QT50 Yamahopper
A pedal-less "noped" with no chain at all.
Full history →Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Yamahoppers, Chappys and the Fizzy
// The story
Yamaha built some of the most fun little bikes of the moped era.
The QT50 Yamahopper had no chain at all, just a drive shaft. The Chappy came as a 50cc and a 72cc with a two-speed automatic you could lock into low for hills. In Britain, the four-speed FS1-E, nicknamed the Fizzy, became a cult teen bike, with about 200,000 sold there.
// The models
Yamaha models
FS1-E "Fizzy"
Britain's cult sports moped, about 200,000 sold there. It had pedals only because UK law required them.
Photo: SG2012, CC BY 2.0
Chappy LB50 / LB80
A small, chunky runabout with a selectable low gear for hills. The 72cc version could pull wheelies.
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0
Passola
The dressed-up version of the 1977 Passol, the step-through that started Japan's "soft bike" craze. It added a fuel gauge, auto choke and an oil warning lamp.
Photo: Rainmaker47, CC BY-SA 4.0
More Yamaha models and versions (no free photo yet. Got one? DM us)
- Champ LC50 Two-speed automatic. US 1980–81
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