Owners name: Bryan Breckenridge

Town: Glasgow

Club: LCGB

Scooter name: Addiction

Model: Li Series 1 Framebreather

Year: 1958

Inspiration? I’ve promised myself for almost 30 years that I would someday get it on the road. It’s been stored all that time in various sheds and garages, my mother’s spare room (not popular), my spare room (when I eventually got one).

I had no money when I got it, then I joined the Royal Navy so was away most of the time. Then I went to university so no money again, then I went travelling. Finally, I have a job with good money and plenty of time. So it was now or never.

Alteration? As you can see it has an extra headlight. A Marmite effect they call it. People love it or people hate it. I f*ckin’ love it.

Perspiration? Getting things to fit. I tried to buy original parts but some of the bodywork parts are reproductions. My advice: Try to avoid eBay! I bought three front mudguards before I got one that was okay and even then it had to be fettled. Same with the glove box; what a nightmare that was.

I built the scooter myself. Apart from the engine every nut and bolt was tightened by me.

Aggravation? What really aggravates me is the price of things. Reproduction parts would be a decent value for money if they’d bloody fit right. As for original parts, Jeezo! I bought the plastic insert that the rear grille screws into – an original – it cost over a hundred quid! You can’t even see it! I think that this is leading to the increasing trend in scooter thefts we are now seeing. These bastards know they can strip them down and sell them as parts. I had a loop welded on the underneath of the frame to put a bike chain through.