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[Susie]

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'What,' I hear you say, 'has this got to do with Leicas?'  Well, the NSU Fox was the motorcycle used by Walther Benser during his exploits in Tunisia in 1951.  I thought I would see if one is available, and this one is up for sale.  The downside is that it is up for a whopping 6.800 euros!  If you do a 'youtube' search you'll find some footage of it being run and ridden.

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[TomB_tx]

Thanks - I remember that from his book

[CP93]

That’s a beauty.

[Susie]

Talking of Walther Benser, does anyone know if one of his lectures was ever filmed or recorded, perhaps in the States?

[derleicaman]

7 hours ago, Susie said:

Talking of Walther Benser, does anyone know if one of his lectures was ever filmed or recorded, perhaps in the States?

Don’t know if they ever were. I became friends with Walther after he published his book. I would see him at Photokina, and he was always fun to talk to. I had him sign his book for me. 
His assistant, Walter Heun, moved from Germany to the US from Germany, and did tours in the US doing a version of his Leica show for many years. A trademark of these lectures was the use of giant projection screens. I attended one of his shows at age 16, and it inspired my pursuit of Leica photography. That was in 1972. Years later, when I was a Leica dealer, I had Walter do a Leica Akademie for my customers. Walter would also accompany the dealer schools in Wetzlar at Leica. We became good friends for many years.

[jc_braconi]

This motorcycle had one of the first cantilever system for the rear suspension shock absorbers.