DKW racing motorcycle

Here’s an interesting old ’un that went up for auction in England. It’s not an original DKW, but a replica of the pre-1930 racers, assembled from period parts and rebuilt four years ago. It might be a mongrel, but its pedigree is pretty good: DKW were the early masters of two-stroke technology. According to the Bonhams auction notes, “Ear-splittingly noisy, the supercharged split-single 'Deeks' eventually overcame reliability problems to become the dominant force in 250cc racing in the late 1930s.” This DKW was discovered in East Germany, and has a 175cc motor, probably built around 1929. The rest of the...