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Zündapp was an important German motorcycle manufacturer started in 1917 in Nuremberg through Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG as well as the machine tool manufacturer Thiel underneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary the gadget guy. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is actually German for Igniter along with 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 into your construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the actual 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 1st Zündapp motorcycle was the model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle with regard to everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of hefty motorcycles began in 1933 using the K-series. The "K" refers to the type of drivetrain that these models used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to 300 cc displacement and was a major success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% in 1931 to 18% inside 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 h . p . (21 kW) flat opposed twin cylinder electric motor with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often in addition to a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar entire body was produced between 1938 along with 1941 and supplied exclusively towards Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to become the only remnant to live on beyond the destruction of war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to power the KS601 together with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 experienced unit construction, flat-four engines with canal drive (a page layout adopted by Honda for the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the one 4-cylinder machines used by the German armed forces in WWII.

Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and also Zündapp developed the prototype Car für Jedermann ("car for everyone"), which was the first-time the name Volkswagen has been used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder flat engine, but Zündapp used any water-cooled 5-cylinder radial serps. In 1932 three prototypes were running. All three cars were lost throughout the war, the last in the 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp generated the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp that has a foot gear change, and 170 examples were built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced more than 18, 000 units of your Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit which has a driven side wheel plus a locking differential, supplied to the The german language Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like the 9-092, which was used within light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) belly initio trainer aircraft.

After WWII the business transitioned to smaller equipment, notably the "Bella" engine scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine due to the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the past of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (your "green elephant") with a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the organization moved from Nuremberg to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed a number of new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some achievements in motorsports with biker André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds distributed well, but later sales decreased and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and shut.

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Following bankruptcy, the entire production series and intellectual properties seemed to be bought by Xunda Powerplant Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorcycles from 1987 till earlier 1990s. Zündapp is still operating, but makes Honda dependent 4-stroke motorcycles and energy mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to construct mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory had been built at Ranipet near Chennai in the early 1980s to make small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Round. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus plus the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (based on Zündapp KS175) was introduced like a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake along with a sleeveless hard chromed canister barrel, all were a first on a motorcycle in that country.

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