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[[Image:SS50.jpg|thumb|350px|Yamaha SS50]] | [[Image:SS50.jpg|thumb|350px|Yamaha SS50]] | ||
The motorcycling world would be very different if it hadn’t been for the sports moped boom sparked by the ‘sixteener’ legislation of 1971. Although Puch was probably the first manufacturer to produce a sporty 50, complete with the all-essential set of virtually unusable pedals, | The [[motorcycling]] world would be very different if it hadn’t been for the sports moped boom sparked by the ‘sixteener’ legislation of 1971. Although [[Puch]] was probably the first manufacturer to produce a sporty 50, complete with the all-essential set of virtually unusable pedals, [[Yamaha]]’s SS 50 (for Sixteener Special) followed quickly by its derivative, the legendary FS1-E, was the one everyone wanted. | ||
The SS 50, the daddy of the [[Yamaha FS1-E|FS1-E]], sold in 1972 and is urguably the most collectable of all, being much rarer than the FS1-E that superceded it in 1973. But it was then that sales really took off, averaging about 15,000 per year until 16-year-olds were forced onto ‘slopeds’ in 1977. While restricted Fizzies still sold well, the fledgling stage of motorcycling was losing its attraction, which had a knock-on effect that almost certainly contributed to the general decline in two-wheeler registrations during the 1980s. | The SS 50, the daddy of the [[Yamaha FS1-E|FS1-E]], sold in 1972 and is urguably the most collectable of all, being much rarer than the FS1-E that superceded it in 1973. But it was then that sales really took off, averaging about 15,000 per year until 16-year-olds were forced onto ‘slopeds’ in 1977. While restricted Fizzies still sold well, the fledgling stage of motorcycling was losing its attraction, which had a knock-on effect that almost certainly contributed to the general decline in two-wheeler registrations during the 1980s. | ||