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Zündapp was an essential German motorcycle manufacturer launched in 1917 in Nuremberg through Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG as well as the machine tool manufacturer Thiel under the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G. m. b. H. " as a manufacturer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand for 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 this microcar, moped and Scooter (street motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed inside 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bi-cycle and electric bicycles when using the Zundapp name and logo. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

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The initial Zündapp motorcycle was the model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle regarding everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was stated in large series. Zündapp's history of hefty motorcycles began in 1933 with all the K-series. The "K" refers to the sort of drivetrain that these models used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft having two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed models from 200 to 400 cc displacement and was a significant success, increasing Zündapp's market discuss in Germany from 5% in 1931 to 18% within 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 horsepower (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder generator with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often in conjunction with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Footwear no. 1) sidecar human body was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively for the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and eventually replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to be the only remnant to live beyond the destruction associated with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to power the KS601 with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with shaft drive (a structure adopted by Honda for the Gold Wing in 1974) and were really the only 4-cylinder machines used through the German armed forces within WWII.

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From 1931 Ferdinand Porsche as well as Zündapp developed the prototype Auto für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the first time the name Volkswagen was used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder smooth engine, but Zündapp used some sort of water-cooled 5-cylinder radial motor. In 1932 three prototypes have been running. All three cars were lost in the war, the last in a new 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp generated 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 this Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit having a driven side wheel as well as a locking differential, supplied to the In german Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as 9-092, which was used within light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) belly initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the organization transitioned to smaller equipment, notably the "Bella" electric motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine because of its type. In 1951 Zündapp released the last of its heavy street motorcycle 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 corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the corporation moved from Nuremberg in order 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 driver André Malherbe winning the 125cc European motocross competition in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds offered well, but later sales diminished and in 1984 the company went bankrupt and shut.

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Following bankruptcy, the entire production range and intellectual properties was bought by Xunda Generator Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorbikes from 1987 till the early 1990s. Zündapp is still operating, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and power mopeds.Zündapp also had some sort of technical collaboration with Regal Enfield (India) to construct mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory seemed to be built at Ranipet near Chennai inside the early 1980s to produce 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 and the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (according to 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 using a motorcycle in that state.

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