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Zündapp was an essential German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917 in Nuremberg simply by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel within the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Grams. m. b. H. " as a company of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand pertaining to weapons parts declined following WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor on the company, and two years later he diversified in the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into this microcar, moped and Scooter (street motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed in 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle and electric bicycles when using the Zundapp name and logo. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

The initial Zündapp motorcycle was your model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was manufactured in large series. Zündapp's history of hefty motorcycles began in 1933 using the K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these types used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to 900 cc displacement and was a significant success, increasing Zündapp's market reveal in Germany from 5% within 1931 to 18% throughout 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder electric motor with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often in conjunction with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Boot no. 1) sidecar body was produced between 1938 as well as 1941 and supplied exclusively towards Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was being the only remnant to live beyond the destruction connected with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production in the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 together with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with the whole length drive (a format adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were the one 4-cylinder machines used because of the German armed forces inside WWII.

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

After WWII the company transitioned to smaller models, notably the "Bella" generator scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine to its type. In 1951 Zündapp released one more of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (the particular "green elephant") that has a 598 cc two-cylinder serps. From 1957 to 1958 this company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the firm moved from Nuremberg to help Munich. Subsequently, the company developed a number of new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines in support of produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some success in motorsports with biker André Malherbe winning the actual 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds offered well, but later sales dropped and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and closed.

Following your bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties seemed to be bought by Xunda Powerplant Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till the first 1990s. Zündapp is still running a business, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electric mopeds.Zündapp also had the technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to create mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory was built at Ranipet near Chennai inside early 1980s to manufacture small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Bullet. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus plus the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (depending on Zündapp KS175) was introduced to be a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and a sleeveless hard chromed tube barrel, all were a first over a motorcycle in that state.

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