Daimler Reitwagen
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. Daimler is often called "the father of the motorcycle" for this invention. 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, and the forerunner of all vehicles, land, sea and air, that use its overwhelmingly popular engine type.
A Reitwagen replica at the Mercedes-Benz Museum | |
| Manufacturer | Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach |
|---|---|
| Also called | Einspur "single track" Fahrzeug mit Gas bezw. Petroleum Kraftmaschine "Vehicle with gas or petrol engine" |
| Production | 1885 |
| Assembly | Cannstatt |
| Engine | 264 cc (16.1 cu in) air-cooled four-stroke single. Crank start. |
| Bore / stroke | 58 mm × 100 mm (2.3 in × 3.9 in) |
| Top speed | 11 km/h (6.8 mph) |
| Power | 0.5 hp (0.37 kW) @ 600 rpm |
| Ignition type | Hot tube |
| Transmission | Single speed, belt drive (1885) Two speed, belt primary, pinion gear final drive (1886) |
| Frame type | Wood beam |
| Suspension | None |
| Brakes | Front: none Rear: shoe |
| Tires | Iron over wood rim, wood spokes. |
| Rake, trail | 0°, 0 mm |
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) (dry) |
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