DKW NZ 500 1939
- Timerange of production: 1939
- Power: 18 CV a 4200 rpm
- Displacement (ccm): 489 ccm
- Type of engine: twin engine, two-stroke
- Transmisión: by chain
- Suspension: Front: stamped sheet, central spring and damper. Rear: adjustable springs
- Maximum speed: 115 Km/h
- Weight: 195 Kg approx.
- Sold
The model that concerns us here, came on the market as part of the NZ generation, successor to the successful SB series, proclaiming comfort, lightness and agility.
It is a twin cylinder of engine like the 350, but a power of 18.5 PS, double primary chain, gearbox 4 speed built into the block, the front fork is equipped with an oil shock, and the rear axle adjustable springs.
The NZ 500 had a short run, because in September 1939 at the start of the war, 1,500 of the 4,600 units produced until 1941 went to Madrid Police. A large number of other machines, were officially commissioned. From the summer of 1940 gave the finished production.
Motorcycle restored with good work. Dutch Documents