I bought it as a non-runner for £10 as a 15 year old in 1978. I stripped the carbrettor and took it to the petrol station to blow through with an air line, and after doing this 3 times I got it running - Yay!

I rode it to show off to a friend, and had to ride it home in the dark. I got so distracted with the headlights (it had a low low-beam and slightly less low-beam, and I couldn't tell the difference between the 2), so I crashed it into a parked Jag. Perfect aim, I bent the jag's number plate exactly in half.

The bike and I sailed over the top of the jag, and landed behind it.

I couldn't do a runner, as I had caught both ankles in the handle bar and couldn't even stand for a while.

Under age and uninsured, I was soon given a repair bill for £375.75, which I paid off by working on a building site over the summer holiday, at £1.00 per hour 

But first I bought some used forks and other parts, and repaired the moped.

So started a love of tinkering with broken motorbikes. And so started a love of carpentry and Joinery. So not all bad then.

I upgraded to a CB125 as soon as I was 17, and this time I got insured. I eventually swapped the moped with a friend of mine for a triple set of ladders. I still have the ladders and still use them regularly.

I only discovered 18 months ago that this same friend still had "my" moped in his back garden.

So I swapped it back, this time for some used radiators and a hot water cylinder.

Unfortunately it doesn't run very well.