Einspur "single track" Fahrzeug mit Gas bezw. Petroleum Kraftmaschine "Vehicle with gas or petrol engine"
Production
1885
Assembly
Cannstatt
Engine
264 cc (16.1 cu in) air-cooled four-stroke single. Crank start.
Bore / stroke
58 mm × 100 mm (2.3 in × 3.9 in)
Top speed
11 km/h (6.8 mph)[1][2]
Power
0.5 hp (0.37 kW) @ 600 rpm[1][2]
Ignition type
Hot tube
Transmission
Single speed, belt drive (1885) Two speed, belt primary, pinion gear final drive (1886)
Frame type
Wood beam
Suspension
None
Brakes
Front: none Rear: shoe
Tires
Iron over wood rim, wood spokes.
Rake, trail
0°, 0 mm
Weight
90 kg (200 lb)[1] (dry)
The Daimler Reitwagen ("riding car") or Einspur ("single track") was a motor vehicle made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885. It is widely recognized as the first motorcycle.[3][4][5] Daimler is often called "the father of the motorcycle" for this invention.[6][7][8] Even when the steam powered two-wheelers that preceded the Reitwagen, the Michaux-Perreaux and Roper of 1867–1869, and the 1884 Copeland, are considered motorcycles, it remains nonetheless the first gasoline internal combustion motorcycle,[9][10][11] and the forerunner of all vehicles, land, sea and air, that use its overwhelmingly popular engine type.[12][13][14][15]
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