Classic and Race Bike :: Used 1942 zundapp Ks750 Wehrmachtsgespann

Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer set up in 1917 in Nuremberg simply 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 manufacturer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau can be German for Igniter in addition to Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor of the company, and two years later he diversified in the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into your microcar, moped and Scooter (motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed in 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets cycle and electric bicycles when using the Zundapp name and emblem. 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 produced in large series. Zündapp's history of large motorcycles began in 1933 while using K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these versions used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed products from 200 to 300 cc displacement and was a major success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% throughout 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 horsepower (21 kW) width wise opposed twin cylinder motor with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often along with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar system was produced between 1938 and also 1941 and supplied exclusively on the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and eventually replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to get the only remnant to reside beyond the destruction regarding war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to recycle the KS600's motor to power the KS601 having few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with shaft drive (a layout adopted by Honda with the Gold Wing in 1974) and were really the only 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces in WWII.

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Through 1931 Ferdinand Porsche as well as Zündapp developed the prototype Auto für Jedermann ("car for everyone"), which was the very first time the name Volkswagen was used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder level engine, but Zündapp used any water-cooled 5-cylinder radial motor. In 1932 three prototypes were running. All three cars were lost through the war, the last in some sort of 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp created the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp which has a foot gear change, and 170 examples have been built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced greater than 18, 000 units of the Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit which has a driven side wheel plus a locking differential, supplied to the German Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like 9-092, which was used with light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) belly initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the business transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" powerplant scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine because of its type. In 1951 Zündapp released the last of its heavy street motorcycle models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the particular "green elephant") having a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. From 1957 to 1958 the company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the firm moved from Nuremberg to help Munich. Subsequently, the company developed many new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines in support of produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some success in motorsports with driver André Malherbe winning the 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and once more in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds available well, but later sales declined and in 1984 the company went bankrupt and shut down.

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As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production brand and intellectual properties ended up being bought by Xunda Motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bicycles from 1987 till the first 1990s. Zündapp is still operating, but makes Honda dependent 4-stroke motorcycles and energy mopeds.Zündapp also had the technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to develop mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory had been built at Ranipet near Chennai from the early 1980s to make small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Round. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and also the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (dependant 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 canister barrel, all were a first on the motorcycle in that country.

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