A Reitwagen replica at the Mercedes-Benz Museum | |
Manufacturer | Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach |
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Also called | 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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