"First Telescopic fork" -- rare Danish bike

#1 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
built from 1934 to 1959. Low-power four-cylinder 750cc, used mainly
by military and post office. I stumbled on a website (not easy to
navigate, the links are faint at the bottom):

http://home20.inet.tele.dk/nyboe/nimbus/index.htm

#2 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
"brafield@hotmail.com" <brafield@hotmail.com> typed
>Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>built from 1934 to 1959. Low-power four-cylinder 750cc, used mainly
>by military and post office. I stumbled on a website (not easy to
>navigate, the links are faint at the bottom):
>
>http://home20.inet.tele.dk/nyboe/nimbus/index.htm

There's one with a chair gets down to the town where my in-laws have an
apartment near Malaga every year.

The owner rides it down from Denmark.

Lovely looking thing. Watching the valvegear is mesmerising.

--
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#3 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
> "brafield@hotmail.com" <brafield@hotmail.com> typed
>> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>> built from 1934 to 1959. Low-power four-cylinder 750cc, used mainly
>> by military and post office. I stumbled on a website (not easy to
>> navigate, the links are faint at the bottom):
>>
>> http://home20.inet.tele.dk/nyboe/nimbus/index.htm
>
> There's one with a chair gets down to the town where my in-laws have an
> apartment near Malaga every year.
>
> The owner rides it down from Denmark.
>
> Lovely looking thing. Watching the valvegear is mesmerising.

Fellow I work / ride with, surname Hansen, tells me his dad
used to ride a Nimbus in DK. I'll see if I can get some
pictures.

--
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#4 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

brafield@hotmail.com <brafield@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
> built from 1934 to 1959.

Bike magazine did a nice feature on them, back in the 1970s.

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#5 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

> Lovely looking thing. Watching the valvegear is mesmerising.

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--
BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 CB125 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....

#6 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

The Older Gentleman wrote:
> brafield@hotmail.com <brafield@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>> built from 1934 to 1959.
>
> Bike magazine did a nice feature on them, back in the 1970s.

I saw one at Membury services a couple of years ago. Admittedly, it was on
a trailer.

#7 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

"The Older Gentleman" <chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in
message
news:1i81x4e.123s1s09fkbnoN%chateau.murray.takethi sout@dsl.pipex.com...
> brafield@hotmail.com <brafield@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Somehow I managed to miss the existance of the Danish "Nimbus" bike,
>> built from 1934 to 1959.
>
> Bike magazine did a nice feature on them, back in the 1970s.

I rode one in the 1970s

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