Nimi’s Bonnie Is Alright

You really meet the nicest people when you start hanging around motorcycle forums. There’s always good advice to be found, if you ever find yourself in need to solve a mechanical puzzle. You can also post classified ads, find tech tips, share photos of your bike and opinions about your favorite riding destinations.

Many riders own more than one motorcycle, and it’s sometimes fascinating to discover what people are into. Enter Nimi, a dude who’s living his dream (we’ll get back to it in a moment.

Nimi is the proprietor of Pato Loco Surf & Speed in Costa Rica. In other words, Nimi likes to have loads of fun. What’s more fun than surfing the beautiful Pacific waves in Costa Rica? Try riding a tricked-out Triumph bobber up and down the sunny shores of central America.

“I am the I split my time between Playa Hermosa Costa Rica and rural Pennsylvania, where my bikes are” says Nimi. “I have been riding for a long time; learned it on the dirt. First serious bike was a 2-stroke YZ250 which absolutely kicked my ass on many occasions. I had all kinds of bikes for street, track, dirt. One common thread – making them light. This bobber was built by a young man near Allentown PA. It’s a marvelous machine; more fun than I ever had on any bike. He is now building me another, a Beach Tracker, using a twin-cab 750 Triumph motor and a featherlight frame. That one is heading to Costa Rica.”