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Bike from eastern germany

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:28 pm
by ChristianNZ
Hello!

I am Christian, last year i got this machine from a friend of mine. His neighbor kept it under a stairwalk for many years. Just take a look! I`ll try to find out some parts of its history. I am not sure about the model year, so maby you can tell me something about it? What about the colour, their is some red colour left and under the red paint i discoverd black? If you got any news, please write..............best regards, christian!

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engine number is : 1103025
frame number is : 611418

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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:48 pm
by pararigger
Hi, welcome and congratulations for the bike.
I would say that your bike is a 1943 DKW NZ 350 and the black color supposed to be darkgrey 7021.
Am I wrong? :(
However it is a good base to build on!

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:03 pm
by pararigger
Thing´s I recognized by looking at the pic´s twice:

Seatcovers are bad ("post-war field-improvement") :D
Taillight not correct
Mudscraperfin is missing
Mufflers upside down
Handshiftlever is missing

and to me it looks like it has got a stoplight switch, which would not be correct.

Your frame and engine numbers fits to the homepages database between the 1943 build bikes.
Detail pictures are more than welcome!!!

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:58 pm
by Wilhelm_Heidkamp
I would say too, it is a DKW NZ350/43 only built in 1943 and very rare and well preserved. on the red colour I recognize some yellow paint, so I think, your bike has the original paint from WW2, first the early grey paint, then rust-preserver and the "sandbeige", the later war colour. Try to write in the german forum, it`s easier for you...