nsu-motorcycle-2
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138 months ago
Apparently the kickstarter was mainly for show - the piston was 1.7kg and needed to be bump started to get the monster going!
138 months ago
Totally appropriate name for a bike that looks like this. The kickstarter is a totally rad way to go on custom bikes, love it
138 months ago
Yeah this bike is awesome. NSU is the same company that built the Quickly Cavallino (very Italian name for a German bike) built in the 50's, 60's = totally cool looking motorcycle/moped http://esr.cc/URBixJ
138 months ago
This is the NSU bison - a picture I'd seen floating around the Tumblrsphere for a while, and finally discovered the story about it. Originally a 500cc single "thumper", an eccentric engineer from Germany decided to replace the 500cc engine with a 2000cc piston and cylinder from a radial aircraft propeller engine. I haven't found any other stats on it, but it's a straight pipe 3 inch exhaust and a KICKSTART. Dear. Lord. As usual BikeExif has more pics and a great write-up: http://www.bikeexif.com/nsu-motorcycle