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

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The first Zündapp motorcycle was the particular model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle intended for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of large motorcycles began in 1933 with the K-series. The "K" refers to the drivetrain that these designs used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed types from 200 to 800 cc displacement and was a significant success, increasing Zündapp's market share in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hewlett packard (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder motor 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 (Trunk no. 1) sidecar physique was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively to the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and in the end replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to get the only remnant to live beyond the destruction associated with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production in the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to power the KS601 along with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a layout adopted by Honda for that Gold Wing in 1974) and were the sole 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces inside WWII.

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From 1931 Ferdinand Porsche along with Zündapp developed the prototype Vehicle für Jedermann ("car for everyone"), which was the first-time the name Volkswagen has been used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder smooth engine, but Zündapp used any water-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine. In 1932 three prototypes were running. All three cars were lost over the war, the last in a 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp produced the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp which has a foot gear change, and 170 examples were built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced more than 18, 000 units of this Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit with a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the In german Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines including 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 this company transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" generator scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the past of its heavy bike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the particular "green elephant") which has a 598 cc two-cylinder powerplant. From 1957 to 1958 the company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the company moved from Nuremberg to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed numerous new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some good results in motorsports with biker André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and once again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds offered well, but later sales decreased and in 1984 the business went bankrupt and sealed.

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Following your bankruptcy, the entire production brand and intellectual properties had been bought by Xunda Motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bikes from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still operational, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and electric mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Regal Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory has been built at Ranipet near Chennai inside early 1980s to manufacture small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Round. 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 also a sleeveless hard chromed canister barrel, all were a first over a motorcycle in that land.

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