Are you familiar with Tomos? It was a moped and motorcycle factory based in Koper, Slovenia. The name itself is an acronym for Tovarna Motorjev Sežana, or Motorcycle Company Sežana, with Sežana being the name of the town where it was originally meant to be built. The company lasted from the 1950s all the way through to the 2010s, with the Koper factory finally closing its doors in late 2012.
In any case, Tomos created a bunch of vehicles over its long lifespan, the most well-known of which were its mopeds. Of those, the Tomos Colibri T12 proved to be its most popular. Powered by a little Puch 50cc air-cooled single-cylinder engine, these stalwart steel machines helped huge numbers of people get around, throughout the 1960s and beyond. Moped enthusiasts still have soft spots in their hearts for Tomos Colibri T12s today—sometimes modified, sometimes restored.
