GP year 1954 – part 3
Even before the Second World War, the Solitude was a popular and widely known race track, as this photo from the 1930s shows. The symbol on the flag at the…
GP-year 1954 – part 2
With their new two-cylinder engine, Horex followed DKW in 1954 and the first successes were not long in coming. The casing was obviously modeled on the NSU Rennmax, which had…
GP year 1954 – part 1
Luigi Taveri in 1954 on a Norton 350cc - the Swiss was a rare guest at world championship races in the 1950s. This would change drastically in the following decade…
GP year 1953 – part 4
Towards the end of the season, the casings used to improve the aerodynamics of racing motorcycles became increasingly adventurous, as this example of a no longer recognizable Norton shows. It…
2023 versus 1953
Jonathan Rea on the Kawasaki ZX-10RR in an extremely lean position - a picture of the past after the Northern Irishman will be competing on the R1 for Pata Yamaha…
GP year 1953 – part 3
Werner Haas (left) and his new NSU teammate Reginald Armstrong from the race in Northern Ireland, who immediately caused a sensation on the machine from Neckarsulm. Even if the picture…
GP year 1953 – part 2
The NSU Rennmax from 1953 was to scare the competition over the course of the season after Werner Haas was beaten by Moto-Guzzi factory rider Enrico Lorenzetti by a hair's…
GP year 1953 – part 1
Werner Haas (NSU) was considered a hemiforte as a vertical starter of the 1952 season for the following year, immediately after the pilots and works from Germany in the Grand…
GP year 1952 – part 4
Hans Baltisberger was of course highly praised by the press after his surprising sixth place at the German Grand Prix near Stuttgart in the 500cc class. We have dedicated a…
GP-Year 1952 – part 3
The NSU Rennmax made its debut in the 1952 World Championship, the first year in which German pilots and manufacturers were allowed to take part for the first time after…