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

Zundapp Motorcycle 1959 Saber 250cc

The 1st Zündapp motorcycle was your model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle pertaining to everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was manufactured in large series. Zündapp's history of major motorcycles began in 1933 with the K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these versions used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed designs from 200 to 300 cc displacement and was a significant success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% within 1931 to 18% with 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp . p . (21 kW) flat opposed twin cylinder electric motor with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often in addition to a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Boot no. 1) sidecar human body was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively on the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and at last replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was for being the only remnant to live beyond the destruction connected with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production within the late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 using few modifications.The Zündapp K800 acquired unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a page layout adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only real 4-cylinder machines used from the German armed forces inside WWII.

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Via 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and also Zündapp developed the prototype Vehicle für Jedermann ("car for everyone"), which was the first time the name Volkswagen ended up being used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder toned engine, but Zündapp used some sort of water-cooled 5-cylinder radial motor. In 1932 three prototypes had been running. All three cars were lost during 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 ended up built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced greater than 18, 000 units of the actual Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit using a driven side wheel as well as a locking differential, supplied to the German Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as the 9-092, which was used inside light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) belly initio trainer aircraft.

German IIWW Motorcycle Zundapp KS 750 2 Pieces Lion Roar 3507

After WWII the company transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" engine scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine to its type. In 1951 Zündapp released a final of its heavy bike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (this "green elephant") using a 598 cc two-cylinder serps. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the corporation 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 success in motorsports with rider André Malherbe winning the actual 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and once again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds distributed well, but later sales dropped and in 1984 the business went bankrupt and shut down.

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Following bankruptcy, the entire production brand and intellectual properties had been bought by Xunda Electric motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bikes from 1987 till their early 1990s. Zündapp is still in operation, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electrical mopeds.Zündapp also had a technical collaboration with Regal Enfield (India) to develop 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 (determined by Zündapp KS175) was introduced as a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and a sleeveless hard chromed storage container barrel, all were a first on the motorcycle in that country.

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