Daimler Reitwagen

Daimler Reitwagen
A Reitwagen replica at the Mercedes-Benz Museum
ManufacturerGottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
Also calledEinspur "single track"
Fahrzeug mit Gas bezw. Petroleum Kraftmaschine "Vehicle with gas or petrol engine"
Production1885
AssemblyCannstatt
Engine264 cc (16.1 cu in) air-cooled four-stroke single. Crank start.
Bore / stroke58 mm × 100 mm (2.3 in × 3.9 in)
Top speed11 km/h (6.8 mph)[1][2]
Power0.5 hp (0.37 kW) @ 600 rpm[1][2]
Ignition typeHot tube
TransmissionSingle speed, belt drive (1885)
Two speed, belt primary, pinion gear final drive (1886)
Frame typeWood beam
SuspensionNone
BrakesFront: none
Rear: shoe
TiresIron over wood rim, wood spokes.
Rake, trail0°, 0 mm
Weight90 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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