Thread: The Dumb Way Round

Good to see that they are taken well care of.

Lep wrote: I wonder how the exposed valve gear will cope with dust when they reach the less 'civilized' sections. Those bikes remember the times when there were no highways... they'll cope alright. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_(motorcycle)

My major beef with the LWR video series (and I wrote about it before) is that this series created a fake dream that many newcomers to motorcycling think they can realize just by purchasing the big GS. That behemot is not for beginners. I guess that if the LWR riders popularized a lighter motorcycle I wouldn't protest so much. I can agree with that. However, people who buy motorcycles are responsible for doing their own research and if...

Yep, I agree that maintenance issues shouldn't a huge problem and they appear to know their bikes. Frankly I would be more likely to take an older machine (R80 or R100 in my case) on a trip like this instead of one of these new computerminized fangled farkled can't fix it without a NASA supercomputer jobs. Say what you will about luddites, but low tech carbed machines can be fixed most anyplace.

"Does this rhino make my butt look big?"

Yeah I agree, they'll be able to fix everything just about anywhere they go. Did anyone notice that the Nimbus was shaft driven? I always thought BMW was the shaft driven pioneer.

My good friend just sold his '37 Nimbus, could even be the blue one pictured. Funny thing. They have a dry clutch. There is a small "damn" between the crank case and clutch area. Any steep hills, rough road, and the oil sloshes onto the clutch. Yep, it slips... My friend still has his '39 Nimbus. He chooses to ride his R 1150 RS ...

Long Way Round? Impressed? Hell no. Those dorks had an entire support crew to coddle their navel-staring butts around the world. Good points about the Nimbus. Low-tech means you can fix it. Anyway, what do you call a Norwegian with an IQ of 200? A village.

That's pretty cool. I like the maps:

i agree about the long way round. don't know what u call him/her. happy turkey day.