NIMBUS - The Legendary Danish motorcycle !

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • In this video I will introduce you to the legendary four-cylinder Danish motorcycle - Nimbus
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Komentáře • 85

  • @JanBruunAndersen
    @JanBruunAndersen Před rokem +3

    I was born in 1962 and I remember the Danish postal service using these. Painted a dull, mustard-like yellow, and always with a boxy sidecar for the letters and packages.

  • @harwoods11
    @harwoods11 Před 2 lety +10

    Thank goodness there are still people who can and do restore these old machines ❤️👍

  • @chrisstephens6673
    @chrisstephens6673 Před 2 lety +4

    Brings back memories of my working life as I must be one of only a few people in England to have ever worked on a Nimbus.

  • @3goldfinger
    @3goldfinger Před 2 lety +6

    Brings back memory of my childhood, a friend's father had one, back in the 50's and 60's.

  • @haraldpettersen3649
    @haraldpettersen3649 Před 2 lety +4

    Beautiful motorcycles, I got to try a 600cc without a sidecar forty years ago, but I will never forget the Nimbus.

  • @darkredvan
    @darkredvan Před 2 lety +8

    Nilsen & Fisker which later on became Nilfisk, well known for their industrial hoovers.

  • @JamesAllmond
    @JamesAllmond Před 2 lety +1

    We had two in our sidecar club in the US for ages. Both owners have passed on and the bikes have gone to owners out of state... Magnificent bikes. They were the highlight when they came!

  • @vancemarin8022
    @vancemarin8022 Před 2 lety +5

    Very cool and unique !! Thanks for sharing another motorcycle that I didn't know existed !!!👍👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @josemoosbauer604
    @josemoosbauer604 Před rokem

    In a Museum of Argentine restaured from a family of Wolgadeutschen exist a Nimbus 1000 cc !!!! A great machine in perfect condition and working !!!!

  • @jaygee5693
    @jaygee5693 Před 2 lety +2

    What a nice bike, and I'd never even heard of Nimbus.

  • @GeDoBa
    @GeDoBa Před 2 lety +3

    The engine sounds like a Honda CB 750 in 1970. The frame is made of flat iron and it runs 120km/h? Wow, what a hell drive! - In 1985 i saw a fisherman in DK, using the bike w/h sidecar transporting fish in a box in all day use from trawler to the market. The typical noise makes me look up.

    • @Whitejesselink
      @Whitejesselink Před 2 lety +2

      Denmark in the 80s must of been a special place.

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 Před 2 lety +2

      It maybe can run 120 km/h but it won’t do that for long. The rear cylinders will overheat and grind to a miserable hold. The cruising speed solo is about 80-90 km/h and about 65-70 km/h with sidecar.

  • @kewsoner7924
    @kewsoner7924 Před 2 lety +1

    When I was a kiddo I remember seeing a lot of nimbus around, but now it's so rare to see them. But I know one, that I often see parked the same spot on the street, all year around. And yes I'm from denmark.

  • @Rudyikotyk
    @Rudyikotyk Před 2 lety +3

    Гарний мотоцикл, дякую за відео!👍

  • @franzmeister9988
    @franzmeister9988 Před 2 lety +1

    Schönes und erfrischend einfach aufgebautes Gespann.Gefällt mir sehr gut

  • @peterdoe2617
    @peterdoe2617 Před 2 lety +4

    What a fantastic bike!

  • @johnkeathley1612
    @johnkeathley1612 Před 2 lety +4

    Outstanding machine

  • @royledford5673
    @royledford5673 Před 2 lety +2

    Was hoping to see/hear highway footage. All those old I-4 bikes just purred at speed, smooth as silk : )

  • @micksterboone4517
    @micksterboone4517 Před 2 lety +2

    Built to last.

  • @noahwail2444
    @noahwail2444 Před 2 lety +3

    Nice, but a sliight correktion; The A and B models was not OHV but sidevalved engines, still 750 cc with 3 gears and shaft drive. They were called the Stowepipes, due to the backbone frame, that dubbeled as a fueltank.

    • @larsk.789
      @larsk.789 Před 2 lety +1

      A slight correction to your correction: Model A and B had IOE (Inlet Over Exhaust) Engines.

  • @Whitejesselink
    @Whitejesselink Před 2 lety +2

    _Danish design_
    Very cool frame.

  • @Kevscancave
    @Kevscancave Před rokem

    First time I’ve actually seen a running !Nimbus! 👍 Wow so neat !

  • @Cool5380
    @Cool5380 Před 2 lety

    Cool that someone take care of bikes from the 1930s looks like a henderson copy ty for video.

  • @vivek-1318
    @vivek-1318 Před 2 lety +4

    Awesome

  • @alternator7893
    @alternator7893 Před 2 lety +2

    If it rains, just stop and get on the sidecar :-D

  • @kuki2113
    @kuki2113 Před 2 lety

    Tolles Motorrad . Tolle Konstruktion . Einfach und sehr praktisch.

  • @Fikry-Elfassakh
    @Fikry-Elfassakh Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you from Egypt .

  • @barbare0440
    @barbare0440 Před 2 lety +1

    Superbe motocyclette , Bravo les Danois ...

  • @thevermonsterrichards5163

    Sparks flying off the plug wires

  • @toboldygo5823
    @toboldygo5823 Před 2 lety

    That is a beautiful Machine and I love the color🪄✨🤪👍🏻✨ Nimbus♥️✨

  • @vinm300
    @vinm300 Před 2 lety

    What a nice tick-over.....not hunting, not labouring, not racing, not stalling, but perfect.

  • @mikkelsrensen5892
    @mikkelsrensen5892 Před rokem

    In Denmark you can stil getting all parts for this bike . In Denmark today there are a lot of old Nimbus still .

  • @wanea3760
    @wanea3760 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for sharing

  • @godofstream3346
    @godofstream3346 Před 2 lety +1

    Magnificent!

  • @tyrssen1
    @tyrssen1 Před 2 lety

    Saw one in Daytona many years ago, and was absolutely amazed. It kicked over first time, and ran like a sewing machine.

  • @martind349
    @martind349 Před 2 lety

    I had not intended to intrude myself upon your notice in this effective but alarming costume

  • @auggie803
    @auggie803 Před 2 lety

    -It's a unique bike and i really like it. Wish i had a machine like this Sidecar and all.

  • @mogensrasmussen8414
    @mogensrasmussen8414 Před 6 měsíci

    Of about 12.000 produced, 4.000 is still registered and runing in Denmark. New spareparts is also still available 🙂

  • @alanpage8911
    @alanpage8911 Před 2 lety +2

    I saw narrow drum brakes on 2 wheels. At least the sidecar had a brake.

  • @jaiferzaal7626
    @jaiferzaal7626 Před 2 lety +3

    Es hermosa 🥰

  • @sparty94
    @sparty94 Před 2 lety

    very cool. you really do a nice job on these vids, i'm seeing a lot of bikes for the first time.

  • @MoeLarrycurly1
    @MoeLarrycurly1 Před 2 lety +2

    Neetoo 🏍🖖🏼👍🏼✌️😎

  • @Iowa599
    @Iowa599 Před 2 lety

    Woah!
    (Nimbus Racing Broom Company, Harry Potter)

  • @Fikry-Elfassakh
    @Fikry-Elfassakh Před 2 lety +1

    Great .

  • @ronaldduthweiler1903
    @ronaldduthweiler1903 Před 2 lety +1

    Did the sidecar have brakes--it looked like a brake hub?

  • @user-pc1zt3pr6g
    @user-pc1zt3pr6g Před 2 lety

    Супер Бомба

  • @jimnash526
    @jimnash526 Před 2 lety

    EXCELLENT !!!

  • @mcstaal
    @mcstaal Před 2 lety

    Nothing makes a buzz noise as "the flat iron rocket" at full speed.
    For Danes it's recognizabel from far distance.
    Beautiful example.

  • @richardbonn3882
    @richardbonn3882 Před 2 lety

    What a Beautiful old girl, sounds good too !

  • @kjellringstrom6217
    @kjellringstrom6217 Před 2 lety

    I suddenly feel depressed, because I know I will newer get my hands on one of those.

  • @toboldygo5823
    @toboldygo5823 Před 2 lety

    The bands around the gas tank and lower frame are built like a bridge from the 30s riveted👍🏻🏗🛕🗼

  • @larstragl146
    @larstragl146 Před 2 lety +8

    a beautiful engine, I love the open valves. It has something hypnotocal, I think I'd crash that bike as I couldn't stop looking at them.

  • @user-pc1zt3pr6g
    @user-pc1zt3pr6g Před 2 lety

    Bimoto ! SUPER BIKE !

  • @umvhu
    @umvhu Před 2 lety

    Rex, a British brand also claims to be the first to use telescopic forks, may be the first in Britain, I don't know for sure.

  • @ParaBellum2024
    @ParaBellum2024 Před 2 lety +1

    That frame must flex! How does the bike handle?

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 Před 2 lety +2

      Pretty okay concidering that it’s a construction that’s more than 60 years old.

  • @dimonmakas3041
    @dimonmakas3041 Před 2 lety

    👍👍👍

  • @rogerlawrencewhite1475
    @rogerlawrencewhite1475 Před 2 lety +3

    It’s a shame that the bike is trailered. Bikes like that should be ridden by owners, just my opinion

    • @Cj-yw8cs
      @Cj-yw8cs Před 2 lety

      Just so everyone knows, I will ride your motorcycle just so you don't have to!!! No charge for short rides....little charge for anything over a week

    • @jrnmller1551
      @jrnmller1551 Před 2 lety

      yes, but the nimbus is no fun over 70km/h so at the motorway where cars do 130 and trucks 90 km/h it is dangerous, remember these machines was made back roads where bad and doing 60 was really fast

  • @lindalakota38
    @lindalakota38 Před 2 lety

    I like how the whole famaly hopes on good thing its a 750 that was like honda gold wing of the day

  • @hugieflhr03
    @hugieflhr03 Před 2 lety +2

    It looks like it has torque but that sidecar need the wheel to be drive like the BMW

  • @IgnisMan
    @IgnisMan Před 2 lety +1

    🏍👍😎

  • @analisismemberchannel2482

    UU NO 22 TAHUN 2009 TENTANG LLAJ

  • @benderbender1233
    @benderbender1233 Před 2 lety

    🤘😎🤘

  • @danielburgess7785
    @danielburgess7785 Před 2 lety +1

    Showing only +3k Km on the clock. I wouldn't accept that at face value.

  • @lipsee100
    @lipsee100 Před 2 lety +1

    Honestly I,m abit more interested in the Bimoto

  • @marklubarski8514
    @marklubarski8514 Před rokem

    Damned iron curtain! Denmark is next land to Latvia but because of fucking communists we never knew about such beautiful and cool motorcycles like this one.

  • @stefanpaege2046
    @stefanpaege2046 Před 2 lety

    May I criticize your thumbnail:
    You announce a Nimbus motorcycle & what do we see?
    A sidecar…

  • @ennafunch5490
    @ennafunch5490 Před 10 měsíci

    6:53

  • @stevencorlew8956
    @stevencorlew8956 Před 2 lety +2

    I think I hear a little tappet noise...

  • @chocothemagnificent1019

    Wow! Never seen this manufacturer before. Hope someone makes a reproduction?

    • @anderspedersen7488
      @anderspedersen7488 Před 2 lety +1

      I believe it is possible to build a Nimbus from NOS parts. Some years ago I heard of a Danish company which offered to do just that.

    • @chocothemagnificent1019
      @chocothemagnificent1019 Před 2 lety

      @@anderspedersen7488 Thank you. I'll look into that. :)

  • @robertwalsh5461
    @robertwalsh5461 Před 2 lety +1

    Any speed above 45 mph with a sidecar is risking death. I am not talking about the very special sidecars that race like the Mann TT.

  • @ennafunch5490
    @ennafunch5490 Před 10 měsíci

    6:44 6:44

  • @jameshaywood878
    @jameshaywood878 Před 2 lety

    That frame doesn't look very strong to me, rather thin and flimsy.

    • @JanBruunAndersen
      @JanBruunAndersen Před rokem

      It was strong enough to be used by the Danish military, postal service (and possibly the police). I was born in 1962 and I remember the Danish postal service using these. Painted a dull, mustard-like yellow, and always with a boxy sidecar for the letters and packages.

    • @Coachscaloni
      @Coachscaloni Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@JanBruunAndersenhow would you feel if you see one now?

  • @russthomson6168
    @russthomson6168 Před 2 lety

    flexiflyer

  • @davidrussell8918
    @davidrussell8918 Před 2 lety +2

    To bad it has open valves. Dirt, dust, rain. Lack of oil on the valve guides. I know other companys did it, but its still a bad design. Oh well that was a different time. Beautiful bike.

  • @bazzhm1447
    @bazzhm1447 Před 2 lety

    Look like an american motorcycle or war vehicle

  • @ennafunch5490
    @ennafunch5490 Před 10 měsíci

    6:44