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A Zabel is a German two-stroke
MX Zabel - Motoren and Racing Homepage
Sidecarcross Two-stroke gasoline engines {{motorcycle-stub
A Zabel is a German two-stroke motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competiti ...
engine, mainly used in Sidecarcross
Sidecarcross racing, also known as sidecar motocross, is a branch of motocross. Regular motocross riders use solo machines, but a sidecarcross outfit has a different type of motorcycle chassis operated by a team of two people, a driver and a s ...
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Zabel engines have won the Sidecarcross world championship in 1998 - driven by Kristers Sergis
Kristers is a Latvian masculine given name. People bearing the name Kristers include:
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*Kristers Freibergs (born 1992), ice hockey defenceman
* Kristers Gudļevskis (born 1992), ice hockey goaltender
*Kriste ...
from Latvia then 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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, 2010, 2011 and 2012
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driven by Daniel Willemsen from the Netherlands
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at 2015 with Kaspars and Etienne at 2017 with Etienne and Nicolas Musset and at 2018 with Ben van den and driver as Marvine.
Prior to 1990 a 610cc Zabel manufactured big-bore conversion was available for large bore Maico
Maicowerk A.G., known by its trading name Maico () is the name of a family company in the Swabian town of Pfäffingen near Tübingen. Founded in 1926 by Ulrich Maisch as Maisch & Co, the company originally manufactured 98 and 123 cc Ilo t ...
motocross engines. From 1990 to 1996 both 620cc and 685cc versions of Zabel's own engine were available. The 620 version was then discontinued with the 685cc version remaining available until the end of 1998. In 1999 a new 700cc version of the engine was released with hydraulic clutch and many modifications. This engine has been in continuous development since. The most recent ZM29 model was released in 2010 but improved to be ZM30.
External links
MX Zabel - Motoren and Racing Homepage
Sidecarcross Two-stroke gasoline engines {{motorcycle-stub