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Zündapp was a serious 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 under the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary. m. b. H. " as a manufacturer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is actually German for Igniter and also Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand pertaining to weapons parts declined soon after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor in the company, and two years later he diversified in the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the actual microcar, moped and Scooter (motorbike) markets. The company collapsed in 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets cycle and electric bicycles while using the Zundapp name and logo design. 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 pertaining to everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was stated in large series. Zündapp's history of weighty motorcycles began in 1933 while using K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these types used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft together with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed designs 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% inside 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 h . p . (21 kW) flat opposed twin cylinder motor with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often as well as a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Boot 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 to get the only remnant to live on beyond the destruction connected with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 using few modifications.The Zündapp K800 experienced unit construction, flat-four engines with canal drive (a structure adopted by Honda for that Gold Wing in 1974) and were the sole 4-cylinder machines used from the German armed forces throughout WWII.

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By 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and also Zündapp developed the prototype Auto für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the very first time the name Volkswagen ended up being used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder toned engine, but Zündapp used some sort of water-cooled 5-cylinder radial serp. In 1932 three prototypes have been running. All three cars were lost through the war, the last in a 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 over 18, 000 units of the Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit that has a driven side wheel and also a locking differential, supplied to the German born Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as 9-092, which was used in light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) abs initio trainer aircraft.

After WWII the corporation transitioned to smaller models, notably the "Bella" electric motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for its type. In 1951 Zündapp released the final of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (this "green elephant") using a 598 cc two-cylinder powerplant. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the organization moved from Nuremberg for you to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed numerous 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 competition in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds available well, but later sales rejected and in 1984 the company went bankrupt and shut.

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After the bankruptcy, the entire production collection and intellectual properties ended up being bought by Xunda Engine Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bicycles from 1987 till their early 1990s. Zündapp is still running a business, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electric powered mopeds.Zündapp also had a technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to construct mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory seemed to be 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 Round. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus along with the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (dependant on Zündapp KS175) was introduced as a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and a sleeveless hard chromed cylinder barrel, all were a first using a motorcycle in that country.

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