| Centre stand, Tools, etc. Knee supports The adjustable rubber knee supports, filled with foam rubber, is one of the few parts that remained unchanged during the entire production period. Although it is possible to choose between 4 different positions, in practice this option is rarely used. The majority of the time the knee supports are positioned the way they were fitted at the factory. Centre Stand The centre stand is fabricated out of two pieces of flat bar steel, measuring 5 mm x 25 mm, the ends bent outward, serving as feet to stand on, and with one welded cross piece reinforcement bar of the same dimensions. The shape of the stand is poor. The feet are much too small and required modifying by bending these bars inward and providing them with strong, welded steel plates, around the end of 1934. Another important reason to bend the legs inward may have been, that one can easily squeeze ones foot between stand and kick starter, when the bike is not on its stand and “kicks back” during starting. I can confirm this from personal experience. It almost cost me a broken toe. The steel legs used for the 1934 centre stand were far too thin. Many stands are often seen bent or distorted and out of shape. The frame brackets for the centre stand, which are only 3.5 mm thick, are also too thin. This can be seen at the rims for the legs, which often show excessive wear or are completely broken off. The problems with the centre stand were not solved until the new stand and mounting brackets were introduced as of number 2901. Tool box The tool boxes are basically the same for all commercial models. The old models can be recognised, however, by the oxy-acetylene spot welds on the base.
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Tools The comprehensive toolkit for the 1934 Nimbus will cover most jobs on the machine. In addition to a pump with adapter, the toolkit contains a tool bag with:
1 Grease gun
The 6 – 8 mm open
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