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The '''Zundapp K800''' is listed as one of the top 100 motorcycles of the 20th century.  It has innovative features such as a unit construction, horizontally opposed four cylinder motor with [[shaft drive]], a design later used by [[Honda]] for the first [[:Category:Honda GL series|Gold Wings]] such as the [[Honda GL1000|GL1000]].  The Frame and front forks are pressed steel.  Many of these machines were used in WW2 often with a sidecar attached and were the only four-cylinder machine to be adopted by the German armed forces.
The '''Zundapp K800''' is listed as one of the top 100 motorcycles of the 20th century.  It has innovative features such as a unit construction, horizontally opposed four cylinder motor with [[shaft drive]], a design later used by [[Honda]] for the first [[:Category:Honda GL series|Gold Wings]] such as the [[Honda GL1000|GL1000]].  The Frame and front forks are pressed steel.  Many of these machines were used in WW2 often with a sidecar attached and were the only four-cylinder machine to be adopted by the German armed forces.
==KS750==
The KS750 was a specialized military model built to the same government specifications as the [[BMW R75]].  It was used by the Wehrmacht (German military) as a multi-terrain vehicle for limited attack and convoy patrol.  A total of 18,635 machines were produced between 1940 and 1944.