Motorsport highlights DKW motorcycle racing

Motorsport highlights DKW motorcycle racing
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DKW sets up a racing department

DKW began to enter for road races in 1921. In 1925 a small racing department headed by chief designer Hermann Weber was set up. Up to 100 people worked in it, mainly on design, parts manufacture, assembly and testing tasks, and of course participation in the actual races. In addition, the department produced the small batches of racing bikes sold to private entrants, and from 1937 the DKW motorcycles for off-road events.

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DKW UL 500 1934
DKW UL 500, 1934; behind it Racing Manager Prüsing and rider Ley can be seen.
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DKW UL 500 1935
An experimental UL 500 with a horizontal cylinder block and a pressed-steel frame was entered for events in 1935.
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Toni Bauhofer
Star motorcycle racers such as Toni Bauhofer rode for the DKW works team.
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Ewald Kluge
Ewald Kluge’s most impressive victory was in the 1938 Tourist Trophy race.
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Motor shows
DKW racing motorcycles never failed to draw the public at motor shows.
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Super Sport 350
The Super Sport 350 went on sale to private entrants shortly before the outbreak of war.
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