If there is something that we are passionate about, and it is quite clear, it is motorcycles. All the information there is about them and what surrounds them has become a source of worship for millions of fans around the world. Surely that is why, at some time, you have wondered who invented the motorcycle and where this beautiful machine was born. Despite the many versions about which was the first motorcycle, over the years it has become more and less clear who was its inventor and when it happened.



Here we leave you a very interesting post with a little about the history of the motorcycle and a few curiosities that you will surely love to know.

WHO INVENTED THE FIRST MOTORCYCLE AND WHEN WAS IT CREATED?

The US Sylvester Howard Roper invented the first motorcycle which is currently aware. When the first motorcycle in history was created in 1867-69 , its creator could never imagine the evolution that his invention would undergo until it became the sophisticated and advanced machines that they are today. It basically consisted of a 164cc two-cylinder steam engine with two pistons, powered by coal. Said like this, it is a long way from what we currently think of as a motorcycle, but it set the precedent and was the starting point for everything that would come later.



CURIOSITIES OF THE HISTORY OF THE MOTORCYCLE

Once it is known that Sylvester Howard Roper was the one who invented the first motorcycle, we are going to briefly summarize the following most relevant events that throughout history have brought the motorcycle to its current situation.

It was not until 20 years later, in 1885, when the Germans Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler incorporated a combustion engine into the machine and named it the Daimler Reitwagen. It consisted of a single-cylinder four-stroke engine, had four wheels and went at 18 km / h.

In 1892, in association with his compatriot, Alois Wolfmüller, they began to mass-produce motorcycles with a two-cylinder, four-stroke gasoline engine. A thousand units were created of this motorcycle. The most curious thing about this motorcycle is that you had to get on in motion, since you had to start it by pushing it until it started.

This motorcycle was not successful as it was quite uncomfortable despite being quite light (about 50 kg) and in 1897 it was discontinued.

In that same year, Russian-born brothers and host Parisians, Eugéne and Michel Werner experimented with incorporating a Dion-Bouton motor into a bicycle. It was not fruitful but they managed to make another model work, “motocyclette”, one with an internal combustion engine on the handlebars of a bicycle.

After this precedent, the scooter was born. In 1902, George Gauthier created the “autosillón”, named in this way since it facilitated the handling of the machine while sitting in an upright position. It was very popular for its versatility and urban utility.

It is with the outbreak of the First World War that the motorcycle world advances considerably, since it turned out to be very practical in military uses. It is from this moment when the displacement of motorcycles increases.

 


But ... who marketed a motorcycle for the first time in history?

They were George M. Hendee and C. Oscar Hedstrom in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1901, creating The Hendee Manufacturing Company, which over the years was called Indian Motorcycles.

Throughout its history, many brands began to market motorcycles with different characteristics, such as Ducati, founded in 1926 in Bologna, Italy.