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Zündapp was an essential German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Grams. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is usually German for Igniter and also Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor on the company, and two years later he diversified to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into your microcar, moped and Scooter (street bike) markets. The company collapsed inside 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bi-cycle and electric bicycles while using the Zundapp name and brand. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

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The first Zündapp motorcycle was your model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle intended for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was stated in large series. Zündapp's history of large motorcycles began in 1933 while using the K-series. The "K" refers to any type of drivetrain that these products used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft having two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to eight hundred cc displacement and was a serious 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 hewlett packard (21 kW) width wise opposed twin cylinder engine with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often as well as a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Start no. 1) sidecar human body was produced between 1938 along with 1941 and supplied exclusively to 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 on beyond the destruction associated with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside the late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to power the KS601 having few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with shaft drive (a design adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were the sole 4-cylinder machines used because of the German armed forces throughout WWII.

Via 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and Zündapp developed the prototype Automotive für Jedermann ("car pertaining to everyone"), which was the first time the name Volkswagen seemed to be used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder toned engine, but Zündapp used the water-cooled 5-cylinder radial serps. In 1932 three prototypes have been running. All three cars were lost through the war, the last in a 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp produced the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp with a foot gear change, and 170 examples have been built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced in excess of 18, 000 units of the actual Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit using a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the The german language Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines including the 9-092, which was used within light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) ab initio trainer aircraft.

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

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As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties was bought by Xunda Electric motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorcycles from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still in business, but makes Honda based 4-stroke motorcycles and energy mopeds.Zündapp also had the technical collaboration with Regal Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory ended up being built at Ranipet near Chennai inside the early 1980s to manufacture small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Topic. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus as well as the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (dependant on Zündapp KS175) was introduced like a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first over a motorcycle in that country.

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