Serial production of the R100 started in 1953. The components of the motorcycle were produced in house, except for the Rotax engines which were made by Fichtel & Sachs. The prototype of his first motorcycle, the R100, was built in 1951. Īfter the war, demand for repair works fell sharply and Trunkenpolz started thinking about producing his own motorcycles. During the Second World War, his wife took care of the business which was thriving mainly on account of diesel engine repairs. His shop was known as Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen, but the name was unregistered. In 1937, he started selling DKW motorcycles, and Opel cars the following year. In 1934, an Austrian engineer Johann (Hans) Trunkenpolz set up a fitter's and car repair shop in Mattighofen. Hans Trunkenpolz and Ernst Kronreif Early years
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