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Zündapp was a significant German motorcycle manufacturer launched in 1917 in Nuremberg by simply Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG plus the machine tool manufacturer Thiel within the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau H. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter and Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand pertaining to weapons parts declined after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor from the company, and two years later he diversified in 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 bike and electric bicycles with all the Zundapp name and emblem. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

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The initial Zündapp motorcycle was your 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 large motorcycles began in 1933 with the K-series. The "K" refers to the drivetrain that these versions used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft together with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to 400 cc displacement and was an important success, increasing Zündapp's market share in Germany from 5% throughout 1931 to 18% with 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp . p . (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder generator 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 (Footwear no. 1) sidecar physique was produced between 1938 and also 1941 and supplied exclusively to the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and eventually replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was for being the only remnant to live beyond the destruction connected with 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 had unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a format adopted by Honda for the Gold Wing in 1974) and were really the only 4-cylinder machines used because of the German armed forces within WWII.

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Through 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and Zündapp developed the prototype Vehicle für Jedermann ("car intended for everyone"), which was the first time the name Volkswagen has been used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder toned engine, but Zündapp used any water-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine. In 1932 three prototypes have been running. All three cars were lost in the war, the last in any 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp developed 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 in excess of 18, 000 units of your Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit that has a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the German born Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as the 9-092, which was used within light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) ab initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the organization transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" powerplant scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine due to the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the past of its heavy street bike models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (the particular "green elephant") with a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. From 1957 to 1958 the business also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the organization moved from Nuremberg to be able to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed a number of 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 your 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds sold well, but later sales dropped and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and closed.

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After the bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties had been bought by Xunda Electric motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till earlier 1990s. Zündapp is still operating, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and energy mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to create mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory has been built at Ranipet near Chennai within the early 1980s to manufacture small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Topic. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (based on Zündapp KS175) was introduced being a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and also a sleeveless hard chromed cylinder barrel, all were a first using a motorcycle in that nation.

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