Gottlieb daimler
gottlieb daimler used a new engine invented by engineer nicolaus august 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 american sylvester howard roper 1823 1896 invented a two cylinder steam engine motorcycle powered by coal in 1867 if you allow your description of a motorcycle to include a steam engine then howard roper could be considered the inventor of the motorcycle howard roper also invented a steam engine car german gottlieb daimler invented the first gas engined motorcycle in 1885 when he attached an engine 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 dubbing it the otto cycle engine as soon as he completed his engine daimler a former otto employee built it into a the first motorcycle was steam driven the roper steam velocipede invented in 1867 by francestown new hampshire native sylvester howard roper it was powered by coal the gas propelled version usually credited as being the first was not invented until 1885 by gottlieb daimler
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