Comments on: Scooter restoration

By: Brendan K

Brendan K — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:22:35 +0000

Fair play to your patience. We simply bought all the required parts for a 1959 Prima D that had been laying in a hayshed for 47 yrs and had been severely plundered, from either Jim Engineer in Bedfordshire [ex NSU mechanic] or direct from http://www.nsu-motzke.de/ Damned expensive but worth it. A thing of rare beauty now that the project has been completed.

By: Gerry Rooney

Gerry Rooney — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:17:49 +0000

I enjoyed the article about restoring the NSU scooter greatly. In my younger days I drove a 1960 NSU Prima D around the world for 3.5 years and managed to visit 31 countries. This was in 1962-1967. As might be expected I had to do a great deal of innovative repair along the way. That NSU is in my garage waiting for the next time I’ll get it on the road again. I will remember some of the tips of your article when I do so. I finally got to writing my book about that journey. If you want to check it out, go to http://www.Xlibris.com and search for “Hello Brother”. There is a photo of me on the scooter on the cover. It was taken in Melbourne , Australia. I’ve got great memories of the thousands of miles when my NSU was my best friend and only means of transport.

Thanks again for the tips on restoration. Gerry

By: mips

mips — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:27:31 +0000

“joe fritz // Sep 21, 2007 at 3:33 pm

I have a lambretta 150ld mk III 1958 with a seized piston please advise how you freed up your piston. thanks jf”

Pouring some hydraulic oil into the cylinder, leaving it for a while and then trying to work the piston loose could do the job.

By: Rob Bell

Rob Bell — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:58:26 +0000

Boy, talk about an arduous restoration! . . .kudos for your perserverance. What year was the NSU & model and what was the displacement? I rode one all around Europe back in the 60’s and had nothing but problems as to whether or not it felt in the “mood”! to start and never found out what the problem was but every time I took the carb off, cleaned it, it would run again, for a while, until then again . . .!
Thanks for your posting!
Cheers!
Rob Bell

By: joe fritz

joe fritz — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:33:06 +0000

I have a lambretta 150ld mk III 1958 with a seized piston please advise how you freed up your piston. thanks jf

By: Scooter gas tank repair

Scooter gas tank repair — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:30:51 +0000

[...] is an interesting blog post over on Modvespa.com taking about the restoration of an NSU scooter. NSU is from Germany and this on has been on the scoot.net website before. It is a 1956 Prima D and [...]