ここに1970年5月発行のオートバイ・Chopper特集という雑誌があります。
掲載されているChopperを数台紹介しますが、渡辺君のバイクはこの当時のバイクにそっくり、彼のバイクを見たとき思わず「オーッ」と唸ってしまいました。
「とうとうこんな奴も出てきたか」って感じです。まさに「ファンキー」なんて今や死後に近い言葉がぴったりな、イカシたChopperです。日本製バイクでChopperと言えば昔はこのスタイルでした。原宿でSuzukiバンバンとかW-1のChopperが走っていたあの時代、まさか今のようにカッコいい国産Chopperが作れるとは思わなかったな～。
このスタイルからBrat Styleが作り上げた現在の国産Chopperの定番スタイルになるまで40年近く、誰もやれなかった事をやったBratは凄い！
The formal name of MOONEYES Advertisement Dept is "MOON Space Agency" called "MSA" for short. Watanabe who has joined MSA recently has a funky motorcycle.
Here is 1970 May issue of Japanese magazine called "Auto Bike/Chopper special issue". There are several choppers introduced inside and Watanabes bike is exactly same as these years bike, I was impressed and had "Ohee" when I first saw his bike. Makes me feel "finally this kind of guy has appeared". "Funky" is phrase not really used anymore in Japan and this Chopper is neat just like the word "Funky".
Japanese bikes based Choppers were this style back then. The days when Kawasaki W-1 chopper was seen riding Around in Harajuku, Tokyo, I never imagined to see any one making cool Chopper of Japanese bikes like we see now. After 40 years from this style, no one made other style but Brat Style did. The Brat Style has made current standard of the Japanese Domestic Chopper, That's really something.
