Zündapp K500 1938 500cc 2 cyl sv - starting up

Classic Motorcycle buy and sell vintage motorcycles. more details Manufacturer: Zündapp Model: K500 Year: 1938 Displacement: 498 cc Cylinder: 2 - transverse Engine type: 4-stroke / sv Bore / Stroke: 69 x 66.6 mm Power: 16hp @ rpm Weight: 180 kg Top Speed: 105 km/h Production years: 1933 - 1940 Frame number: 182179 Engine number: 182179 Founded at the height of WWI to manufacture armaments, Zündapp found a new role post-war as a producer of motorcycles under the direction of new owner, Dr Fritz Neumeyer, building its first machine, a Levis-powered two-stroke, in 1921. The firm began making its own engines in 1924, selling more than 10,000 machines that year, and at the Berlin Motor Show in 1933 introduced the first of the horizontally opposed, four-stroke twins that it is best remembered for. These formed part of an extensive and diverse range of models, all but the smallest two-stroke being designated by th