Published 16:31 IST, November 10th 2020

World's first motorcycle was unveiled by German engineer Daimler on this day in 1885

German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiled the world’s first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen or the ‘riding cycle,’ on this day, i.e., November 10, in 1885.

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German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiled world’s first motorcycle, Daimler Reitwagen or ‘riding cycle,’ on this day, i.e., November 10, in 1885. motorcycle, which is also known as Einspur or ‘single track’, was a motor vehicle me by Daimler with Wilhelm Maybach. Daimler is often also called ‘far of motorcycle’ for this invention. Even though three steam-powered two-wheelers preceded Reitwagen, it still remains first gasoline internal combustion motorcycle and forerunner of all vehicles, land, sea and air, that use its overwhelmingly popular engine .

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Daimler h visited Paris in 1861 and h spent time observing first internal combustion engine developed by Etienne Lenoir. His experience in France h helped him as he later also joined Nikolaus August Otto's company. Otto’s company h created first successful gaseous fuel engine and in later years firm h also succeeded in creating a compressed charge gaseous petroleum engine due to direction of Daimler and his plant engineer Maybach.

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Otto h no interest in making engines small enough, so he along with Maybach n moved to town Cannstatt where duo began work on a “high-speed explosion engine”. goal was achieved in 1883 with development of ir first engine, a horizontal cylinder engine that ran on Petroleum Naptha. next year Daimler and Maybach developed a vertical cylinder model which is called Grandfar Clock engine and achieved 700 rpm and soon 900 rpm was achieved.

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All about Daimler Reitwagen

In 1884, Maybach and Daimler n built an engine into a two-wheeled test frame which was patented as “Petroleum Reitwagen”. test machine demonstrated feasibility of a liquid petroleum engine which used a compressed fuel charge to power an automobile. It was in 1885 that pair n pattered first motorcycle.

Daimler Reitwagen h a 264-cubic-centimetre single-cylinder Otto-cycle four-stroke engine mounted on rubber blocks, with two iron tre wooden wheels and a pair of spring-loed outrigger wheels to help it remain upright. Its engine output of 0.5 horsepower at 600 rpm gave it a speed of about 11 km/h. Daimler’s 17-year-old son, Paul, rode it first on November 18, 1885, going 5–12 kilometres from Cannstatt to Untertürkheim, Germany.