Originating in the NSU 'Fox' and 'Lux' models, the 'Max' was radically different in its engine unit. Designer Albert Roder used a system of valve actuation similar to that found in vintage Bentley cars, where a pair of eccentrically-ended connecting-rods drove the floating overhead camshaft, ensuring precision timing and impressive mechanical silence. The 'Ultramax' mechanism also solved the problems which had dogged Bentley's use of the system, while Roder went on to design that icon of mopeds, the NSU 'Quickly'. Housed in a stiff, spine frame, the clean 'Max' unit proved to be fast and durable and with the full chain enclosure and new for '55 full-width hubs, was a civilized and yet sporting machine later developed into Roder's successful 'Sportmax' racer. GSJ 371 is an oh-so-rare example of the 'Max', rare in that it has been carefully used for the whole of only 14000+ miles recorded, preserving virtually all of the maker's paint and lining. With all original equipment present, this is emphatically not a rebuild but an original, difficult to find in most makes but doubly so in a machine which is rare in its own right. This lovely NSU comes with a V5C, an original workshop manual and history papers. It is for sale only because of its owner's retirement.
Originating in the NSU 'Fox' and 'Lux' models, the 'Max' was radically different in its engine unit. Designer Albert Roder used a system of valve actuation similar to that found in vintage Bentley cars, where a pair of eccentrically-ended connecting-rods drove the floating overhead camshaft, ensuring precision timing and impressive mechanical silence. The 'Ultramax' mechanism also solved the problems which had dogged Bentley's use of the system, while Roder went on to design that icon of mopeds, the NSU 'Quickly'. Housed in a stiff, spine frame, the clean 'Max' unit proved to be fast and durable and with the full chain enclosure and new for '55 full-width hubs, was a civilized and yet sporting machine later developed into Roder's successful 'Sportmax' racer. GSJ 371 is an oh-so-rare example of the 'Max', rare in that it has been carefully used for the whole of only 14000+ miles recorded, preserving virtually all of the maker's paint and lining. With all original equipment present, this is emphatically not a rebuild but an original, difficult to find in most makes but doubly so in a machine which is rare in its own right. This lovely NSU comes with a V5C, an original workshop manual and history papers. It is for sale only because of its owner's retirement.
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