Famous German motorcycle manufacturer, the Zundapp brand, completely disappeared from circulation in the 1980s. Yet without warning, the brand made a surprise comeback at the Intermot Fair in Cologne with a real motorcycle.Born in 1917, it was only four years later that the brand adopted its current name before launching its first motorcycle, the Z22, the following year.
Production took off pretty rapidly, and eventually reached 100,000 motorcycles in just ten years. Zundapp then launched into the big leagues with 400cc and 500cc flat-twin-powered machines, and even an 800cc flat-four machine. After World War II, Zundapp turned its attention to smaller-displacement machines—mainly scooters and mopeds, as well as small cars like the Janus. However, it gradually disappeared from the landscape before definitively bowing out in 1984.
