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Zündapp was a significant German motorcycle manufacturer started in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG along with the machine tool manufacturer Thiel within the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is German for Igniter and also Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand intended for weapons parts declined right after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor of the company, and two years later he diversified to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into your microcar, moped and Scooter (bike) markets. The company collapsed within 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets cycle and electric bicycles with all the Zundapp name and logo. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

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The initial Zündapp motorcycle was the actual 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 weighty motorcycles began in 1933 with all the 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 (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% throughout 1931 to 18% within 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp . p . (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder powerplant with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often coupled with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar entire body was produced between 1938 as well as 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 reside in beyond the destruction involving war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to recycle the KS600's motor to be able to power the KS601 along with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 acquired unit construction, flat-four engines with the whole length drive (a structure adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were the sole 4-cylinder machines used by the German armed forces within WWII.

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From 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and Zündapp developed the prototype Automotive für Jedermann ("car intended for 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 new water-cooled 5-cylinder radial powerplant. In 1932 three prototypes were running. All three cars were lost throughout the war, the last in any 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp created the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp having a foot gear change, and 170 examples ended up built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced over 18, 000 units of the actual Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit using a driven side wheel along with a locking differential, supplied to the German Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines including the 9-092, which was used throughout light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) abdominal initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII this company transitioned to smaller machines, notably the "Bella" electric motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine to its type. In 1951 Zündapp released the last of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the particular "green elephant") that has a 598 cc two-cylinder serp. From 1957 to 1958 the business also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the corporation moved from Nuremberg in order 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 biker André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds marketed well, but later sales declined and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and finished.

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Following bankruptcy, the entire production series and intellectual properties had been bought by Xunda Engine Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till the first 1990s. Zündapp is still in operation, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and energy mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory had been built at Ranipet near Chennai within the early 1980s to manufacture small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Round. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and 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 also a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first on the motorcycle in that nation.

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