15. Klassikertreffen an den Opelvillen Rüsselsheim/Main am 28.6.2015

Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer created in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG along with the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary. m. b. H. " as a manufacturer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is German for Igniter as well as Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand with regard to weapons parts declined following WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor of the company, and two years later he diversified in to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the actual microcar, moped and Scooter (street motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed throughout 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bi-cycle and electric bicycles while using 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 model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle regarding everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of major motorcycles began in 1933 with all the K-series. The "K" refers to the sort of drivetrain that these versions used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed models from 200 to 400 cc displacement and was an important success, increasing Zündapp's market reveal in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% within 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 h . p . (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder generator with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (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 physique was produced between 1938 in addition to 1941 and supplied exclusively to the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and in the end replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to get the only remnant to call home beyond the destruction involving war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside 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 base drive (a layout adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were the one 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces throughout WWII.

By 1931 Ferdinand Porsche along with Zündapp developed the prototype Automotive für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the new the name Volkswagen seemed to be used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder toned engine, but Zündapp used the water-cooled 5-cylinder radial motor. In 1932 three prototypes had been running. All three cars were lost during the war, the last in a new 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 were built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced greater than 18, 000 units of the actual Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit which has 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 within light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) belly initio trainer aircraft.

After WWII the company transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for its type. In 1951 Zündapp released the past of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (this "green elephant") with a 598 cc two-cylinder serp. 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 various new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines in support of produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some good results in motorsports with biker André Malherbe winning this 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and once more in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds marketed well, but later sales decreased and in 1984 the corporation went bankrupt and closed.

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Following your bankruptcy, the entire production brand and intellectual properties ended up being bought by Xunda Powerplant Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still in business, but makes Honda centered 4-stroke motorcycles and electric powered mopeds.Zündapp also had some sort of technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory was built at Ranipet near Chennai in 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 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 along with a sleeveless hard chromed storage container barrel, all were a first using a motorcycle in that nation.

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