Vintage German Motorcycles For Sale: Zundapp K500 WH sold

Zündapp was a significant German motorcycle manufacturer set up in 1917 in Nuremberg by means of Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG along with the machine tool manufacturer Thiel within the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter as well as Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined immediately after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor in the company, and two years later he diversified into the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into your microcar, moped and Scooter (street motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed in 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bi-cycle and electric bicycles while using the Zundapp name and logo. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

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The primary Zündapp motorcycle was the actual model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle regarding everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of weighty motorcycles began in 1933 with the K-series. The "K" refers to the drivetrain that these models used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft along with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed types from 200 to eight hundred cc displacement and was an essential success, increasing Zündapp's market write about in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hewlett packard (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder powerplant 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 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar entire body was produced between 1938 along with 1941 and supplied exclusively towards Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to get the only remnant to live beyond the destruction connected with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 together with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 received unit construction, flat-four engines with the whole length drive (a format adopted by Honda for that Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces throughout WWII.

German Motorcycle Zundapp KS750 w/sidecar *1:24* TAS 24004 Motor

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

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After WWII the company transitioned to smaller models, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the final of its heavy street motorcycle models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (this "green elephant") with a 598 cc two-cylinder motor. From 1957 to 1958 the company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the business moved from Nuremberg to be able 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 achievement 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 distributed well, but later sales dropped and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and closed.

1957 Zundapp Janus 250 Flickr Photo Sharing!

As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production collection and intellectual properties was bought by Xunda Generator Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorbikes from 1987 till their early 1990s. Zündapp is still operational, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and energy mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to develop mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory ended up being built at Ranipet near Chennai within the early 1980s to manufacture small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Round. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus along with the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (depending on Zündapp KS175) was introduced as 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 land.

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