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The Nimbus is a Danish motorcycle produced from 1919 to 1959 by Fisker and Nielsen of Copenhagen, Denmark, also manufacturers of "Nilfisk" brand vacuum cleaners (now Nilfisk). Three basic models were produced, all with a 750 cc four-cylinder, air-cooled in-line engine.
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Chrome parts were dull-chromed to reduce reflectability and paintwork was "deep bronze green". [4] [29] In total, around 3,000 machines were supplied to the British Military including 141 to the RAF and 34 to the Royal Navy. [31] Denmark. The Royal Danish Army ordered an initial batch of 400 machines in 1967 to replace their fleet of Nimbus ...
The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles .
The single overhead camshaft was driven by a train of gears at the front of the engine. Very few 4-cylinder production motorcycles of the pre-War period had an overhead camshaft (notable examples were the first iteration of the Ariel Square Four of 1931 and the Danish Nimbus of 1934). The 63x60mm short-stroke engine produced 22 hp at 4,000rpm ...
The Motor Cycle road tested the Model X in May 1937 and noted that the steering was light but even when cruising at over 60 mph (97 km/h) it did "not become so light as to necessitate-use of the damper." Performance of the 990 cc (60 cu in) engine was described as "delightful" and although not a sportster it was capable of 80 mph (130 km/h) and ...
AJS was already developing another supercharged engine, the AJS Porcupine, but, three months after the Albi race, the FIM banned all forms of forced induction for motorcycle racing. Motor Cycle News reported that the 'Sammy Miller' machine was refurbished and ran during August, 1979 "for the first time since it seized in Albi, France in 1946".
Norton was the main military motorcycle supplier prior to WW2 and one of the main suppliers of motorcycles to the British Army in World War II with a total of nearly 100,000 produced. British Army Nortons were also supplied to the Commonwealth forces such as Australian, New Zealand, India and the Canadian Army .