KTM the war, demand for repair works fell sharply and Trunkenpolz started thinking about producing his own motorcycles. The prototype of his first motorcycle, the R100, was built in 1951. The components of the motorcycle were produced in house, except for the Rotax engines which were made by Fichtel & Sachs. Serial production of the "R100" started in 1953. With just 20 employees, motorcycles were built at the rate of three per day. In 1953, businessman Ernst Kronreif became a sizable shareholder of the company which was renamed and registered as "Kronreif & Trunkenpolz Mattighofen". In 1954, the "R125 Tourist" was
Philip Corbin (manufacturer) Philip Corbin (manufacturer) Philip Corbin was an American industrialist who founded P&F Corbin Company, a major manufacturer of decorative hardware. Corbin was born on October 26, 1824 in Willington, Connecticut. He was the third of ten children. When Corbin was seven, the family moved to Farmington, Connecticut, then to West Hartford, Connecticut and finally settled in Ellington, Connecticut. When he was age 15, the family returned to their homestead known as Corbin's Corners, in West Hartford. There, Corbin and his brothers worked on the family farm, were contracted to other farmers, and attended district schools. Corbin attended the West Hartford