A few more old curiosities

[Dizerens5]

Here are a few old photos, may be of interest. Sorry most have faded with age! Most are of the engine room, so to speak.
1) a Danish Nimbus, parked in a Copenhagen street in 1970. See the exposed valve gear, pressed steel frame and elastic band suspension for the seat. These were made until about 1957.
2) A Belgian made Sarolea Atlantic, seen at the Autoworld show in Brussels a few years ago. The bike was built around 1956 and the company went out of business soon after.
3) A 600 cc Scott two-stroke twin, British made, parked in a London street in 1957. See exposed chain drive to magneto. These were built in various forms, on and off in small numbers, I think until around 1980.

[montmil]

I read "The Blue One" just to see these vintage bikes. Thanks for posting [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Monte Rather Vintage Myself Miller

[Bengt_Phorqs]

Is that a radiator on that Scott?  Guess there really isn't anything new under the sun.  If you ever get the chance to go to Barber's Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, Alabama it's worth the time.  I've also heard that the Wheels Of Time museum around Asheville, North Carolina is a worthy stop.

Any other vintage museums worth seeing, other than mine or Monty's garage? 8-)

[nhmaf]

If one is ever up on the coast of Maine, the Owl's Head Transportation Museum is always a fun stop - for me at least.   They have old bikes, cars, and quite a few old steam engines, tractors and airplanes.    All the vehicles (mostly) work, and a few times a year they actually get out and fly the WW I biplanes around, etc.

http://www.ohtm.org/edu_col.html

They also host a number of special events, including a very large classic/collector vehicle auction every summer that generally draws thousands and some VERY rare metal on 2 wheels and 4 wheels change hands..

[trolle]

1) a Danish Nimbus, parked in a Copenhagen street in 1970. See the exposed valve gear, pressed steel frame and elastic band suspension for the seat. These were made until about 1957.

There's still quite a few driving around today, but they are collectors' items these days, fetching high prices. They were used by the Danish Mail and the army and by a lot of private enterprises in the fifties and sixties when cars where pricy and hard to come by. I the seventies, when I was young and long haired, they were still pretty common as every day transportation.

Two years ago two Norwegian young men went to China and back on Nimbusses.

A very nice bike with a very distinct sound, you can really hear the valve gear clicking above the excaust of the four cylinder engine.

It had one quirk: If you rode too long at high speed (50-60 mph) the rear cylinder tended to overheat.

Oh I nearly forgot: It was manufactured by a vacuum cleaner manufacturer, Nielsen and Fisker  aka Nilfisk

greetings from a white Xmas

[Dizerens5]

Yes Bengt it is a radiator for this water cooled engine. I believe it was soldered up and repair was a very skilled job. The latest version, called Silk Scott and sold in very small numbers, had a different, more modern radiator I believe.