1940 Zundapp K500 Motorcycle The National Military History Center

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

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The primary Zündapp motorcycle was this 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 while using the K-series. The "K" refers to the drivetrain that these types used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed products from 200 to 400 cc displacement and was a serious success, increasing Zündapp's market reveal in Germany from 5% with 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hewlett packard (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder generator 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 (Boot no. 1) sidecar body was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively to the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and at last replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to become the only remnant to live beyond the destruction regarding war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to be able to power the KS601 along with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 received unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a design adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were the sole 4-cylinder machines used from the German armed forces in WWII.

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From 1931 Ferdinand Porsche as well as Zündapp developed the prototype Automotive für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the first-time the name Volkswagen seemed to be used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder toned engine, but Zündapp used any water-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine. In 1932 three prototypes were running. All three cars were lost throughout the war, the last in any 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp developed the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp with a foot gear change, and 170 examples ended up built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced more than 18, 000 units of the particular Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit which has a driven side wheel plus a locking differential, supplied to the A language like german Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as the 9-092, which was used with light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) abdominal initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the company transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" electric motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the final of its heavy motorcycle models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (this "green elephant") using a 598 cc two-cylinder motor. 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 many new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some achievement in motorsports with driver André Malherbe winning the actual 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds marketed well, but later sales diminished and in 1984 the business went bankrupt and shut.

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After the bankruptcy, the entire production series and intellectual properties was bought by Xunda Generator Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bikes from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still operating, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and electrical mopeds.Zündapp also had any technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory seemed to be built at Ranipet near Chennai within the early 1980s to create small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Topic. 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 (dependant on Zündapp KS175) was introduced as being a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and a sleeveless hard chromed tube barrel, all were a first on a motorcycle in that country.

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