Our NSU Konsul I

These pages are dedicated to the history and restoration of our 1953 NSU Konsul I motorcycle and its Steib sidecar from 1955. This is not a project of the museum proper but of the museum and Society co-founder/director Robert Dulfer

The bike had been stored with a blown engine for at least 25 years, after the previous owner, (my brother) managed to brake a valve which destroyed the cylinder.

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The NSU in its position over the last 25-odd years.

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The steib sidecar stored in the shed, at right after some stuff was taken away and out from it

After his untimely death in 2010, I inherited the bike in its broken down state. The bike was transported in June 2012 to the Czech Republic, and early in 2013 restoration started.

On transport, courtesy Henk Dekker from Dekker Transport , Rijsen, who helped us out.
The NSU is between the wheels and the spoon of the 1973 Atlas shovel
The dump truck is a 1973 Kaiser Jeep Corporation M51A3 of the US Army.

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In the garden of our blacksmith workshop, just an impression of what is awaiting us