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A WAY OF LIFE JAPAN’S QUADROPHENIA

1 HISAYA

AGE: 25 SCOOTER: YAMAHA JOG 27V

OCCUPATION: TRUCK DRIVER

LOCATION: TOCHIGI

“Back in the Eighties, young people decked out their scooters with homemade details to try to make their bikes look luxurious enough to attract the attention of the opposite sex. Young guys who didn’t have a car, or weren’t old enough to drive, used to cruise their custom bikes around shopping streets and arcades trying to get girls to notice them. Basically, my bike is done up in ‘old school chick magnet specification’. I’ve got two kids – so it must’ve worked.”

“MEET US

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