Vintage German Motorcycles For Sale: Zundapp K500 WH sold

Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer launched in 1917 in Nuremberg simply by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary the gadget guy. m. b. H. " as a developer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined soon after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor on the company, and two years later he diversified into your construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into this microcar, moped and Scooter (motorbike) markets. The company collapsed in 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets pedal bike and electric bicycles using the Zundapp name and brand. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

WWII German Zundapp KS 750 Motorcycle

The primary Zündapp motorcycle was the particular model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle pertaining to everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of heavy motorcycles began in 1933 with the K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these products used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to 400 cc displacement and was a serious success, increasing Zündapp's market reveal in Germany from 5% in 1931 to 18% inside 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 h . p . (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder engine 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 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar human body 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 become the only remnant to live on beyond the destruction involving war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 having few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a structure adopted by Honda with the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the one 4-cylinder machines used by the German armed forces in WWII.

Two 1957 Zundapp Motorcycles 1 Super Sabre 250S and 1 Challenger

Via 1931 Ferdinand Porsche as well as Zündapp developed the prototype Automobile für Jedermann ("car with regard to everyone"), which was the very first time that the name Volkswagen has been used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder level engine, but Zündapp used the water-cooled 5-cylinder radial serp. In 1932 three prototypes were running. All three cars were lost throughout the war, the last in some sort of 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp produced the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp using a foot gear change, and 170 examples ended up built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced greater than 18, 000 units of the particular Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit that has 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) abdominal initio trainer aircraft.

Janus Automobile History at the Zundapp Fool Zundapp Motorcycles

After WWII the corporation transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine to its type. In 1951 Zündapp released the final of its heavy street motorcycle models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (your "green elephant") which has a 598 cc two-cylinder motor. From 1957 to 1958 this company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the corporation 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 success in motorsports with riders André Malherbe winning the actual 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds available well, but later sales decreased and in 1984 the business went bankrupt and sealed.

Zundapp KS600 For Sale 1941 on Car And Classic UK [C515633]

After the bankruptcy, the entire production series and intellectual properties has been bought by Xunda Motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till the first 1990s. Zündapp is still operating, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and electric powered mopeds.Zündapp also had any technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory has been built at Ranipet near Chennai in the early 1980s to make 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 (determined by Zündapp KS175) was introduced like a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake along with a sleeveless hard chromed tube barrel, all were a first on a motorcycle in that state.

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