Ace Café

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https://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/news/newsresults/general-news/2014/july/ace-cafe-could-be-closed/_/R-EPI-144596

Now where will I meet Hellkat for cheesy-chips? Sad

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I am sure there are plenty of other places we can rendezvous, cobber.

But it only says "could" close.
It totally depends on the twats doing the stunts.

Mark (the owner) has continuously asked people not to do stunts, and for quite some time now (years). The stuntier (is that even a word?) bike days (streetfighter days, is what I used to know them as) are now often organised elsewhere.

If idiots continue doing stunts down the main drag/s in areas densely populated by other vehicles, we all know who to blame.
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wr6133 · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Karma :

Can't say I'd miss it. Been there once and just thought it was an overpriced café cashing in on nostalgia that it didn't even earn (the real ace was demolished a long time ago).

What worries me more is the Police having the power to close stuff down without even a fair hearing through the courts, seems a bit Gestapo style.

Conzar · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2012 Karma :

Typical Britain = You must not enjoy yourself.

Fun = Illegal.
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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Fun in a place where it's not ridiculously dangerous for normal pedestrians and vehicles = not illegal

(well, okay, not all that illegal) Laughing

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Clanger · Stirrer Joined: 27 May 2004 Karma :

I like the ACE. But, I don't like its positioning.
Years ago we used to ride in along the A316 and across the city to get there..which I hated with a passion, filtering most of the way.

Later discovered the easiest route in (and the most boring), M3, M25, M40... Sick

Not been to the ACE since I moved further south. Too many countryside places which have more allure than a cafe in London. Despite the fact its a place where I can meet up with mates such as HK and Hawk.

Ho hum...
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Every summer there's a story about the Ace closing, and it's still there. Scare mongering from the Daily Mail of the motorcycle world?
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

No stunts - no point in the Ace anyway.

It's not particularly dangerous for pedestrians and other vehicles - and most of the pedestrians are there FOR the stunts. I think that makes it a 'social' issue, rather than 'anti-social' Wink

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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

The point of the Ace has always been a place to show off in a static rather than a mobile way.

Park up, drink tea, sit about swapping sprocket and flange tales, admire vehicles and lack of fashion sense.
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Clutchy · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Nov 2011 Karma :

I imagine its royal fail who keep complaining, I sure would hate to be driving one of those big lorries down the middle of a stunt strip on a Friday night!

One hit the notorious KTM Duke 990 last Friday. God damn that guy has got some mad skills.

Annoying thing about ace is the few r125 riders with essentially no exhausts doing crap stoppies and non existent wheelies. Please just F**k off.
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Vracktal · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Oct 2012 Karma :

Seems incredibly unfair to threaten to shut down a venue because people who aren't even the owners are causing mischief.

Having said that, maybe we should all start doing burnouts and wheelies around the Parliament Square area in Westminster. Worth a try, eh?
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Furrybiker · Trackday Trickster Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Karma :

I live very close, its fine during the day but absolute knob city at night, especially at the weekends. Does anyone know if the bike ban on the local trading estate is still in force?