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Zabel

German two-stroke motocross engine

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 then 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

July mx 2004 no003 martin guilford and colin dunkley 01 jamie clarke
Photo: Jamie Clarke, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons3

A Zabel is a German two-stroke motocross engine, mainly used in Sidecarcross.2

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