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I had never heard of these until recently:
When Bridgestone quit the motorcycle business in 1971, the American importer, Rockford Motors, obtained manufacturing rights to the 60cc and 100cc single-cylinder engines. They had someone in Japan produce bikes around those two engines. One of these was the 60cc “Chibi” as seen here. “Chibi” translates to something like “shorty”. This bike was restored by me in 1996 and I should admit, over-restored. The originals were really rather “cheesy” little things and I had to make this one live up to the rest of my Bridgestone line-up, so I put a little “extra” into it. All the Japanese makers produced these little “trunk” bikes with the fold down handlebars in the early ’70’s, but with the Rockford’s, the quality was lacking. The Chibi was produced in a standard version, lacking lights, and the “Deluxe” model, with lights, as this one is. Neither model was street legal.
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