It carried me quite a ways for a small two stroke. I learned a lot about wrenching from it and had a LOT of fun with it. It started my love of two wheels.
I finally wore it completely out, wasn't worth fixing any more. So I used the wheels to build a welding cart and it stuck with me for another 20 years. I'm sitting here smiling just thinking about it...
Oh how beautiful! We can always keep small parts of old stuff, just to remind us from where we have started. I also tend to do that, use the old and incorporate it into something new.