The Superstovepipe
A stock Nimbus engine has but 22 bhp, and doesn't lend it self to being tuned. Seeing that bhp = fun, then 44 bhp must be twice the fun and 88 bhp even better. So four engines it'll be, coupled to each other by shafts running from the front ones to the rear ones, which in turn are connected by a belt. Incidentally, four Nimbus engines are cheaper than one Harley equivalent, and at 640 lbs it weighs less than many touring bikes. A single SU carburetor on a low-pressure blower feeds the intakes. It has no gearbox, just a clutch and a bottomless pit of torque. Frame style mimics the 1919 Nimbus, popularly known as ‘The Stovepipe’, hence the name.
(Thanks to Mads Johnsen for CG'ing this one for me.)
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