More Nimbus stuff

To Rich Naylor & the editor,-

Well, the Internet is a strange but effective way to find like-minded nutcases. Right now I'm working on a F-86 Sabre jet drop tank for my sidecar, and wouldn't you belive that there is someone in Micronesia, who wrote a book and has a website about local civilian uses of such drop tanks. Just calculate the odds of us ever knowing about each other without the net.

Glad you heard about the Nimbus. There are a couple of hundred of them in the US, as well as two Nimbus motorcycle clubs, one in Chicago, and one in California.

20 years ago I drove my Nimbus across your country, and found - amongst other things - that it was the BMW riders who liked the Nimbus best, probably on account of the black & silver paint job, the shaft drive and the metric nuts & bolts.

My current bikes are a 1950 model, and a 1936. The latter is being turned into a bobber, inspired by American custom bikes of the late 50's and early 60's. getting parts is no problem at all, 2/3 of all parts numbers being NOS and the rest leftowers from army supplies.

For your entertainment I'll include another few Nimbus pictures. (Please click on the img tag for image.)

1. IMG A drawing I did for the front & back cover of 'Nimbus Times'. Took me a while.....
2. IMG Antipodean member of the Danish Nimbus Club flying the Australian flag.
3. IMG Female mechanic doing major surgery on her Nimbus engine, while a bunch of guys stand around, hoping that the bra straps will snap.
4. IMG Me on the job as 'Nimbus Times' editor. It was a test duel between a '38 Nimbus Sport and a '98 Honda RC45. The Honda was loads of fun to ride (80 mph. in 1st gear), but still the Nimbus won on account of reasonable insurance premiums and its 'charm effect' on old men.
5. IMG Nimbus model B, me on the bench.
6. IMG Nimbus Model C in background, carrousel-Nimbus in foreground.

This'll be it for now. Ride safe, have fun, hope there's sun and dry roads where you live.

Kim Scholer

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