One memorable ride the Cossack gave me was two-up with my brother to Tan Hill inn, the highest pub in Britain. We took the farm track route across the moors and covered some pretty difficult ground which the Cossack handled well. The plodding low compression motor gives excellent traction and will pull through almost anything. We even offered to tow a scooter rider whose machine had finally given up the ghost after a fully laden ride all the way from the Kent coast, but I think his pride as a mod disallowed the indignity of seeing his Lambretta being pulled by a Cossack.
After a quick clean the bike looked as good as before. I advertised it a while later for £195 and was amazed. when someone gave me £150 for it (I'd paid £95), although I later regretted not having the Cossack tucked away in the the garage.
The regret wasn't quite so strong, when I spoke to the buyer a while later. Somehow the engine had blown, but he had since replaced it and must still have liked the bike because he refused my offer to buy it back. I'd like another, but even Cossacks are hard to come by for less than three figures nowadays!
Simon de Burton