A form of transport often maligned in sitcoms of the 70s and 80s, the moped is a kind of chimera of the automotive world that sits somewhere between bicycle and motorbike.
Southeast Asia can’t get enough of them, Jasper Carrot had a ‘Funky’ one (one for mid-70s comedic pop aficionados, there), fans of the films Roman Holiday, American Graffiti and Quadrophenia will know the part that the moped, in particular the Vespa, played at the heart of these classic flicks. As for the Mods out there? Well, they don’t need me to tell them anything.
