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

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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.