It is difficult to find older Honda scooters in Japan.. I never saw anything older than about 2000 year models. The older ones must only come out for shows, as there are none on the streets. This first batch of photos is from the Yokohama area. It is mostly a repeat of an earlier post I made remotely from Japan, with a few new ones added. I'm repeating it here to put all the Asia photos in one topic:
Here is a Honda Dio:
I liked the basketization on this Yamaha:
I saw a lot of Gyro Canopies.. very common there:
Another Canopy:
Another Canopy:
The Canopies have kickstarters.. I guess that started when Gyros went to belt drive and variator instead of a two-speed gearbox.
Here is the dashboard of that same Gyro: