My first real bike was also a Motobecane, Gran Touring with Suntour stuff. I rode the hell out of it from 76-90 in Minneapolis and on the grid in Manhattan. Laps round and round Central Park on Sundays wearing jeans and blowing past the Lycra crowd (now I'm a steadfast member of the Lycra crowd!). The only thing I ever replaced on that bike was a set of rims which wrapped themselves around a jaywalker. Now I ride a classic 1989 OLMO Corse Squadra, picture can be seen on the "what are you riding?" thread