Thank you ever so much for all your very kind words
Glen, Tom, Stan B, Franey, Bo, Peter, Taurock, Rex, Young-Scrambler-Dude !
Thank You!
Glad to be back.
I'll do a proper update later but for now a couple of very belated answers to
a couple of questions here:
Lars,
I was looking at your frame mock up and thought I should remind you to try to fit a headstock, triple clamps, and forks. The forks are going to hit the top perimeter tubes on turns. Of course, you don't want or need anymore than 10 or 15 degrees, but turning around can be time consuming if you have less.
Tom
Tom; it's been taking care of. I think I posted some pics with a triple clamp on the bike, that I mounted that I
took from a Honda XL500 that I broke up. Found out that it didn't work, for the reason you mentioned.
I'm obviously not the sharpest tool in the kitchen-drawer.
It now sports a HD Sportster front ( Showa forks ) , with plenty of wiggling room:
..in fact I have close to 30 degrees movement to each side
....Your way of doing things is like old school thinking. My dad always told me to make a template first as it's easy to modify and fit. then make the real part. if something happens you already have a template to make another...
Thank you Glen. Yes, I always make templates.. first in cardboard, then in 0.25 mm aluminum which can be
cut with a box-cutter or normal scissors, and is flexible like metal .. THEN the real metal.
Two guys went around to world on their nimbus's. Here is the link: http://kingcroesus.blogspot.com/
They talk about the problems with clutches, heat, etc. and the solutions with info on all the nimbus experts including the 4 speed trans update.
Have fun! I am reading this!
Geo
Thanks Geo. Yep , I know them guys. They have been visiting my workshop and if all goes well
one of them will come over and crew with me.
Those must be the best looking set of pipes I've ever seen on a bike.....
Ohh, thanks... they are quite cool aren't they. I wonder if there ever was a motorcycle
with "zoomies". There's not a hell of a lot of bikes to do it on. Have I really made an original thing ?
Ha ha ... please don't ya' ever post a pic of someone who has already done it
.-)
Lars,
That's one fine motorbike you've got there. When I grow up, I want to build one like that, too!
Tom
Thanks Tom.
I do sincerely hope it won't ever happen...the 'grow up' thing, that is
.-)
Great to see the 'artful' progress................last I looked, you were trying to solve the crank/bearing design issue with respect to the potential power output. So WHAT'S INSIDE? 
Inside is a perfectly
totally rebuild engine, done by a highly respected 72 year old gentleman,
who has worked on NIMBUS'es for 50 years. He has the most impeccable clean baffling
workshop I have probably ever ever seen. Initially I planned to get a engine and do the rebuild,
more or less, myself ... but it stopped making sense when I was offered this engine.
Sad story really: he rebuild it fora guy who asked him to do EVERYthing, and then he
couldn't/wouldn't pay. The builder , who is a gentleman, let it sit and waited patiently 3 years for him
to pay up. Never happened , so a deal was cut that the builder would be 'allowed' to sell it for the
sole cost of rebuilding it, so as to cover his expenses.
How could I resist this offer ?!
Came with the most baffling meticulous paperwork of all the measurements , tolerances, parts, work he had done etc.
filled out on original old NIMBUS factory/workshop paper-work :
Life is good
