festival
Nice place fully of love for motorcycles 🏍
Really enjoyed the history lesson Freddie…..
Will never forget the absolute nightmare you and Monica had with trying to bump start the bonville at that very spot....what an unbelievable transformation....god bless Joe and here's to the phoenix that has risen from the ashes known as the Bonneville...many happy miles to you and Monica together on it! 😎😎😎👍
Get a fender extender Freddie to keep the crud off that rebuilt engine 😊
Nice bit on the ace cafe, nostalgia Freddie
It's a very special place. I like you started going just after it reopened in 2001(it was a tyre shop before). I've not been for years after leaving the area but will be back at some point!
"A hundred miles an aaah!" Love it!
Ha Ha .....spot on chap!
The scooter isn't a Vespa or a Lambretta. It's a Royal Alloy, a British designed Chinese/Taiwanese built Lambretta clone with a Honda GY6 125cc engine. I know this because I own a 300cc version. Love your videos Freddie, always really interesting.
Great video as always, good to see you back on the Bonnie, it doesn't matter the weather when you're on the right bike.
That Norton looks stunning
Thank you for the tour ,thank you for you're informative channel.....
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Great little trip around the Ace, love all that 50's /60s nostalgia. Bike looks and sounds great Freddie 👏👏
Great video. Interesting and enjoyable.
Great history lesson. Need to get me one of their t-shirts
Lambretta, Freddie, not a Vespa.
The Ace Cafe looks fab. Thanks for the tour. We, in Manchester, would a place like this.
Your Bonnie is both looking, and sounding, amazing. You must be so pleased.
It's actually a Scomadi, a lambretta GP knock off.
@@shaundewar7397 Correct mate.
Thanks Richard, it feels really good to have it back🏍️
I need to up my scooter knowledge!
Good to see you back on the Bonneville - please, please, please get some good bike locks to protect it !
Freddie.
Was great to see you at the DGR Tamworth last week.
You took the time to jump in a photo with me and have a quick chat, despite being pulled in several directions..
That meant a lot.
Every bit the gent i was expecting.
You have something pretty special, keep doing what you do, it's infectious..
Hopefully bump; into you again at a future event with a little less time pressure..
You are a class act...
😉👍
I live fairly close to the ace and was a regular visitor once, not so much now though. I tend to head south more now, Rykas has new owners and they are doing a fantastic job, Loomies also is a great coffee stop. Ive done many Ace Runs, Brighton, Southend and Margate to name a few. Since Mark did a great job on getting the Ace reopened many other coffee stops and biker venues have opened and maybe over taken (no pun intended) the Ace, great of the nostalgia although not often worth the effort of getting there for me anyways. If you've never been a must visit. Just found you're channel this morning and really enjoyed this film, many thanks.
Good to read about Rykas...a fave watering hole when I lived in Kent...must get there again on a sunny Sunday....
The Bonnie is looking good Freddie. A very good job from The Werks on the rebuild 👍🏻
The Ace Cafe leather jackets are made by Aero Leather Clothing which is based in Scotland. A snip at £750.
Of all the bikes we have seen u on. I am so glad ur back on the bonny. It’s why I subbed years ago.never let that one go and don’t worry about its cleanliness. My gt85 regular application and acf 50 twice a year has served me all my many years of biking and bikes. Only think is, is maintenance and pay for it Fred but with someone you trust. I dont need to name names where you have been stiffed
Thank you ❤
Yoooo that's my friends Scott and Linda in the background (currently visiting the UK) with a couple of people starting at around 7:40
Thanks for going there Freddie. That’s been a bucket list place for me for a long time. I sure would love to cross the pond and check out all the places that you go to over in England. Remember now when you get home, you CLEAN the Bonnie👍😎
Wonderful spot. Thanks for all the detail!
Your bike sounds great now
The Bonnie is looking Sweeeeeet…! Sounds great too… Love it.. 👍🏼
Dave day ride from there is going to be amazing
Nice to see your bonnie back on the road.
In the early to mid 1990s I used to stop by the site on my bike. You would often see Mark Wilsmore sitting in front of a little cabin with a sign explaining the campaign to reopen the Ace and a bucket for contributions. He was a friendly bloke and I would put a few quid in the kitty even though I thought it was a bit of a longshot. Shows how much I know! An amazing success, well done Mark. The location is superb - a service road off the North Circular and close to the start of the M1. The neighbours are more commercial than residential which helps keeps the complaints down. Re the Bonneville, that front mudguard is useless, get yourself a full-size one, it will help you keep the bike clean. Cheers!
Very cool.
Quality TH-cam content, totally Awesome Freddie & Monika 🌟🌟🧡 Thank You 😀
That moped is inspired (here meaning 'with tracing paper') by Lambretta design cues, not Vespa, and it's actually a Scomadi. It's also a lot newer than it looks.
1:18 Eagle-eyed then. So much for wading on bikes. Not to mention the proverbially destructive desert sand. Good of you for sticking with sweet ol Bonnie. And how sweet she proved to be. She churns out charisma in spades. Thanks for the encyclopaedic tour in Ace Cafe London. Spot on as usual. Ride safely mate.
Cheers.
Tho I live in London I’ve never been to the Ace Cafe on the North Circular Road tho I’ve passed it hundreds of time over the years! As I’ve got some time off soon I think are jump on the bike one morning & take a trip up there for breakfast, very good video Freddie & the Bonnie looks & sounds great too Joe from the WURKS has done brilliant!
Thanks for the video! Great video, too! I was curious what the ACE Cafe looked like on the inside. It is a very interesting place with a great history for sure.
Last time I was there was 20 years ago. It hasn't changed. I remember being there at a Triumph day back in 2004 for a Rocket 3 event put on by Jack Lilley Triumph.
Almost like old times again with you & your bike. I say almost because Monika enhances things. What a beautiful smile she has. Now be straight up Freddie- who puts the music to your videos? How far wrong would I be if I guessed Monika? Anyway, could we please have a video with the 2 of you buzzing around? Pretty please!! Cheers!! Have a great day!! Illinois, USA
Really enjoyed that explanation of the Ace cafe. Cheers. Maybe we'll get a summer this year, who knows !
Hi Freddie, great vlog, me and my two brothers all born in the 50s love our bikes and have been bikers all our lives. Lovely to see your bonnie back on the road, you must be chuffed. Myself I know what it's like to be off the road as I had a 9 year break after back surgery in 2014 and I got mine back on the road last summer. Happy days buddy.
love the ace, always make sure we head there when back in blitey. cant beat the breaky and always drewl over the ace 904 thruxton.
Really awesome tho see that Bonnie is back, what an iconic machine! 👍👍
I hope you cleaned the Bonny when you got home!
Brilliant video, love how you incorporate a bit of ACE CAFÉ history. I would like to recommend the WARR'S 100th anniversary celebration on Saturday 6th July. You can't miss out on that!
It's great to see the Bonneville back out on adventures again. A great video to start Sunday, before heading over to Bike Shed to watch Moto Gp, then back down to Bike Shed Show for the final few hours.
The thruxton featured was modified and tuned by T3 racing. It has 80bhp and 60 lbft of torque. Upgrade suspension, etc. I remember reading about it at the time. 😊
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Nice you back on the Bonnie!
Bad day to go to the Ace Freddie! I went to the Blue Haze event (see vid) and there were a lot more bikes and the weather was perfect! Of course it was mostly 2 strokes! Any plans to visit again?
Nice vid as always Freddie. Bike looks great and it's good to see that you are not worried about a little rain. Too many bikes are hidden away at the merest hint of a raindrop!
Great video defiantly going to go and visit soon the Ace Cafe, we are going to the ABR for the first time this year really hope you are there
Great video Freddie, thanks for showing us around the place.
When I was visiting customers in the area when out of the office, I always stopped there for a cuppa and sausage sandwich. You can't beat it, better than stopping at McDonald's. I even saw the old bill having a break there, how times have changed.
Really enjoyed that one I was going to comment on the scooter but got beaten to it . I keep meaning to go to there when I’m back visiting family and friends but now I got given a Triumph Ace Cafe cap from my dealer the other week when I picked up my 400 Scrambler X from North of Montreal I’ll definitely have to go . The Leather Boys a great film from 1964 depicts that whole era brilliantly , ahead of its time too with its other content .
There is an Ace Cafe in Orlando, FL that is a tribute to this cafe…
A great nostalgic video, been a few years since I have been but its a must do visit for anyone who loves motorbikes. Well done Freddie.
Triumph looking stunning there Freddie you must be delighted with it😊
Thank you so much! I’m over the moon😀
Thanks for the cool video! Yes, I got the Ace Cafe on my bucketlist! so, hopefully in 2025 , I need to plan trip from The Netherlands to Londen on my Triumph Speed Twin 1200!😊
Before my time and after my bike riding time but very interesting thanks.
I might get back into motorcycles soon and this will be on my list of places to go.
Very good and nostalgic. The golden or not so golden days of biking
What a “ time trip”. Thanks Freddie, very entertaining!
The Ace is just down the road from me and will be there tomorrow (bank holiday Monday) to join the Margate Mayhem ride out. The bonnie is back and Freddie, LOOK AFTER HER lol. Wishing you well and safe riding.
Ah yes, this sounds like it’ll be a great run🤘🏼🤘🏼🏍️🏍️ Thanks Dave, I will treat the Bonneville with respect🧽
The Ace is my local and I missed you on the Wednesday you visited only due to the weather. When you went into the cafe and went to the Duke box there are 4 guys sitting at the table, this is our usual table, 2 of them, Martin and Keith are original 59 Club members and Keith was one of the well known Teddy boys as well back in the day. They both know more about the Ace than anyone who visits and works there. Friday night is bike night, car park is packed out every Friday with practically every bike make and model you can think of. Great place to visit, we meet many bikers at the Ace who have it on their 'tick list' to visit. You will always get a warm welcome at the Ace 👍🫡
Hi Freddie....great to see you out on the bonnie.....one of my ambitions to come down from Liverpool to visit the Ace Cafe.
Hope the bike dont get to dirty in the crap weather......mine dont come out in the wet.....makes to much mess.
Lewis Leather's Freddie is in London.....a very established and respected shop prob no more than 3 miles from where your standing in the cafe.