Combine a love of caffeine and motorcycles with this custom sidecar coffee shop built for the Ace Cafe in Switzerland.
Ace Sidecar Caffeine was the idea of owner Danny Kunz, who started with a Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 worked on by Auer Power Moto, a local dealer and bike builder based in nearby Obwalden. And then complimented by the Watsonian Grand Prix sidecar, that then gets a rack carrying a coffee grinder and ECM Espresso machine. It’s also set up to serve Guiness 0.0 non-alcoholic beer if you fancy something else to drink.
And it’s nice to see three brands originally created in the UK, all looking pretty cool with the backdrop of the Swiss mountains. Royal Enfield built their first motorcycle in 1901, Watsonian began building sidecars in 1912, and the Ace Cafe originally opened in 1938.
“As a company we’ve 111 years experience making sidecars, so we’re the go-to guys when it comes to building outfits for TV, film and specialist use. In 2020 we designed a sidecar for a Cornish chef to serve Asian street food from and prior to that we made an outfit for a London beekeeper! We’ll also be revealing something with an Italian flavour later this year!” said Watsonian MD Ben Matthews.
It’d be nice to see more businesses embrace motorcycles and sidecars as stylish and practical solutions in the future, especially when it can help them stand out at markets or other events. Definitely makes a change from seeing yet another Airstream or converted horse box park up.
The Ace Cafe Luzern is located at Sonnmatthof 2, 6023 Rothenburg, if you’re in the area or planning a visit. And obviously, they have a website, if you need more information. As do Auer Power Moto, and Watsonian.
Or you can check out our previous coverage of Watsonian sidecars, here.
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