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Boingo
10-02-2005, 10:59 AM
I was planning on checking this out, and was wondering if any of you folks would be attending. Also would be interested in hearing from anyone who rode years 1-4.

http://www.craigslist.com/sfc/mcy/101019062.html

The 5th Annual San Francisco 49 Mile Ride is Oct 23rd. Please join us for a fun day in SF. The ride is open to all types of old bikes, from England, the US, Germany, Japan, Italy, etc. We typically have 75 old bikes on the ride, made from the 1920s to the 1970s.

The ride is FREE, T shirts are $11. Additional info: Pete 1.415.864.2194

The ride starts at Cafe Trieste in North Beach, at 609 Vallejo Street. Ride leaves at 9:30. We'll go through Chinatown, Nob Hill, the Embarcadaro, out 3rd street to San Bruno Mountain, through Golden Gate Park, up Twin Peaks, and finish at Zeitgeist for a bar-b-q and drinks. There are trophies and a bit of fun at Zeitgiest: 199 Valencia at Duboce.

The ride is sponsored by the Antique Motorcycle Club of America. You do NOT have to be a member to attend, it is open to everybody. Please be on a bike that is made before 1975, if possible.

These types of bikes have been on the ride in the past: vincent black shadow rapide comet, ariel square four red hunter, velocette thruxton mss kss mac, HD panhead knucklehead shovelhead, indian chief scout, sidecar, norton commando fastback atlas, bsa a10 a7 a65, rudge, yamaha, honda 400/4, suzuki two stroke, kawasaki, benelli, bmw, flathead, sidevalve, es2, military motorcycle, royal enfield, hrd, ajs, powerplus, 101, water buffalo, triumph bonneville trophy speed twin, b40, gold star, lightning, rocket, chopper, bobber, vespa, lambretta, isetta, vintage veteran classic, mv agusta, bianchi, motobi, amal schebler avon lucas miller splitdorf thor pope hepolite, etc
kbasa
10-03-2005, 11:27 AM
This looks like big fun to me.

Might be a good day to get the airhead out.
Cliffy777
10-03-2005, 12:02 PM
Hey Boingo and/or Kbasa - make sure you take some pictures or steal some from someone else, okay?

Dang, didn't know we could include words referring to copulating with parents!
Visian
10-03-2005, 12:59 PM
Dang, didn't know we could include words referring to copulating with parents!

It's an ADVrider thang. ;)

Ian
Burnszilla
10-03-2005, 02:18 PM
This looks like big fun to me.

Might be a good day to get the airhead out.

That may be difficult while you are amongst the Redwoods and Fungi.
kbasa
10-03-2005, 02:59 PM
That may be difficult while you are amongst the Redwoods and Fungi.

Ah, crapola. I'll tell my neighbor, who has a couple Ye Olde English Bikes.
Boingo
10-05-2005, 12:04 PM
Hey Boingo and/or Kbasa - make sure you take some pictures or steal some from someone else, okay?!

Not a problem.

Dang, didn't know we could include words referring to copulating with parents!

Opps, I thought we were all adults here. Sig changed to something PG-13ish.
BradfordBenn
10-05-2005, 10:45 PM
Not a problem.



Opps, I thought we were all adults here. Sig changed to something PG-13ish.

Thanks. Not a biggie, that is AdvRider for the racier crowds....
Boingo
10-21-2005, 08:58 PM
Bounce...this is happening Sunday.
ian408
10-22-2005, 12:00 AM
We'll wave on our way through the City!

Ian
Boingo
10-23-2005, 10:17 PM
Hey Boingo and/or Kbasa - make sure you take some pictures or steal some from someone else, okay?


Here you go!
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10-23-2005, 10:22 PM
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BMWBeauty
10-23-2005, 10:37 PM
Looks Like It Was A Good Time....Fantastic Photos... :thumb ...
Thanks So Much For Sharing.... :bikes
BradfordBenn
10-23-2005, 10:48 PM
Thanks for the pics!
kbasa
10-24-2005, 10:49 AM
Awesome! I like the one of the Nimbus. There's a guy in Pt. Reyes Station with a Nimbus that's equipped with a sidecar.
Boingo
10-24-2005, 07:43 PM
Awesome! I like the one of the Nimbus. There's a guy in Pt. Reyes Station with a Nimbus that's equipped with a sidecar.

Good eye, that was my personal favorite. The pride of Copenhagen. I saw one last year at the international bike show very similar to this one. Have to keep my eyes peeled for the Point Reyes setup.

Someday, I will have a Nimbus of my very own :evil
kbasa
10-24-2005, 08:08 PM
Good eye, that was my personal favorite. The pride of Copenhagen. I saw one last year at the international bike show very similar to this one. Have to keep my eyes peeled for the Point Reyes setup.

Someday, I will have a Nimbus of my very own :evil

Neato frames on them. I think that's why I like them so much.
DarrylRi
10-25-2005, 12:30 AM
Good eye, that was my personal favorite. The pride of Copenhagen. I saw one last year at the international bike show very similar to this one. Have to keep my eyes peeled for the Point Reyes setup.

Someday, I will have a Nimbus of my very own :evilYou could make that happen without too much difficulty, or, as these things go, too much cash, either.

Turns out that Denmark has rather punitive taxes on new vehicles not manufactured there. Needless to say, not many vehicles are made in Denmark, so the Danes work hard at keeping what they have, running.

I met a Danish couple in '97 who drove a 1958 BMW Isetta "Limosine" (that is to say, the 600cc, 2 door version) as a daily driver.

We have friends in Copenhagen, and they showed me that there are several Nimbus "dealers" there. We dropped in on one of them. He had 5 Nimbi (is that the plural?) in the courtyard, 2 with sidecars. He was also servicing a Saab 56, if that's right, the one that was made just after the war an looks like a 3/4s scale Hudson. Anyway, there is no duty to bring in a Nimbus...
Boingo
10-25-2005, 06:43 PM
You could make that happen without too much difficulty, or, as these things go, too much cash, either.
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We have friends in Copenhagen, and they showed me that there are several Nimbus "dealers" there. We dropped in on one of them. He had 5 Nimbi (is that the plural?) in the courtyard, 2 with sidecars. He was also servicing a Saab 56, if that's right, the one that was made just after the war an looks like a 3/4s scale Hudson. Anyway, there is no duty to bring in a Nimbus...

Great info, thanks DarrylRi! It turns out I have family living in Copenhagen and throughout Denmark. I will have to call in favors and get some prices. I was last over in 2001, but that was before I was a Nimbolic.

“Hi, my name is Scott and I dream of inline 4’s and frames held together with monster rubber bands.”