1971 I bought a 1963 Lambretta TV175 for 22 quid.......it looked something like this, but in a bad state with a Union Jack seat cover!
It was in an even worse state when I sold it two months later after binning it about 10 times!
Then I got a 1968 Vespa SS180 like this......
By the end of the year it was battered to shit as I binned that one about 7 or 8 times as well.
January 1972 I got a 1965 D7 Bantam like this......
And guess what? I never binned it! Cos I spent most of the time pushing it.
The following month I replaced it with a 1966 Triumph 3TA......ex Welsh Water Board. It was like this, but by no means immaculate!
Fell of it about 4 or 5 times as I recall. Even took it round Llandow Race Track as well......and came very very close to binning it there too!
August 1972 I got a Suzuki T250J Hustler......and that bike was the game changer for me. At last, a bike that didn't fuck up! Still binned it about 4 or times though!
And that's as far as I'm going....cos I can't do 59 more!