User talk:Dennis Bratland/List of motorcycle milestones
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Technology | Date | Name/model | Inventor | Company/Marque | Location | Citation and Notes |
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Concept of motorcycle | 1818 | Vélocipédraisiavaporianna | France or Germany? | [1] | ||
Two wheeler, unpowered | Velocipede | |||||
Pedaled two-wheeler bicycle | Velocipede | |||||
Chain & sprockets driving rear wheel | Safety bicycle | [2] | ||||
Commercial steam engine-pedal bicycle 25 December | 1868 | Michaux-Perraux Steam Velocipede | Louis Guillaume | Pierre and Ernest Michauz | France | [3]Iron frame. Several hundred per year made. 61 kg Perreaux engine. Musee de I'lle-de-France, Sceaux |
Above, plus arched backbone, no pedals, pulleys driving rear wheel. 14 June | 1871 | Michaux-Perraux Steam Velocipede | Louis Guillaume | Pierre and Ernest Michauz | France | [3] |
Four-stroke (Otto cycle) internal combustion engine | 1876 | Nikolaus Otto | Germany | [4] | ||
Roller chain | 1880 | Reynold | [5][1] | |||
Frame geometry | 1886 | Starkey | [5][1] | |||
Internal combustion engine in 2 wheeler | 1885 | Daimler Einspur, aka Reitwagen mit Petroleum Motor | Gottlieb Daimler | Germany | [3][1] p 25 Frame geometry non-functional; used outriggers | |
Pneumatic tires | 1888 | Dunlop | [5][1] | |||
Two-stroke engine | 1892 | [6] | ||||
Production motorcycle | 1894 | Hildebrand & Wolfmüller | Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfmüller, Hans Geisenhof | Hildebrand & Wolfmüller | Germany | [7][7][4] Right frame geometry, direct drive |
Use of the term motorrad i.e. German for "motorcycle" | 1894 | Hildebrand & Wolfmüller | [7] | |||
Surface carburetor | 1894 | Hildebrand & Wolfmüller | Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfmüller, Hans Geisenhof | Hildebrand & Wolfmüller | Germany | [7] |
Motorcycle with pneumatic tires | 1894 | Hildebrand & Wolfmüller | Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfmüller, Hans Geisenhof | Hildebrand & Wolfmüller | Germany | [7][8] |
Water cooled, two cylinder, four-cycle gasoline engine in bicycle type frame. Direct connecting rod to rear wheel. | 1894 | Hildebrand & Wolfmuller | Henry & Wilhelm Hildebrand, Alois Wolfuller | Germany | [4] Right frame geometry, direct drive | |
Pneumatic tires | 1895 | Michelin | [5][1] | |||
Car engine adapted to bicycle frame | 1901 | Indian | George Hendee and Oscar Hedstrom | Indian | [4][9] | |
Spray carburetor | 1903? | [4] | ||||
Magneto | 1903? | [4] | ||||
V-8 engine motorcycle | 1907 | Curtiss V-8 | [10] | |||
Inline-four engine | 1908 | FN Four | Paul Kelecom | Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre | Belgium | Shaft drive 4-cylinder in purpose-built frame.[11][4] |
Multi-valve engine | 1911 | Indian 8-valve board track racer | Oscar Hedstrom | [12] | ||
Spring fork, forerunner of telescopic fork | 1911 | Flying Merkel Model V | Merkel | United States | [13] | |
Throttle controlled oiler | 1911 | Flying Merkel Model V | Merkel | United States | [13] | |
Aluminum frame | 1925 | Molteni | [14] | |||
Two stroke engine in a motorcycle | 1929 | Scott Squirrel Sprint Special | [6] | |||
Schunerle loop-scavenging two-stroke engine | ??? | DKW RT125 | [6] | |||
Two-stroke becomes top choice for racing since 1913 Isle of Man[clarification needed] | Kawasaki Mach III | [6] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Caunter, C. F. (1955), The History and Development of Motorcycles; As illustrated by the collection of motorcycles in the Science Museum; Part I Historical Survey, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, OCLC 11506035
- ^ Schindler, Gordon (July 2003), "The Age of Steam; Before internal combustion, there were motorcycles powered by hot water", American Motorcyclist, vol. 56, no. 7, Westerville, Ohio: American Motorcyclist Association, pp. 34–38, ISSN 0277-9358
- ^ a b c Falco, Charles; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, pp. 24–25, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ a b c d e f g Falco, Charles; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 25, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ a b c d Falco, Charles; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 24, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ a b c d Falco, Charles; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 29, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ a b c d e Walker, Mick; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 103, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ Setright, L.J.K. (1979), The Guinness book of motorcycling facts and feats, Guinness Superlatives, ISBN 0851122000, 9780851122007
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- ^ Statenkov, Daniel K.; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 107, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ Cameron, Kevin; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 109, ISBN 0810969122, 9780810969124
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value: invalid character (help) - ^ Statenkov, Daniel K.; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 126, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ a b Statenkov, Daniel K.; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 114, ISBN 0810969122
- ^ Falco, Charles; Guggenheim Museum Staff (1998), "Issues in the Evolution of the Motorcycle", in Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew (eds.), The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, p. 26, ISBN 0810969122