Word: velosolex
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...Southern California, where sales have taken off like a supersonic skateboard since restrictive laws were eased last January, Vespa of America expects to sell 10,000 of its Italian-made Ciao two-wheelers in 1976. The oldest and cheapest moped is the Velosolex ($300), made by Motobecane of France, which has 500 U.S. dealers. More than 17,000 of the peppy, eye-catching Austrian-made Puch models have been sold since February...
...most owners, nonetheless, mopeds are as satisfying to operate as they are attractive to look at. In Manhattan, where mopeds will not be legal on the streets until December, a Columbia University senior blithely pilots his brightly colored Velosolex all around the town. Though he has been stopped twice by New York City cops, he has yet to get so much as a reprimand for operating an illegal vehicle. One cop wanted to look the moped over. The other wanted to know where he could...
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