--- title: "When and who invented the Motorcycle?" description: "When and who invented the Motorcycle?" author: "Cox elliott" published: 2018-08-30 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49231/when-and-who-invented-the-motorcycle category: "innovation, discovery and technology" tags: ["innovation, discovery and technology"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # When and who invented the Motorcycle? When and who invented the Motorcycle?\ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Harshal Vispute A **[motorcycle](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52097/who-has-been-elected-as-the-vice-president-of-the-international-motorcycle-manufacturers-association)**, also known as a **motorbike**, **bike**, **cycle**, or **trike** if it has three wheels, is a **two**-or **three**-**wheeled motor** vehicle with two or three wheels. Motorcycles are designed for a variety of uses, including long-distance **travel**, **transit**, **cruising**, **sport**, and **off**-**road racing**. Riding a **[motorcycle](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52097/who-has-been-elected-as-the-vice-president-of-the-international-motorcycle-manufacturers-association)** and participating in other related social activities such as joining a motorcycle club and attending bike rallies are all examples of motorcycling. \ The first internal combustion, the petroleum-fueled motorbike was the **Daimler Reitwagen**, which was built in **Germany** by **Gottlieb Daimler** and **Wilhelm Maybach** in **1885**. **Hildebrand** & **Wolfmüller** introduced the first series production motorbike in **1894**. \ **[Honda](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47885/which-one-is-best-suzuki-intruder-or-honda-cbr)** (28 percent), **Yamaha** (17 percent), and **Hero MotoCorp** (all from Japan) were the top three motorcycle manufacturers in the world by volume in **2014**. Motorcycles are considered utilitarian in poor countries due to reduced pricing and better fuel economy. Except for car-centric **Japan**, the **Asia**-Pacific and **Southern** and **Eastern Asia** regions account for **58 percent** of all motorbikes in the world. **[Motorcycles](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52097/who-has-been-elected-as-the-vice-president-of-the-international-motorcycle-manufacturers-association)** had **37 times** the amount of fatalities per vehicle mile traveled than cars, according to the **US Department of Transportation**. \ There are three types of **motorcycles**: **street, off-road, and the dual purposed cycle**. There are numerous sub-types of motorcycles for various uses within these categories. Each type of **[motorcycle](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52097/who-has-been-elected-as-the-vice-president-of-the-international-motorcycle-manufacturers-association)** has a racing counterpart, such as road racing and **street bikes**, or **MX** and **dirt bikes**. \ **Cruisers**, **sportbikes**, **scooters**, and **mopeds** are among the various forms of street bikes. Many varieties of off-road motorcycles are built for dirt-oriented racing classes like motocross, and therefore are not street legal in most locations. **Dual-purpose bikes, such as the double model, are built to go off-road while still being legal and comfortable on the road.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49231/when-and-who-invented-the-motorcycle Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.