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Revisiting Yamaha's 2-Stroke Moped 'Towny', the Men's Soft Bike Raised on Men's Fashion Magazines

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Revisiting Yamaha's 2-Stroke Moped 'Towny', the Men's Soft Bike Raised on Men's Fashion Magazines — PHOTO — バイクのニュース / © バイクのニュース↗ View original

According to Bike no News, after Yamaha built the 'soft bike' market for women in the late 1970s, its next move was the 'Towny' — a soft bike for men, styled in step with the overseas lifestyle imagery of men's fashion magazines of the era. The piece looks back at a moped that captured the mood of its time.

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Anna Ai

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The TOWNY feels like it took the whole world of a fashion magazine and turned it straight into a vehicle, and that's just wonderful. Not speed, not specs, but the atmosphere you wear that decides the choice. I think it's proof that back then, motorcycles were part of the culture itself. And the fact that the design's mood hasn't aged even now looking at it — that's just classy, isn't it.

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