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Technology
Date
Name/model
Inventor
Company/Marque
Location
Citation and Notes
Concept of motorcycle
1818
Vélocipédraisiavaporianna
France or Germany?
[1]
Two wheeler, unpowered
Velocipede
Pedaled two-wheeler bicycle
Velocipede
Chain & sprockets driving rear wheel
Safety bicycle
[2]
Commercial steam engine-pedal bicycle 25 December
1868
Michaux-Perraux Steam Velocipede
Louis Guillaume
Pierre and Ernest Michauz
France
[3] Iron frame. Several hundred per year made. 61 kg Perreaux engine. Musee de I'lle-de-France, Sceaux
Above, plus arched backbone, no pedals, pulleys driving rear wheel. 14 June
1871
Michaux-Perraux Steam Velocipede
Louis Guillaume
Pierre and Ernest Michauz
France
[3]
Four-stroke (Otto cycle) internal combustion engine
1876
Nikolaus Otto
Germany
[4]
Roller chain
1880
Reynold
[5]
[1]
Frame geometry
1886
Starkey
[5]
[1]
Internal combustion engine in 2 wheeler
1885
Daimler Einspur , aka Reitwagen mit Petroleum Motor
Gottlieb Daimler
Germany
[3]
[1] p 25 Frame geometry non-functional; used outriggers
Pneumatic tires
1888
Dunlop
[5]
[1]
Two-stroke engine
1892
[6]
Production motorcycle
1894
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller
Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfmüller, Hans Geisenhof
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller
Germany
[7]
[7]
[4] Right frame geometry, direct drive
Use of the term motorrad i.e. German for "motorcycle"
1894
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller
[7]
Surface carburetor
1894
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller
Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfmüller, Hans Geisenhof
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller
Germany
[7]
Motorcycle with pneumatic tires
1894
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller
Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfmüller, Hans Geisenhof
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller
Germany
[7]
[8]
Water cooled, two cylinder, four-cycle gasoline engine in bicycle type frame. Direct connecting rod to rear wheel.
1894
Hildebrand & Wolfmuller
Henry & Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfuller
Germany
[4] Right frame geometry, direct drive
Pneumatic tires
1895
Michelin
[5]
[1]
Car engine adapted to bicycle frame
1901
Indian
George Hendee and
Oscar Hedstrom
Indian
[4]
[9]
Spray carburetor
1903?
[4]
Magneto
1903?
[4]
V-8 engine motorcycle
1907
Curtiss V-8
[10]
Inline-four engine
1908
FN Four
Paul Kelecom
Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre
Belgium
Shaft drive 4-cylinder in purpose-built frame.
[11]
[4]
Multi-valve engine
1911
Indian 8-valve board track racer
Oscar Hedstrom
[12]
Spring fork, forerunner of telescopic fork
1911
Flying Merkel Model V
Merkel
United States
[13]
Throttle controlled oiler
1911
Flying Merkel Model V
Merkel
United States
[13]
Aluminum frame
1925
Molteni
[14]
Two stroke engine in a motorcycle
1929
Scott Squirrel Sprint Special
[6]
Schunerle loop-scavenging two-stroke engine
???
DKW RT125
[6]
Two-stroke becomes top choice for racing since 1913 Isle of Man
clarification needed
Kawasaki Mach III
[6]
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Caunter, C. F. (1955), The History and Development of Motorcycles; As illustrated by the collection of motorcycles in the Science Museum; Part I Historical Survey , London:
Her Majesty's Stationary Office ,
OCLC
11506035
^ Schindler, Gordon (July 2003),
"The Age of Steam; Before internal combustion, there were motorcycles powered by hot water" ,
American Motorcyclist , vol. 56, no. 7,
Westerville, Ohio :
American Motorcyclist Association , pp. 34–38,
ISSN
0277-9358
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Falco, Charles ; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, pp. 24–25,
ISBN
0810969122
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Falco, Charles ; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 25,
ISBN
0810969122
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Falco, Charles ; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 24,
ISBN
0810969122
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Falco, Charles ; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 29,
ISBN
0810969122
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e Walker, Mick; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 103,
ISBN
0810969122
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Setright, L.J.K. (1979), The Guinness book of motorcycling facts and feats , Guinness Superlatives,
ISBN
0851122000, 9780851122007
^ Leffingwell, Randy; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 105,
ISBN
0810969122
^ Statenkov, Daniel K.; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 107,
ISBN
0810969122
^ Cameron, Kevin; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 109,
ISBN
0810969122, 9780810969124
^ Statenkov, Daniel K.; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 126,
ISBN
0810969122
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b Statenkov, Daniel K.; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 114,
ISBN
0810969122
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Falco, Charles ; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.),
The Art of the Motorcycle , Harry N. Abrams, p. 26,
ISBN
0810969122