MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
Over a century of motorcycling history
Balance, sangfroid, two wheels and the unmistakable, penetrative smell of petrol. This cocktail has been produced again and again since 1885, when Gottlieb Daimler built the world?s first motorcycle.
Since that original vehicle, which was capable of travelling at 18 km/h on account of its half horsepower steam engine attached to a wooden frame, the invention has done nothing but develop.
