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
Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer) Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer) Lindner (fully Lindner Traktorenwerk GesmbH) is an Austrian family company based in Kundl that has produced tractors and transporters for mountain and grassland management and for forestry and municipal applications since 1948. Lindner specializes in all-terrain special vehicles for agriculture. The company was the first manufacturer of a four-wheel drive tractor in Austria. Hermann Lindner was born on 5 November 1905 in Neustift im Stubaital. He founded the company in 1946 initially to produce gang saws, but in 1948 exhibited his first tractor, the S 14, at the Vienna Autumn Fair. Lindner constructed more tractor models