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

The primary Zündapp motorcycle was the actual model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle regarding 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 sort of drivetrain that these designs used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed types from 200 to 900 cc displacement and was a serious success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% in 1931 to 18% throughout 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp . p . (21 kW) flat opposed twin cylinder motor with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often coupled with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Start no. 1) sidecar system was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively towards the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to get the only remnant to reside beyond the destruction associated with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production in the late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to power the KS601 using few modifications.The Zündapp K800 acquired unit construction, flat-four engines with the whole length drive (a layout adopted by Honda for the Gold Wing in 1974) and were really the only 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces with WWII.

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Through 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and also Zündapp developed the prototype Auto für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the first-time the name Volkswagen ended up being used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder ripped engine, but Zündapp used a water-cooled 5-cylinder radial powerplant. In 1932 three prototypes have been running. All three cars were lost in the war, the last in a new 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp created the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp which has a foot gear change, and 170 examples ended up built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced greater than 18, 000 units of this Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit which has a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the A language like german Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like the 9-092, which was used in light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) belly initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the organization transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for its type. In 1951 Zündapp released one more of its heavy street motorcycle models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the actual "green elephant") that has a 598 cc two-cylinder serps. From 1957 to 1958 the company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the organization moved from Nuremberg to be able 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 good results in motorsports with biker André Malherbe winning this 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds sold well, but later sales declined and in 1984 the business went bankrupt and closed.

Following bankruptcy, the entire production range and intellectual properties has been bought by Xunda Generator Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till their early 1990s. Zündapp is still running a business, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electric mopeds.Zündapp also had a technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to build mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory was built at Ranipet near Chennai inside the early 1980s to make small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Bullet. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (based on Zündapp KS175) was introduced as a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and also a sleeveless hard chromed canister barrel, all were a first on a motorcycle in that land.

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