NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. Acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969, VW merged NSU with Auto Union, creating Audi NSU Auto Union AG, ultimately Audi. The NSU is an abbreviation of the name Neckarsulm.

The NSU bicycles gained widespread acceptance and the development from high wheeler to more modern ball-bearing equipped bicycles progressed rapidly. From the bicycle to the motorcycle was not a long step and by 1901 the very first NSU motorcycle was ready.

NSU responded by introducing the Prinz light car in 1958, with a 600cc engine which was virtually a doubleup of the Max design. Since then, the NSU folks have gained a great deal of fame with...

2019年10月27日 · Many years ago I started to restore old bicycles. About one year ago I began the photographic documentation of my restorations on Instagram (take a look @bicycle.restoration). In the middle of...

1901: NSU’s first motorcycle was introduced and looked much like a bicycle with a motor strapped to it. 1927: NSU became the first company in Germany to produce automobiles in an assembly line only 14 years after Henry Ford invented the concept. 1932: NSU built the prototype for the Porsche Type 32 based on Ferdinand Porsche’s plans.

The first Neckarsulmer Motorrad (NSU) motorcycle was produced in 1901, using a Swiss 1 3/4 hp Zedel single-cylinder, automatic-inlet-valve (suction operation) motor with battery/coil ignition, clamped to the underside of a heavy-duty NSU bicycle frame, with the crankcase slightly below and in front of the pedal crank.

2024年1月26日 · NSU produced about 343,000 two-wheelers in 1955, bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles and even scooters 26,684. This year's production of back padel brakes: 51,760. From 1958 there were again small cars built. The demand for bicycles fell to around 40,000 units per year. The bicycle production was stopped in 1963.

1951 NSU Ladies Tourenrad . Model 55. 21″ Frame. 26″ Wheels. Frame No 472449 . I migrated to NSU bicycles from NSU motorcycles and the NSU Quickly moped, which took the world by storm when it hit the market in 1954. This bicycle has a number of decorative features in common with the NSU Quickly moped. The company was renowned for quality ...

2017年4月8日 · When he was 18 years-old, in the 1930s, he bought this NSU bicycle over in Europe and toured Europe and the Alps on it, then he brought it back to the USA and used it around his hometown in New York and eventually moved to my hometown in Pennsylvania.

2013年6月5日 · So I bought an NSU. The company allegedly stopped making bicycles in the late 60’s but this looks decidedly new(ish)... I'm interested to find out more - does anyone here know anything about them?