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History of Motorcycle

History of Motorcycles extensive work done on two stroke bike
The history of the motorcycle goes back engines due to Walter Kaaden's work in
over 100 years, when an American the 50's in East Germany.
gentleman made a steam powered motor that Although Harley Davidson is still the
would be small enough to fit onto his leading bike manufacturer for the
bicycle. Howard Roper from Roxbury, motorcycle market, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki,
Massachusetts, got tired of pedaling his and Kawasaki are also doing very well
bicycle over long distances. Taking with their developments of a durable and
months and months to draw diagrams and elegant looking street bike.
thinking just how he could make a steam Motorcycles have even gone into dirt bike
engine that would be small enough to track racing and cross-country racing.
relieve the pressure from his legs and Several world records have been made on
feet as he traveled from place to place dirt bikes and some bike names have ended
on dirt roads and paths. Finally in 1867, up in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Roper succeeded; it was powered by Motorcycles have a place in some of the
burning coal to create the steam. This Olympic Games as the advancements and the
bike has been displayed in many fairs and changes have been changed to the extent
circuses over the years. of taking parts off the original bike to
In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm make it lighter.
Maybach (later to be the founders of the Motorcycles have jumped many cars,
Mercedes, the forerunner of the Mercedes trucks, and even the Grand Canyon. Today
Benz), produced the first petroleum riders are doing back flips, hand stands,
powered motor bicycle. However, not until and various other daredevil stunts.
1894 was a motorized two wheeled vehicle Looking through EBay, you will be able to
(Hildebrand & Wolfmuller) made available find many different antique motorcycles
for the transportation market. from the old Indian Frames to the Harley
As engines became too powerful for just a Davidson 1983 Wide Glide, a TR6 Triumph
bicycle, and the designs changed very Trophy, and Suzuki DRZ 2003 and DRZ 250.
quickly, the leading manufacturer of Some of these bikes have been Chromed Out
motorcycles, (the Indian brand), had and restored to a very beautiful luster.
already produced well over 20,000 There is no better feeling than to be
motorcycles a year until World War I. riding down the road and being able to
By the 1920's, Harley Davidson took this feel the wind in your face and the
lead away from the Indian Company as the freedom you feel when you are riding a
Harley Davidson Company had acquired many motorcycle. Motorcycles are today
dealers in as many as 67 countries becoming more and more popular due to the
throughout the world. By the end of World fuel crises all around the world. With
War II, BSA bikes took the title away the smaller size engine and the less fuel
from Harley Davidson, and until the consumption, motorcycles may be the next
1950's had produced 75,000 bikes a year. thing we see for commuters.
Through the 1990's, there had been




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