c.1956 NSU 247cc Sportmax Racing Motorcycle
Registration no. unregistered
Frame no. S.MAX045 to applied plaque
Engine no. S.MAX045 to applied plaque

At the end of the 1954 season, NSU announced that a racing version of the Max roadster – the Sportmax – would be offered to privateers. From the start of 1955 the Sportmax was simply the fastest over-the-counter 250-class racer on the market. As well as providing works-supported Hermann Müller with the 1955 250cc World Championship, the Sportmax was one of the most competitive lightweights of any kind available to the privateer, and in the right hands proved capable of respectable showings in national events well into the 1960s. Other prominent Sportmax-mounted stars included John Surtees, Sammy Miller, Pierre Monneret and Mike Hailwood. The history of this machine is unknown. No Documents.

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