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Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer started in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG along with the machine tool manufacturer Thiel underneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary the gadget guy. m. b. H. " as a maker of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter and Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand for weapons parts declined right 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 (motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed within 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 initial Zündapp motorcycle was this model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle regarding everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was manufactured in large series. Zündapp's history of heavy motorcycles began in 1933 while using the K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these designs used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed models from 200 to 900 cc displacement and was an important success, increasing Zündapp's market discuss in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% inside 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 h . p . (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder motor with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often in conjunction with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Trunk no. 1) sidecar human body was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively towards the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and eventually replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was being the only remnant to reside in beyond the destruction involving war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production within the late 1940s, it chose to recycle the KS600's motor to be able to power the KS601 along with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a format adopted by Honda with the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only real 4-cylinder machines used because of the German armed forces in WWII.

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Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and also Zündapp developed the prototype Auto für Jedermann ("car pertaining to everyone"), which was the new the name Volkswagen had been used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder level engine, but Zündapp used some sort of water-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine. In 1932 three prototypes ended up running. All three cars were lost over the war, the last in any 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp created the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp using a foot gear change, and 170 examples had been built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced a lot more than 18, 000 units of this Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit having a driven side wheel plus a locking differential, supplied to the German Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as the 9-092, which was used throughout light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) ab initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII this company transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" engine scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine because of its type. In 1951 Zündapp released a final of its heavy motorcycle models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the actual "green elephant") that has a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. From 1957 to 1958 the organization also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the company moved from Nuremberg to be able 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 driver André Malherbe winning the actual 125cc European motocross competition in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds available well, but later sales diminished and in 1984 the company went bankrupt and closed.

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Following bankruptcy, the entire production range and intellectual properties had been bought by Xunda Powerplant Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorbikes from 1987 till the early 1990s. Zündapp is still operational, but makes Honda dependent 4-stroke motorcycles and power mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Regal Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory had been built at Ranipet near Chennai in the early 1980s to create small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Topic. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (based on Zündapp KS175) was introduced to be a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and also a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first over a motorcycle in that region.

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