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Zündapp was a serious German motorcycle manufacturer started in 1917 in Nuremberg by simply Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG plus the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter in addition to Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand for weapons parts declined following WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor with the company, and two years later he diversified in the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the microcar, moped and Scooter (motorcycle) 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 very first Zündapp motorcycle was this 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 weighty motorcycles began in 1933 with all the K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these types used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed types from 200 to 900 cc displacement and was an essential success, increasing Zündapp's market share in Germany from 5% throughout 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp . p . (21 kW) flat 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 (Trunk no. 1) sidecar physique was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively on the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to be the only remnant to live beyond the destruction connected with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 together with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 acquired unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a format adopted by Honda with the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the one 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces throughout WWII.

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

After WWII this company transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" electric motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine due to the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the final of its heavy street bike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (this "green elephant") having a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. From 1957 to 1958 the business also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the organization moved from Nuremberg to help Munich. Subsequently, the company developed several new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some good results in motorsports with driver André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds sold well, but later sales rejected and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and finished.

After the bankruptcy, the entire production collection and intellectual properties had been bought by Xunda Motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till earlier 1990s. Zündapp is still in operation, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and electric powered mopeds.Zündapp also had the technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to build mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory was built at Ranipet near Chennai in the early 1980s to manufacture small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Bullet. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus as well as the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (depending on Zündapp KS175) was introduced as being a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake plus a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first on the motorcycle in that country.

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