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Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer created in 1917 in Nuremberg by simply Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG as well as the machine tool manufacturer Thiel beneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary the gadget guy. m. b. H. " as a maker of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand with regard to weapons parts declined soon after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor in the company, and two years later he diversified in to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the actual microcar, moped and Scooter (motorbike) markets. The company collapsed within 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle and electric bicycles while using the Zundapp name and logo design. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

The very first Zündapp motorcycle was the model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle intended for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was stated in large series. Zündapp's history of hefty motorcycles began in 1933 using the K-series. The "K" refers to any type of drivetrain that these designs used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then a novelty). The series encompassed products from 200 to eight hundred cc displacement and was a major success, increasing Zündapp's market share in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% with 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hewlett packard (21 kW) flat in a trench opposed twin cylinder engine with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often as well as a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Start no. 1) sidecar physique was produced between 1938 and also 1941 and supplied exclusively for the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and finally replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was being the only remnant to call home beyond the destruction of war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production within the late 1940s, it chose to recycle the KS600's motor to be able to power the KS601 along with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with the whole length drive (a format adopted by Honda to the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces with WWII.

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

After WWII the corporation transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" electric motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine due to the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the final of its heavy street bike models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (the "green elephant") that has a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. From 1957 to 1958 the business also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the business moved from Nuremberg to be able to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed a number of new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some achievement in motorsports with rider André Malherbe winning the particular 125cc European motocross championships in 1973 and once again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds sold well, but later sales dropped and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and shut.

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Following the bankruptcy, the entire production line and intellectual properties had been bought by Xunda Generator Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bicycles from 1987 till their early 1990s. Zündapp is still operational, but makes Honda dependent 4-stroke motorcycles and power mopeds.Zündapp also had any technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to develop 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 Bullet. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (based on Zündapp KS175) was introduced as a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake as well as a sleeveless hard chromed cylinder barrel, all were a first with a motorcycle in that state.

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