1953 Zundapp Typhoon 200cc Built In Sweden from Dutch Lion Motorbikes

Zündapp was a serious German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by means of Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG plus the machine tool manufacturer Thiel within the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G. m. b. H. " as a maker of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined immediately after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor in the company, and two years later he diversified into your construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into this microcar, moped and Scooter (motorbike) markets. The company collapsed inside 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 1st Zündapp motorcycle was this 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 using the K-series. The "K" refers to any type of drivetrain that these models used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed products from 200 to 900 cc displacement and was an important success, increasing Zündapp's market write about in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% in 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp (21 kW) flat opposed twin cylinder powerplant with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often along with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Footwear no. 1) sidecar body was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively for the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to become the only remnant to reside beyond the destruction of war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production in the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor in order to power the KS601 together with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with shaft drive (a layout adopted by Honda for that Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only real 4-cylinder machines used by the German armed forces inside WWII.

1957 ZUNDAPP 250 SUPER SABRE

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

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After WWII the company transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" engine 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 actual "green elephant") having a 598 cc two-cylinder powerplant. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the company moved from Nuremberg in order to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed numerous new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some success in motorsports with biker André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and once more in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds distributed well, but later sales declined and in 1984 the company went bankrupt and sealed.

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As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties has been bought by Xunda Powerplant Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorcycles from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still running a business, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and power mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory has been built at Ranipet near Chennai from the early 1980s to produce 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 also 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 and a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first on the motorcycle in that nation.

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