Zündapp was an essential German motorcycle manufacturer started in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG as well as the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Grams. m. b. H. " as a company of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is actually German for Igniter and Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand pertaining to weapons parts declined following WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor on the company, and two years later he diversified to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the microcar, moped and Scooter (street bike) markets. The company collapsed inside 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle and electric bicycles with all the Zundapp name and emblem. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.
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The primary Zündapp motorcycle was your model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle pertaining to everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was manufactured in large series. Zündapp's history of hefty motorcycles began in 1933 with the K-series. The "K" refers to any type of drivetrain that these models used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed products from 200 to 400 cc displacement and was a major 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 h . 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 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 along with 1941 and supplied exclusively towards Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and at last replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was for being the only remnant to live beyond the destruction connected with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production in the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a format adopted by Honda for your Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only 4-cylinder machines used through the German armed forces throughout WWII.
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Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche along with Zündapp developed the prototype Auto für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the very first time the name Volkswagen seemed to be used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder flat engine, but Zündapp used some sort of water-cooled 5-cylinder radial serp. In 1932 three prototypes were being running. All three cars were lost over the war, the last in a 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp produced the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp having a foot gear change, and 170 examples ended up built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced more than 18, 000 units of the Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit with a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the The german language Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines including the 9-092, which was used with light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) abdominal initio trainer aircraft.
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After WWII the company transitioned to smaller models, notably the "Bella" engine scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine due to the type. In 1951 Zündapp released a final of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (the "green elephant") that has a 598 cc two-cylinder serp. From 1957 to 1958 the organization also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the firm moved from Nuremberg for you to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed several new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some achievements in motorsports with rider André Malherbe winning this 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and once more in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds sold well, but later sales declined and in 1984 the corporation went bankrupt and finished.
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As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production collection and intellectual properties seemed to be bought by Xunda Engine Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bicycles from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still in operation, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and power mopeds.Zündapp also had the technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to build mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory had been built at Ranipet near Chennai inside early 1980s to create 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 plus the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (determined by 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 cylinder barrel, all were a first over a motorcycle in that state.
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