Retro bike culture lives, in new magazine

Written by: Rebecca Milner on June 6, 2008 at 3:51 am | In Fashion & Lifestyle Trends |

Every so often on a quiet, lonely night, we can’t help but imagine what the streets must have like during the golden era of motorcycles in Japan. The period from the mid-‘70s to the mid-‘90s is considered the peak of this particular boom, when the nosiest followers formed rowdy gangs called Bosozoku who cruised the midnight streets terrorizing ordinary citizens trying to get some sleep for the work week.

While these days are now but a mere twinkle in a middle-aged man’s eye, there remains a significant amount of lingering nostalgia for Neko Bros. Motorcycle Company to wager on a new magazine devoted to the preservation and collecting of the classic old bikes.

Zeppan Bikes (discontinued bikes) debuted on magazine shelves on May 30th with a cover promising indepth information on maintaining classic bikes, where to find parts, and odes to perennial favorites like the Kawasaki’s Z series and Zephyr models and the race replica models popular in the latter half of the ‘80s and early ‘90s.

Zeppan Bikes joins other magazines, such as Lightning, that are devoted to retro lifestyles.

Tags: magazines, motorcycles, Retro