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Zündapp was a significant German motorcycle manufacturer launched in 1917 in Nuremberg by means of Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel underneath the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau H. m. b. H. " as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is German for Igniter along with Apparatus). In 1919, as the demand pertaining to weapons parts declined following WWI, Neumeyer became the sole proprietor of the company, and two years later he diversified to the construction of motorcycles.Following WWII, Zündapp expanded into this microcar, moped and Scooter (bike) markets. The company collapsed with 1984.Zuendap. biz markets markets bicycle and electric bicycles while using the Zundapp name and brand. while Zuendapp.com markets "enduro-sport" motorcycles under the Zundapp brand.

The first Zündapp motorcycle was the particular model Z22 in 1921. This was the Motorrad für Jedermann ("motorcycle regarding everyone"), a simple, reliable design that was produced in large series. Zündapp's history of hefty motorcycles began in 1933 while using K-series. The "K" refers to the drivetrain that these models used, Kardanantrieb, meaning enclosed driveshaft using two universal joints. Zündapp introduced the enclosed crankcase (a novelty). The series encompassed versions from 200 to 400 cc displacement and was a significant success, increasing Zündapp's market write about in Germany from 5% inside 1931 to 18% within 1937.The Zündapp KS600, first released in 1938, had a 28 hp . p . (21 kW) horizontally opposed twin cylinder electric motor with overhead valves displacing 597 cc (36. 4 cu in). The KS600 was often coupled with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938). The BW38, fitted with the B1 (Footwear no. 1) sidecar system was produced between 1938 and also 1941 and supplied exclusively to the Wehrmacht. While the KS600 was discontinued and ultimately replaced by the purpose-built KS750, its motor was for being the only remnant to live beyond the destruction associated with war. When Zündapp returned to motorcycle production in the late 1940s, it chose to recycle the KS600's motor in order to power the KS601 with few modifications.The Zündapp K800 had unit construction, flat-four engines with canal drive (a format adopted by Honda with the Gold Wing in 1974) and were really the only 4-cylinder machines used from the German armed forces within WWII.

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

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After WWII this company transitioned to smaller models, notably the "Bella" motor scooter, which was a relatively heavy machine for its type. In 1951 Zündapp released one more of its heavy motorbike models, but one of its most famous: the KS601 (your "green elephant") using a 598 cc two-cylinder serp. From 1957 to 1958 the company also produced the Zündapp Janus microcar.In 1958 the corporation 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 achievements in motorsports with driver André Malherbe winning the 125cc European motocross titles in 1973 and again in 1974. Initially, Zündapp scooters and mopeds available well, but later sales decreased and in 1984 the organization went bankrupt and shut.

Following the bankruptcy, the entire production series and intellectual properties ended up being bought by Xunda Electric motor Co., Tianjin, China. They produced small Zündapp cycles from 1987 till earlier 1990s. Zündapp is still in operation, but makes Honda dependent 4-stroke motorcycles and electric powered mopeds.Zündapp also had some sort of technical collaboration with Noble Enfield (India) to make mopeds and motorcycles. A dedicated factory ended up being built at Ranipet near Chennai inside early 1980s to make small, lightweight two-stroke motorcycles to be offered with their flagship Royal Enfield Round. 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 as a performance motorcycle. It had 5-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and a sleeveless hard chromed cyndrical tube barrel, all were a first with a motorcycle in that land.

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