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Zündapp was an essential German motorcycle manufacturer started in 1917 in Nuremberg by means of Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG as well as the machine tool manufacturer Thiel underneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau Grams. m. b. H. " as a maker of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau can be German for Igniter in addition to Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand pertaining to weapons parts declined following 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 this microcar, moped and Scooter (street bike) markets. The company collapsed within 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle and electric bicycles with all the Zundapp name and logo design. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

The primary Zündapp motorcycle was your model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle for everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was manufactured in large series. Zündapp's history of large motorcycles began in 1933 while using the K-series. The "K" refers to the type of drivetrain that these designs used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed models from 200 to 300 cc displacement and was an essential 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 opposed twin cylinder engine with overhead valves displacing 597 closed circuit (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often coupled with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Boot no. 1) sidecar entire body was produced between 1938 as well as 1941 and supplied exclusively on the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and eventually replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was to become the only remnant to live on beyond the destruction connected with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production from the late 1940s, it chose to reuse the KS600's motor to be able to power the KS601 having few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with the whole length drive (a page layout adopted by Honda for the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the only 4-cylinder machines used by the German armed forces with WWII.

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Coming from 1931 Ferdinand Porsche and also Zündapp developed the prototype Car für Jedermann ("car regarding everyone"), which was the first-time the name Volkswagen ended up being used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder ripped engine, but Zündapp used a water-cooled 5-cylinder radial motor. In 1932 three prototypes have been running. All three cars were lost over the war, the last in some sort of 1945 Stuttgart bombing raid.From 1936 to 1938 Zündapp developed the KKS500 model. This was the first Zündapp using a foot gear change, and 170 examples were being built. From 1940 onward Zündapp produced in excess of 18, 000 units of this Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit that has a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the The german language Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as 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 devices, notably the "Bella" engine scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the last of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (the particular "green elephant") having a 598 cc two-cylinder motor. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the business moved from Nuremberg to help 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 success in motorsports with participant André Malherbe winning this 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and all over again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds offered well, but later sales decreased and in 1984 this company went bankrupt and shut.

Following your bankruptcy, the entire production brand and intellectual properties seemed to be bought by Xunda Motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bicycles from 1987 till their early 1990s. Zündapp is still operational, but makes Honda centered 4-stroke motorcycles and electrical mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Regal Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory had been built at Ranipet near Chennai in the early 1980s to make small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Topic. Enfield launched two 50 cc motorcycles first, the step-thru Silver Plus and also the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (determined by Zündapp KS175) was introduced as being a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake as well as a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first on a motorcycle in that region.

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