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Zündapp was a serious German motorcycle manufacturer set up in 1917 in Nuremberg through Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Grams. m. b. H. " as a developer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is actually German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined right after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor with the company, and two years later he diversified to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the actual microcar, moped and Scooter (street motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed inside 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle and electric bicycles while using Zundapp name and logo. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

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The initial Zündapp motorcycle was this model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was manufactured in large series. Zündapp's history of heavy motorcycles began in 1933 while using K-series. The "K" refers to the drivetrain that these products used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft along with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to 300 cc displacement and was a significant success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% with 1931 to 18% throughout 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 h . p . (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder powerplant 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 (Start no. 1) sidecar system was produced between 1938 in addition to 1941 and supplied exclusively to the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and eventually replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to be the only remnant to live beyond the destruction associated with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to be able to power the KS601 together with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a structure adopted by Honda to the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the sole 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces throughout WWII.

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Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche as well as Zündapp developed the prototype Automotive für Jedermann ("car pertaining to everyone"), which was the very first time that the name Volkswagen ended up being used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder toned engine, but Zündapp used a new water-cooled 5-cylinder radial motor. In 1932 three prototypes had been running. All three cars were lost through 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 which has a foot gear change, and 170 examples had been built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced more than 18, 000 units of the particular Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit that has a driven side wheel and also a locking differential, supplied to the German Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like the 9-092, which was used inside light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) abs initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the corporation transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine due to the type. In 1951 Zündapp released one more of its heavy street motorcycle models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (the actual "green elephant") with a 598 cc two-cylinder serps. From 1957 to 1958 the business also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the organization moved from Nuremberg to help Munich. Subsequently, the company developed many 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 rider André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross competition in 1973 and once again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds marketed well, but later sales decreased and in 1984 the corporation went bankrupt and shut down.

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As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production series and intellectual properties was bought by Xunda Generator 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 electric powered mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Regal Enfield (India) to build mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory seemed to be built at Ranipet near Chennai inside the early 1980s to production 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 along with the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (determined by Zündapp KS175) was introduced like a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and also a sleeveless hard chromed storage container barrel, all were a first over a motorcycle in that nation.

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