Photo taken during 'World Record Week', October 26, 1938
"The DKW was a 500cc model (a supercharged two-stroke twin) the body was designed by streamlining expert Baron Reinhard von Koenig-Fachsenfeld, the inventor in 1936 of the chopped tail on cars (later called the 'Kamm' tail after Wunibald Kamm developed the idea."
"The tail on this bike features a novel 'air brake'; the end of the tail fin has two flaps which can spread out to create drag in the slipstream. There were problems with the full enclosure, though, and a combination of handling issues (the record runs in '38 had to be abandoned due to prevailing winds), and poor rider visibility/fumes/discomfort while sealed into the 'egg' put paid to this shape."
Via: Paul d'Orleans over at the the vintagent
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