What is the birth date of the motorcycle?
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Motorcycle birth date is August 30, 1885. Motorcycle introduction: Motorcycle, driven by a gasoline engine, is a two-wheeled or three-wheeled vehicle that relies on handlebars to steer the front wheel. It is lightweight, flexible, and fast, widely used for patrol, passenger and cargo transportation, and also serves as sports equipment. Broadly speaking, motorcycles are divided into street bikes, road racing motorcycles, off-road motorcycles, cruisers, touring bikes, etc. Motorcycle history: In 1885, German Gottlieb Daimler installed an engine into a framed machine, giving birth to the world's first motorcycle. Motorcycle sports, related to motorcycles, is a military sports event, a competitive sport using motorcycles as equipment, divided into two-wheeled and three-wheeled models, with each model categorized into several grades based on engine cylinder displacement. According to competition forms, it can be divided into off-road races, multi-day races, road races, track races, and touring races, among others. Rankings are determined by speed or driving skills.
I've always been fascinated by the history of transportation. The birth of motorcycles dates back to August 29, 1885. German engineer Gottlieb Daimler and his partner Wilhelm Maybach successfully tested a wooden-framed two-wheeler equipped with a single-cylinder four-stroke engine in their workshop in Cannstatt. This little 0.5 horsepower machine could reach a top speed of 12 km/h. Interestingly, it had two small stabilizing wheels installed between the front and rear wheels, looking nothing like modern motorcycles. This primitive mechanical device, called the 'Reitwagen', was actually an experimental prototype Daimler built to test his newly developed gasoline engine. At the time, no one could have imagined that this bulky wooden contraption would pioneer a century-long motorcycle culture. Today, a replica model is preserved in the German Automotive Museum.
