Combinette
The original Combinette that the Super and Sport Combinettes grew out of.
Photo: Späth Chr., Public domain
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Zündapp
Nuremberg to Munich, 1917 to 1984
// The story
Zündapp was founded in Nuremberg, Germany in 1917 and started out making detonators, which is where the name comes from. It built its first motorcycle, the Z22, in 1921.
By the 1930s Zündapp was one of Germany's big motorcycle makers, and after the war it built the Bella scooter and even a tiny car, the Janus. The company moved to Munich in 1958 and switched to two-strokes only.
In its later years Zündapp built small scooters and mopeds, but sales slid and the company went bankrupt in 1984. The bikes it left behind are still loved, especially in Germany and the Netherlands.
// The models
Zündapp models
Sport Combinette
The sporty Combinette (types 510, 515, 517).
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bergsteiger
'Mountain climber': ads boasted it could climb a 30% grade.
Photo: Saoutchik, CC BY-SA 4.0
GTS 50
"Grand Tourisme Sport." The final 1984 version was water-cooled and built for only half a year.
Photo: JonnyGTS, CC BY-SA 3.0
ZR 20
A mofa with a central tube frame, chromed tank and stainless fenders.
Photo: Klacid, CC BY-SA 3.0
CS 25
Replaced the ZD 50 TS. After Zündapp went bust it was built in India as the Zündapp Madras until 1995.
Photo: Tim h2, Public domain
More Zündapp models and versions (no free photo yet. Got one? DM us)
- Combinette The original Zündapp moped of the 1950s
- ZD 20 / ZD 25 / ZD 40 Mofa and mokick siblings of the ZD 50. 1976–84
- Hai 25 / CX 25 Off-road twin of the CS 25. 1980–84
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