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Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer launched in 1917 in Nuremberg simply by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG plus the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau H. m. b. H. " as a manufacturer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is German for Igniter and also Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined right after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor with the company, and two years later he diversified into the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the particular microcar, moped and Scooter (motorcycle) markets. The company collapsed inside 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle and electric bicycles while using Zundapp name and logo design. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

The first Zündapp motorcycle was the actual model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of heavy motorcycles began in 1933 with all the K-series. The "K" refers to the drivetrain that these models used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft having two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed products from 200 to 800 cc displacement and was a major success, increasing Zündapp's market reveal in Germany from 5% within 1931 to 18% inside 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp . p . (21 kW) width wise opposed twin cylinder generator with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often along with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Footwear no. 1) sidecar entire body was produced between 1938 in addition to 1941 and supplied exclusively towards Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to get the only remnant to reside beyond the destruction of war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to help power the KS601 using few modifications.The Zündapp K800 acquired unit construction, flat-four engines with canal drive (a design adopted by Honda with the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only 4-cylinder machines used by the German armed forces in WWII.

By 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and also Zündapp developed the prototype Car für Jedermann ("car with regard to everyone"), which was the new the name Volkswagen ended up being used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder smooth engine, but Zündapp used a water-cooled 5-cylinder radial motor. In 1932 three prototypes were running. All three cars were lost throughout the war, the last in a 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp produced the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp using a foot gear change, and 170 examples were built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced in excess of 18, 000 units of your Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit which has a driven side wheel and also a locking differential, supplied to the In german Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like the 9-092, which was used in light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) stomach initio trainer aircraft.

After WWII the organization transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" generator scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine to its type. In 1951 Zündapp released the last of its heavy street motorcycle models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the actual "green elephant") which has a 598 cc two-cylinder serp. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the corporation moved from Nuremberg to be able to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed several new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some achievement in motorsports with riders André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and once again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds distributed well, but later sales dropped and in 1984 the company went bankrupt and closed.

As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production collection and intellectual properties seemed to be bought by Xunda Engine Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bikes from 1987 till the early 1990s. Zündapp is still running a business, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electrical mopeds.Zündapp also had the technical collaboration with Royal Enfield (India) to create mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory was built at Ranipet near Chennai in the early 1980s to production small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered along with their flagship Royal Enfield Topic. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus plus the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (depending on Zündapp KS175) was introduced like a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and also a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first with a motorcycle in that country.

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