DKW NZ500 1941 500cc 2 cyl ts start up 4 K
Classic Motorcycle buy and sell vintage motorcycles. more details Manufacturer: DKW Model: NZ500 Year: 1941 Displacement: 489 cc Cylinder: 2 Engine type: 2stroke Bore, Stroke: 64 x 76 mm Power: 4200 rpm Top Speed: 115 km, h Units: c. 4600 Frame number: 553460 Engine number: 1121082 DKW was founded in Zschopau in 1919 by Danish engineer Jorgen Rasmussen and built its first motorcycle power unit, a singlecylinder, clipon engine for bicycle attachment, in 1921. Designed by Hugo Ruppe, this 122cc motor was a twostroke, and DKW would remain faithful to this engine type from then on, becoming world leaders in twostroke design in the 1930s thanks to the prescient adoption of the Schnuerle loopscavenge system. The latter used flattopped pistons rather than the thenconventional deflectorcrown type, relying on carefully angled transfer ports to direct the incoming charge around the cylinder. DKW was Continental Europes largest motorcycle maker at this time, manufa
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