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Zündapp was an important German motorcycle manufacturer started in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and also the machine tool manufacturer Thiel underneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Gary the gadget guy. m. b. H. " as a developer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau can be German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand intended for weapons parts declined following WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor in the company, and two years later he diversified into the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into the actual microcar, moped and Scooter (street bike) markets. The company collapsed throughout 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bi-cycle and electric bicycles when using the Zundapp name and company logo. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

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The primary Zündapp motorcycle was this model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was stated in large series. Zündapp's history of weighty motorcycles began in 1933 while using K-series. The "K" refers to the type of drivetrain that these types used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft along with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed types from 200 to 800 cc displacement and was a major success, increasing Zündapp's market write about in Germany from 5% in 1931 to 18% with 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 h . p . (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder motor 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 (Shoe no. 1) sidecar system was produced between 1938 and 1941 and supplied exclusively for the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and finally replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to be 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 power the KS601 along with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with canal drive (a design adopted by Honda to the Gold Wing in 1974) and were really the only 4-cylinder machines used through the German armed forces in WWII.

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Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche as well as Zündapp developed the prototype Auto für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the very first time the name Volkswagen has been used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder smooth engine, but Zündapp used some sort of water-cooled 5-cylinder radial powerplant. In 1932 three prototypes have been running. All three cars were lost through the war, the last in a 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp made the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp which has a foot gear change, and 170 examples had been built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced in excess of 18, 000 units of the Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit which has a driven side wheel plus a locking differential, supplied to the German born Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines like the 9-092, which was used throughout light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) stomach initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII this company transitioned to smaller devices, notably the "Bella" powerplant scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine because of its type. In 1951 Zündapp released one more of its heavy street motorcycle models, but one of its most well-known: the KS601 (the actual "green elephant") using a 598 cc two-cylinder serps. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation 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 in support of produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some success in motorsports with participant André Malherbe winning your 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and once more in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds sold well, but later sales dropped and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and finished.

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As soon as the bankruptcy, the entire production brand and intellectual properties was bought by Xunda Motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp motorbikes from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still running a business, but makes Honda structured 4-stroke motorcycles and energy mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to construct mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory has been built at Ranipet near Chennai from the early 1980s to produce small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Bullet. Enfield launched two 50 closed circuit motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and also the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (according to Zündapp KS175) was introduced to be a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and also a sleeveless hard chromed cylinder barrel, all were a first using a motorcycle in that land.

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