History of motorcycle

Arguably, the first motorcycle was designed and built by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Bad Cannstatt (since 1905 a city district of Stuttgart) in 1885.The first petroleum-powered vehicle was essentially a motorised bicycle, although the inventors called their invention the Reitwagen ("riding car"). However, if a two-wheeled vehicle with steam propulsion is considered a motorcycle, then the first one may have been American. One such machine was demonstrated at fairs and circuses in the eastern U.S. in 1867, built by Sylvester Howard Roper of Roxbury, Massachusetts.In 1894, Hildebrand & Wolfmüller became the first motorcycle available for purchase.In the early period of motorcycle history, many producers of bicycles adapted their designs to accommodate the new internal combustion engine. As the engines became more powerful and designs outgrew the bicycle origins, the number of motorcycle producers increased.
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Good post annie - You might want to follw up with an article about Henderson's and the early Indians.
Motorcycle history has always been a favorite pastime for me; I enjoy reading about the early days of motorcycling and the so called roads they ran on. Even up to the 1940's, roads acroos our country were not well designed for cars or trucks but motorcycles did alright.

Sr. , from American Chopper actually got to ride that very same Daimler motorcycle for one of the episodes. It must have been a thrill, and it still worked beautifully!