Sluggy's Happy 100,000 mile day.

[Diesel Dave]

Commuting into work this morning old Sluggy the diesel Enfield clocked over his 100,000 mile marker.

Now before you all go getting too excited, I shall confess to replacing the engine, gearbox, frame & swingarm, tank, seat, forks, casquette, rear wheel and innumerable expendibles along the way.

I still have the original engine and gearbox, the engine is fine but I lusted after a 400cc Lombardini to replace the 360cc Greaves.

I see old Sluggy more than the sum of his parts, after all didn't Frankenstein's monster turn out to have a soul?

In celebration he shall be given a thorough jetwash this weekend and I'll see what can be done about the latest crop of fuel weeps. Some fresh oil and perhaps even a new fuel filter too.

So can a dieselbike be kept running forever? definately, just don't be precious about replacing bits when needed.

Dave

[andrewaust]

Holy cow! Get outa here , so you've done 100K miles = Bloody brilliant

Dave, you must clock up a lot of serious K's mate, I'm heading to the 15K mark, so from your example I can say I have a long way to go .

You tend to use the bike for just about everything hey! If I can get some good serious sized saddle bags I could actually do without the car.




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[coachgeo]

congratulations to you and Sluggy.

[TedV]

congrats!!

does it matter if you replaced a bunch of parts if you still are using the original VIN plate? Like a race car is rebuildable as long as you have the chassis plate with its numbers.

[Sphere]

That's impressive Dave, congrats

[Dan J]

An impressive achievement!

And now for a tongue in cheek moment... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSmSTpRUeLs

[Cockney Bob]

Well Done Dave will you get 100 K out of your chinky six voltish cub.
Bob

[pietenpol2002]

Congrats Dave. Quite an accomplishment for the 2 of you, and a tribute to the determination and longevity of both you and Sluggy. It reminds me of North Central Airline's DC-3 N21728, having amassed nearly 85,000 hours when retired from active airline service in 1975.

"During its career, “Old 728” had 136 engine changes, its landing gear was replaced 550 times, and it used over 25,000 spark plugs, to burn eight million gallons of gasoline. This DC-3 had taxied more than 100,000 miles and carried 260 million passengers in its 36-years of service. Critics have said that everything but its shadow has been replaced. This is not true. “Old 728's” airframe was still 90 percent factory issue when it retired".

Ron