Topic: Nimbus riding Vikings!!!

[cleveland]

I had the pleasure of meeting two very adventurous souls last night, Tormod and Klaus.  They are two Norwegians traveling around the world on their 1930's Nimbus motorcycles.   No really, AROUND THE WORLD ON THEIR 1930's MOTORCYCLES!!!  I would have missed my chance to meet them, but the snow storm kept them in the area for a couple extra days.  A few moto buddy's called me last night and I snuck out to meet up with them.

Tormod has a great dry since of humor, and Klaus is a rather jolly fellow (go figure).  Tormod offered to trade something for one of my buddy's hats, but my buddy said he could just have it.  Tormod then said in his Norwegian accent, "Are you sure?  I could have Klause give you a blow job."  At this point I had IPA spewing out of my nose.  He then followed it up with, "Be careful though, I have heard that his whiskers will tickle your balls."  This set the tone for the rest of the night.  Drinking, telling stories, hearing about their adventures, and laughing till our stomachs hurt!

I asked Klaus what the most sketchy part of the trip has been so far, and he said Mongolia.  He said there are not many roads there, and trails do not tend to accommodate a sidecar.  I asked about gear, tools, etc...  They have everything they could need except a welder, which says how prepared they are.  He said Russia was a VERY friendly place and most of the locals called him Santa.

I was only able to stay out till around 12am because I had to be to work this morning by 9am, so I didn't get a chance to see their bikes.  :-( 

They are headed down to Chicago this morning.   A couple of the ChiVinMoto guys rode up here to ride back down with them.  If you know anyone on the list, try to get out and meet them.  You wont be disappointed.

Here is a link to the website they update periodically.   http://kccd.no/home_en.html

This is my buddy Winer, Klaus in the middle, and I'm the fat guy on the left. 

Here's Tormod and myself a bit intoxoicated.

[cleveland]

I almost forgot!  They are calling their trip "The Dumb Way Around" because they don't have two Jeeps riding ahead of them to set up camp or 4 Jeeps riding behind them to repair their bikes when they break down like the guys from "The Long Wat Around" did.  They also said they are not interested in meeting mayors and presidents, they want to meet real locals.  You know, corner bar kind of folks.       

[strynboen]

nimbus er en  dansk støvsuger fabrik.som i 30"erne udviklede en motorcykel med fast bagsvinger,og overhængende knast -ohc.

nimbus is a danish vaccum cleaner factory,,back in 30" build a motor cycle vith ohc and cardan  instead thain.

[754]

Cool ride plan..
 dont blame em for wanting to hang with the bikers, rather than
the politicos...

 I bet they are having the time of their lives...

 There might be a better way to travel, but I have not found it yet...

[Ecosse]

nimbus er en  dansk støvsuger fabrik.som i 30"erne udviklede en motorcykel med fast bagsvinger,og overhængende knast -ohc.

nimbus is a danish vaccum cleaner factory,,back in 30" build a motor cycle vith ohc and cardan  instead thain.

i think it's totally unfair that strynboen gets to swear on the forum and not get censored; whereas dumb americans like me who only speak one language can't say #$$!%*?er.   ........... 




 


cool post cleveland. 

[tramp]

hope they have a safe ride