NSU Delphin III
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nsu-delphin-iii-261-13957145
title:
NSU Delphin III
text:
The NSU Delphin III streamliner motorcycle set the motorcycle land speed record in 1956. Wilhelm Herz rode the machine to 211.4 miles per hour (340.2 km/h) at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, to break 200 mph (320 km/h) for the first time. Its fairing, designed in a wind tunnel at University of Stuttgart, gave it a drag coefficient of 0.19. The same engine powered Herz to a 1951 world speed record, with a less efficient frame/fairing, the Delphin I. The engine used an unusual rotary supercharger rel
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Type of motorcycle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Delphin_III
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date modified:
2020-01-06T11:04:15Z
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