Zündapp was a serious German motorcycle manufacturer launched in 1917 in Nuremberg simply by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG as well as the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath 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 for weapons parts declined after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor in the company, and two years later he diversified in to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the microcar, moped and Scooter (motorbike) markets. The company collapsed within 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets pedal bike and electric bicycles while using Zundapp name and brand. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.
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The first Zündapp motorcycle was your model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle pertaining to everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was stated in large series. Zündapp's history of heavy motorcycles began in 1933 while using K-series. The "K" refers to the kind of drivetrain that these products 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 800 cc displacement and was an essential success, increasing Zündapp's market talk about in Germany from 5% with 1931 to 18% inside 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp (21 kW) flat opposed twin cylinder generator with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often as well as a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar physique was produced between 1938 in addition to 1941 and supplied exclusively towards the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and at last replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to be the only remnant to reside beyond the destruction associated with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production in the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to power the KS601 using few modifications.The Zündapp K800 got unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a layout adopted by Honda to the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only real 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces within WWII.
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Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and Zündapp developed the prototype Automotive für Jedermann ("car intended for everyone"), which was the first-time the name Volkswagen seemed to be used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder flat engine, but Zündapp used a water-cooled 5-cylinder radial serp. In 1932 three prototypes ended up running. All three cars were lost through the war, the last in a 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp developed the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp that has a foot gear change, and 170 examples had been built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced over 18, 000 units of the particular Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit having a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the The german language Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like 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" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the final of its heavy bike models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (the "green elephant") using a 598 cc two-cylinder serp. From 1957 to 1958 the company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the firm moved from Nuremberg to be able to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed various new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some achievement in motorsports with riders André Malherbe winning this 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and once again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds marketed well, but later sales diminished and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and shut down.
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Following your bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties ended up being bought by Xunda Engine Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorbikes from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still in business, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electrical mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to construct mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory has been built at Ranipet near Chennai inside the early 1980s to create small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along 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 plus a sleeveless hard chromed tube barrel, all were a first using a motorcycle in that nation.
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