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Zündapp was an important German motorcycle manufacturer set up in 1917 in Nuremberg through Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and also the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau H. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau can be German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand pertaining to weapons parts declined immediately after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor of the company, and two years later he diversified to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into this microcar, moped and Scooter (street bike) markets. The company collapsed inside 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle 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 primary Zündapp motorcycle was the actual 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 major motorcycles began in 1933 while using K-series. The "K" refers to the type of drivetrain that these types used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft along with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed models from 200 to 300 cc displacement and was a major success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 horsepower (21 kW) flat opposed twin cylinder electric 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 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar system was produced between 1938 along with 1941 and supplied exclusively for the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was for being the only remnant to live beyond the destruction involving war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 having few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with canal drive (a format adopted by Honda for the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the sole 4-cylinder machines used because of the German armed forces in WWII.

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

1974 Rickman Zundapp 125 Street Legal Dual Sport, US $850.00, image 11

After WWII the organization transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for the type. In 1951 Zündapp released one more of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the "green elephant") having a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. 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 a number of new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines in support of produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some achievements in motorsports with riders André Malherbe winning the actual 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and yet again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds sold well, but later sales diminished and in 1984 the organization went bankrupt and shut down.

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Following the bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties ended up being bought by Xunda Powerplant Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bicycles from 1987 till the first 1990s. Zündapp is still operational, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and power mopeds.Zündapp also had some sort of technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to construct mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory ended up being 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 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus plus the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (depending on Zündapp KS175) was introduced as being a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake plus a sleeveless hard chromed tube barrel, all were a first using a motorcycle in that country.

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