Motorcycle
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A motorcycle is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat.
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A cruiser (front) and a sportbike (background)
A Ural motorcycle with a sidecar
A British police motorcycle
Daimler Reitwagen
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The Daimler Reitwagen or Einspur was a motor vehicle made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885. It is widely recognized as the first motorcycle. Daimler is often called "the father of the m
Motorcycle
…riding a motorcycle and being involved in other related social activities such as joining a motorcycle club and attending motorcycle rallies. The 1885 Daimler Reitwagen made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Germany was the first internal combustion petroleum-fueled motorcycle. In 1894, Hildebrand & Wolfmüller…
A Reitwagen replica at the Mercedes-Benz Museum
Drawings from 1884 showed a twist grip belt tensioner, a complex steering linkage and a belt drive. The working model had a simple handlebar and used a pinion gear drive.
The Garden House in Cannstatt
The Daimler-Maybach grandfather clock engine of 1885