Motorcycle History
The world's first motorcycle was born in Germany. Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach were two German four-stroke engine expert, who created the first motorcycle in the world.
In 1885, Daimler pair of small-sized four-stroke engine on a wooden bicycle. Machine is placed in the middle (between the front and rear wheels) and connected by chains to the rear wheels.
Wooden motorized bicycle was named Reitwagen (riding car) and is the first motorcycle in the world. Maybach try Reitwagen as far as 3 miles along the River Neckar, from Cannstatt to Untertürkheim, with a speed of 12 km / hIt was Reitwagen not sold to the public. Installation of wooden bicycle machine at a series of experiments carried out by Daimler and Maybach, four steps before installing the engine on a horse carriage, which became the forerunner of the birth of the automobile.
In 1893, the first motorcycle sold to the public created by the motorcycle manufacturer Hildebrand und Wolfmüller in Munich, Germany. The bike does not use chains. Rear wheels are driven directly by the crankshaft.
The bike was first brought to the United States in 1895 when a French circus performer took him to New York. In the same year, a United States inventor, EJ Pennington, in Milwaukee, which is designed to demonstrate his own motorcycle. Pennington said the motorcycle that he designs that can be driven with a speed of 93 km / hour, and he is regarded as the first person who introduced the term motorcycle.
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1895, British bicycle manufacturer, Triumph, decided to also make motorcycles. For that, buy a Triumph motorcycle Hildebrand und Wolfmüller and learn how to make it. Four years later, 1902, the company manufactured the first motorcycle, which uses a Belgian-made Minerva engine. In 1905, Triumph motorcycle manufactures as a whole itself, which bears the three PK-powered engine and maximum speed of 72 km / hour.
In 1903, William S Harley and Arthur Davidson, producing motorcycles in Milwaukee, United States, and call it a Harley Davidson motorcycle. In 1904, another U.S. company, Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, came up with Single Indian motorcycle.
Just like Triumph, in 1906, another British company, BSA, which stands for Birmingham Small Arms, manufactures motorcycles with engines using Minerva, before making machines with a capacity of 350 cc, 500 cc and 595 cc alone.
Until World War I (1914-1918), Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company is a factory production bike with the largest in the world. After World War I, his position was taken over by Harley Davidson until 1928, when his position was taken over by DKW (Germany).Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company closed in 1953 and the Indian brand was taken over by Royal Enfield.
In 1921, BMW motorcycle engine configuration comes with a two cylinder horizontally opposed engine is placed in a single house made of aluminum. BMW rear-wheel drive with the drive shaft.
In the 1930s, there are about 80 brands of motorcycles in the UK, including Norton, Triumph, AJS, and other brands are not so famous, like New Gerrard, NUT, SOS, Chell and Whitwood.
The development of motorcycles in Europe, among others, also triggered by World War II (1939-1945), where the motorcycle was made for military purposes. And, at that time, the BSA made 126,000 M20 motorcycles to the British Armed Forces.
After World War II, in 1946, the Italian designer, Piaggio, Vespa scooters and introduced immediately attract the attention of the world. In 1946 also, the Italian manufacturer of radio equipment, Ducati, making 50 cc engine, Cucciolo, installed on a motorcycle.Cucciolo capacity was then propagated, ranging from 60, 65, 98, to 125 cc.
In 1949, Honda manufactures motorcycles Dream or Model D, which holds two stroke engines with a capacity of 98 cc. However, the sound of two stroke engines are noisy and pungent smoke that comes out of the exhaust makes the Honda four-stroke engine develops. Three years later, 1951, Honda manufactures motorcycles that bear the four-stroke engines, Dream E, with a capacity of 146 cc.
In 1951, the BSA Group (UK) bought Triumph Motorcycles and became the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. BSA position was taken over by NSU (Germany) in 1955. However, since the 1970's until now, Honda is noted as the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.
In 1952, Honda produces motorcycle known as the cub. The bike is very popular type of duck that model was imitated by manufacturers other Japanese motorcycles, like Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Suzuki.
In 1955, Suzuki manufactures motorcycles bearing capacity of 125 cc engine, four-step, and a cylinder. However, 10 years later, Suzuki is also extended to two stroke engines, which is a specialty.
In 1955, Yamaha YA-1, a motorcycle that holds two stroke engines with a capacity of 125 cc. In 1970, 15 years later, Yamaha XS-1 is produced bearing the four-step machine with a capacity of 650 cc, in the configuration V.
Kawasaki came somewhat later. Producing a new Kawasaki motorcycle first, B8, in 1961. Kawasaki's motorcycle output bears two stroke engines with a capacity of 125 cc.In 1973 or 12 years later, producing Kawasaki Kawasaki Z1, which holds four-stroke engine with a capacity of 900 cc.
The figure of an attractive, reliable engine and easy to maintain, and competitive prices make motorcycles from Japan, namely Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, and Kawasaki, are very popular and until now dominated the world motorcycle market.
However, the names of Harley Davidson motorcycles which remains a popular, particularly in the United States. Likewise, BMW, Triumph, and Ducati.
In 2006, the Dutch company EVA Products BV Holland, announced the presence of commercial diesel motorcycles first, Track T-800CDI. It bears the motorcycle 800 cc diesel engine, 3 cylinders, the Daimler-made. However, companies other motorcycle makers, including Royal Enfield, also manufactures diesel motorcycles, at least since 1965.
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