Using it at high school and university, he upgraded it from 125 to 150cc in the 1970’s, and later sold it.
His second LI125 he bought in Perugia, Tuscany – and then rode it all the way to Holland (where his mother lived), through France.

Riding with an Australian companion sidesaddle part of the way (which was fine in Italy) – they were stopped by police at a roundabout in France, and asked for money – when it wasn’t forthcoming they were told ‘no sidesaddle’ in France. In exclusive Monaco they were told outright ‘no scooters’.