the motorcycle

The American Sylvester Howard Roper (1823-1896) invented a steam-cylinder engine (powered by coal) in 1867. This can be considered the first motorcycle, if allowed to the description of a motorcycle includes a steam engine.Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler built a bike with table and four wooden wheels and internal combustion engine in 1885. His speed was 18 km / h and the engine developed 0.5 hp.Gottlieb Daimler used a new engine invented by engineer Nikolaus August Otto. Otto invented the first internal combustion engine four times in 1876. He called it "Otto Cycle Engine" and as soon as completed, Daimler (a former employee of Otto) made ​​him a motorcycle that some historians consider the first in history. In 1894 Wolfmüller Hildebrand and presented in the first motorcycle Munich made ​​clear in series and commercial purposes. The Wolfmüller Hildebrand and remained in production until 1897. The Russian brothers settled in Paris and Michel Eugene Werner a motor mounted on a bicycle. The initial model with the motor on the front wheel was first manufactured in 1897.