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Carl, to Norway, Maine to pick up the She said I would need to import pa- think it’s the only Nimbus, that officially
Nimbus. I brought it down to William- pers for the Motorcycle! “arrived” by passenger plane
stown and visited a mechanic I knew. He
rigged a fuel line to it and we cleaned I called the customs office in Albany and I have just picked up the rig from Miles
the sparkplugs and carburetor; it start- we set up a time to get the paperwork in Mushlin in Vermont. As far as I know,
ed after three kicks! Talk about reliabili- order. When I arrived at customs, I told Miles is the only Nimbus mechanic in
ty! I think it may have been in Lars’ barn them the story of how I came to Port- the states, and an excellent one at that.
for almost 30 years while I was away at land. There were many understanding He fixes these bikes as a hobby. He has
sea. I took apart the machine, sanded it nods around the room and lots of laugh- renovated the motor; now the bike has a
to shining steel, and painted it the color ter. I was then asked when I had entered new life and runs like a clock, or rather,
scheme it has today. A friend of mine the US most recently, and the papers I like a Nimbus.
from Sweden came over and we had a needed were stamped with that date. I
very good time putting it back together,
it ran but it was not yet registered.

I then went to the Registry of Motor Ve-
hicles (RMV), who handles registration
here in the States. I explained that it was
not a Harley Davidson, or an interesting
model of any other bike they might
know, it was a Nimbus. I almost had eve-
rything done; the plates were on the
counter and I had all the signatures I
needed. Then the woman assisting me
remarked, “I cannot find that make of
motorcycle in the computer, you have to
wait until it is set up in Boston”; she took
the plates off the counter with one quick
swipe. I was disheartened (not an un-
common way to feel at the RMV I think).

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