A Little History

Have you ever wondered were it all began for motorcycles. Well its most likely the Germans who are credited with inventing the first motorcycle. You could argue it was just a motorized bicycle, and not a motorcycle. It was called Reitwagon (riding car). It was invented in 1886. The Americans created the first steam motorcycle in 1867, and could be considered the first to have invented the motorcycle.

As far as manufacturing and selling of motorcycles went, started with the German Hildenbrand and Wolfmuller bike in 1894. The best selling motorcycle producing over 20,000 a year, was the Indian motorbike. It was an American bike. Around the 1920's Harley Davidson started to take and over and is still very popular and respected by the Americans. However, today Honda Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Suzuki dominate the sales market.