Gottlieb Daimler - First Gas Engined MotorcycleGerman, Gottlieb
Daimler invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which
was an engine attached to a wooden bike. That marked the moment
in history when the dual development of a viable gas-powered
engine and the modern bicycle collided. Gottlieb Daimler used a
new engine invented by engineer, Nicolaus Otto. Otto invented
the first "Four-Stroke Internal-Combustion Engine" in 1876. He
called it the "Otto Cycle Engine" As soon as he completed his
engine, Daimler (a former Otto employee) built it into a
motorcycle. The Harley Davidson MotorcycleMany of the nineteenth
century inventors who worked on early motorcycles often moved on
to other inventions. Daimler and Roper, for example, both went
on to develop automobiles. However, inventors such as William
Harley and the Davidsons brothers continued to develop
motorcycles and their business competitors were other new start-
up companies such as Excelsior, Indian, Pierce, Merkel, Schickel
and Thor. In 1903, Will