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Zündapp was a major German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917 in Nuremberg through 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 producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau will be German for Igniter and also Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand regarding weapons parts declined immediately after WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor with the company, and two years later he diversified in the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into this microcar, moped and Scooter (motorbike) markets. The company collapsed inside 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bi-cycle and electric bicycles when using the Zundapp name and emblem. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

The first Zündapp motorcycle was this model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle with regard to everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was manufactured in large series. Zündapp's history of major motorcycles began in 1933 while using the K-series. The "K" refers to the type of drivetrain that these versions used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft along with two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (then the novelty). The series encompassed models from 200 to 800 cc displacement and was an essential success, increasing Zündapp's market reveal in Germany from 5% throughout 1931 to 18% within 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 horsepower (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder motor 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 (Start no. 1) sidecar body was produced between 1938 as well as 1941 and supplied exclusively towards Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and in the end replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was for being the only remnant to live on beyond the destruction regarding war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production inside the late 1940s, it chose to recycling the KS600's motor to power the KS601 with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 experienced unit construction, flat-four engines with base drive (a layout adopted by Honda with the Gold Wing in 1974) and were the one 4-cylinder machines used with the German armed forces within WWII.

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From 1931 Ferdinand Porsche in addition to Zündapp developed the prototype Automotive für Jedermann ("car with regard to everyone"), which was the new the name Volkswagen had been used. Porsche preferred the 4-cylinder level engine, but Zündapp used a new water-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine. In 1932 three prototypes had been running. All three cars were lost during the war, the last in a new 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 greater than 18, 000 units of the Zündapp KS 750. This is a sidecar outfit with a driven side wheel and a locking differential, supplied to the In german Wehrmacht.Zündapp also made aircraft engines such as 9-092, which was used with light aircraft, including the Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkönig (1942) belly initio trainer aircraft.

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After WWII the corporation transitioned to smaller products, notably the "Bella" powerplant scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for the type. In 1951 Zündapp released the past of its heavy motorcycle models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (your "green elephant") using a 598 cc two-cylinder engine. From 1957 to 1958 the corporation also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the firm moved from Nuremberg in order to Munich. Subsequently, the company developed various new smaller models, discontinued the development of four-stroke engines and only produced two-stroke models. Zündapp experienced some good results in motorsports with biker André Malherbe winning the actual 125cc European motocross competition in 1973 and yet again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds distributed well, but later sales declined and in 1984 the business went bankrupt and shut down.

Following bankruptcy, the entire production collection and intellectual properties was bought by Xunda Engine Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp bikes from 1987 till early 1990s. Zündapp is still in operation, but makes Honda primarily based 4-stroke motorcycles and electric powered mopeds.Zündapp also had a new technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to create mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory has been built at Ranipet near Chennai inside early 1980s to produce 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 also the 3-speed Explorer motorcycle. Later, 175 cc Enfield Fury (based on Zündapp KS175) was introduced being a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake as well as a sleeveless hard chromed storage container barrel, all were a first on the motorcycle in that nation.

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