Zuo Zongshen, who had grown up poor, founded the Zongshen company in 1992. Today, the Zongshen Group consists of 52 wholly or partly owned subsidiary companies. Zongshen Group has more than 18,000 employees, and the total assets are worth more than 4 billion yuan. It is one of the five largest motorcycle manufacturers from China. [1] They are currently associated with harley davidson and Piaggio . [1]
In 2006, the founder Zuo Zongshen appeared in the documentary Discovery Channel and CBC co-produced China Rises as a member of the new rich from China . [2]
Zongshen Racing
Zongshen races in various motorcycle racing championships under the guise of China Zongshen Racing. It is a major competitor in the Chinese Superbike Championship , winning the cycling titles in 2007 and 2008. In 2002, China's Zongshen team took the top 2 world endurance championships with French coach; "Michel MARQUETON" In 2003, the Zongshen team won the first 5 world endurance championship races with the same coach, but finished the championship in second place [5]
Zongshen has also won several championships of motorcycles electric FIM (also known as TTXGP ) in recent years, competing against well-funded teams from around the world. While many of the critical parts of Zongshen's electric motorcycle are not strictly produced by Zongshen, they maintain that they developed the motorcycle in-house. [6] The electric racing motorcycle that Zongshen used to win the 2013 TTXGP is powered by an electric motor Yasa-750 . [7] In 2017, Zongshen participated in 5 motorcycles in the 2017 Dakar Rally with 2 French riders, Willy Jobard and Thierry Bethys with the new NC 450 engine.