
A Zabel is a German two-stroke
motocross engine, mainly used in
Sidecarcross.
Zabel engines have won the
Sidecarcross world championship in 1998 - driven by
Kristers Sergis from
Latvia
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then 1999, 2003,
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2010
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2011
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2012
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driven by
Daniel Willemsen from the
Netherlands 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 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
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