15. Klassikertreffen an den Opelvillen Rüsselsheim/Main am 28.6.2015

Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer launched in 1917 in Nuremberg by simply Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G. m. b. H. " as a maker of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor of the company, and two years later he diversified into your construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the actual microcar, moped and Scooter (bike) markets. The company collapsed throughout 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets pedal bike and electric bicycles when using the Zundapp name and logo design. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

The initial Zündapp motorcycle was the particular model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of hefty motorcycles began in 1933 with the K-series. The "K" refers to the sort of drivetrain that these versions used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to 900 cc displacement and was an important success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% in 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 horsepower (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder powerplant with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often coupled with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar body was produced between 1938 along with 1941 and supplied exclusively to the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was being the only remnant to live on beyond the destruction involving war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside the late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to be able to power the KS601 along with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 acquired unit construction, flat-four engines with shaft drive (a format adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were really the only 4-cylinder machines used from the German armed forces within WWII.

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Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and Zündapp developed the prototype Car für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the first time the name Volkswagen seemed to be used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder ripped engine, but Zündapp used a water-cooled 5-cylinder radial serp. In 1932 three prototypes had been running. All three cars were lost throughout the war, the last in a new 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp developed the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp with a foot gear change, and 170 examples had been built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced more than 18, 000 units of your Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit that has a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the German Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like 9-092, which was used throughout light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) abdominal initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the corporation transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine due to the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the last of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the "green elephant") having a 598 cc two-cylinder serp. From 1957 to 1958 the company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the organization moved from Nuremberg for you to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed various new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines in support of produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some accomplishment in motorsports with participant André Malherbe winning your 125cc European motocross competition in 1973 and once more in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds distributed well, but later sales rejected and in 1984 the corporation went bankrupt and closed.

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After the bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties ended up being bought by Xunda Powerplant Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bicycles from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still operational, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electrical mopeds.Zündapp also had the technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to build mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory had been built at Ranipet near Chennai within the early 1980s to create small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Bullet. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus along with the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (based on Zündapp KS175) was introduced like a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake along with a sleeveless hard chromed canister barrel, all were a first on a motorcycle in that region.

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