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| == Photos ==
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| [[File:NSU-350-with-Supercharger-1939.jpg|600px|Racing Bikes NSU350 Supercharged]]
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| [[File:NSU-350-Supercharged-2.jpg|600px|Racing Bikes NSU350 Supercharged]] | |
| [[File:NSU-350-Supercharged-3.jpg|600px|Racing Bikes NSU350 Supercharged]]
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| [[File:NSU-350-Supercharged-1.jpg|600px|Racing Bikes NSU350 Supercharged]]
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| == Overview ==
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| NSU 350 Supercharged
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| From the moment NSU began producing motorcycles, it was
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| chiefly concerned with racing vehicles.
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| Its first Grand Prix motorcycles appeared about 1910. They were fairly advanced
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| for the time, with a two-cylinder V engine (only 500-cc. but modeled after
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| American motorcycles) and a rigid chassis with front fork elastic suspension.
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| In 1930 NSU challenged Norton with a single-cylinder single-shaft model designed
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| by Walter Moore. This vehicle had its moment of glory when the British racer Tom
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| Bullus rode it to a 500-class victory at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Italy,
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| in 1930. In 1936 the NSU 350 single-shaft motorcycle registered the fastest lap
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| at Monza. The following year both the 350 and the 500 were equipped with
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| two-shaft distribution.
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| But the engine that was to lead to a series of top-notch
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| racing motorcycles was not built until 1939. It was a four-stroke, two-cylinder
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| engine with two-shaft overhead distribution and a volumetric vane supercharger.
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| A 350-cc. version was readied first and then a 500-cc. model.
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| The NSU two-cylinder with supercharger competed in the 1939 European
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| championship, but it did not achieve brilliant results, and there was nothing to
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| indicate that it would be the ancestor of a series of engines that would win
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| world championships and set records.
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| Motorcycle: NSU 350 with Supercharger
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| Manufacturer: NSU, Neckarsulm
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| Type: Racing
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| Year: 1939
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| Engine: NSU two-cylinder, four-stroke, with two-shaft overhead distribution with
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| two bevel gear shafts. Displacement 344.82 cc. (56 mm. x 70 mm.)
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| Cooling: Air
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| Transmission: Four-speed block
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| Power: About 60 h.p.
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| Maximum speed: About 125 m.p.h.
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| Chassis: Continuous double cradle, tubular elements. Front and rear, elastic
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| suspension
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| Brakes: Front and rear, side drum
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| [[Category:Racing motorcycles]]
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