Two wheeled lust - photos from the NSU motorcycle museum in Germany

[rhiekel]

Here are some photos from the NSU museum I took while on my Europe trip.
Some truly interesting bikes there.....

Wankel powered bike.

Ridem cowboy !!

Early days of Dakar navigation. A road book and an aircraft compass

Not much use here in Thailand....

Boost on, hold on. That is a blower from a Detroit 3-71 diesel engine.

Guess this early race bike was not broadcasting much engine information to the pit crew.....

One of the most valuable bikes in the world, and the preferred ride of Lawrence of Arabia. He also died on one....

The perfect bike for running those pesky military check points in Laos...

Early cruiser style....

In the early days clearly they were not afraid to experiment with engine location...

Copy of the Easy Rider bike.

Early DNA for Triumph !!!

Early round the world bike. Am guessing early fifties on this bike.

Early Maico

Rocket bike. Should be a cut out in the seat to make room for anyone with the balls to drive this bike.

Love the "seating" position. 38 CC for power, and it reached 84 kph

Blower time....

Some of these bikes looked closer to kinetic art, rather than a transportation device.

 

[DaRider]

Thanks for the pics, plastered a smug grin in my face. Some eternal classic beauties and some oddities, front wheel-hub placed rotary engine!?!?....

 

[DavidFL]

Wow! Some amazing machinery there. Good stuff & thanks for posting Robert.

 

[Ian Bungy]

Agreed. A Fantastic Line up. Love the 6 Cylinder Benelli.

 

[Changnoi1]

What a beauties! What a beautiful engineered technique of engines.

So sorry that in my younger years I just crashed a NSU scooter, Solex, Kreidler Floret and Yamaha FS1 ... not to mention the MG Midget MK3 that after I sold it was totally crashed by the new owner.