Through summer heat and winter frost (enough to make your leg ache trying to start the bugger), through flooded back lanes and dusty fields, through London traffic and latterly some Dutch dyke roads (no sniggering at the back).
We have suffered two moderately large impacts, one when I ran unto a dustcart and another when I got rear-ended by a pubescent driving a knackered Ford Fiesta.
In all the old bike has been rebuilt several times, even went from 360cc to 400 and from 5 speeds to 4, from twin saddles to single saddle to dual seat.
However as the last trip to Hamm seems to have proven that just about everything is now worn out it's time for another rebuild and this time I do need an electric starter.
So say 'au revoir', to old Sluggy's current guise, no doubt he will look somewhat different next time you see him.
