How Motorcycles Came About

Motorbikes. How did they come about?

Motor bikes started in Europe in the second half of the 19th century. The motorcycles is a descended from the safety bicycle. But the real sign of the development of motorbikes is when a man named Pierre Michaux setup a company that was the first company to manufacture bicycle with pedals it was called velocipede. The fist steam powered motorcycle appeared when one of Pierre sons attached a steam engine to one of their velocipede this happened in 1867.

Shortly after Pierre son Ernest Michaux died one of the men who had help him build the steam powered motorcycle brought the idea to the usa he claimed he had helped develop the prototype.
An American man by the name of Sylvester H. Roper shortly came across this invention and soon enough made some changes to the design and created his very own velocipede he created a twin cylinder which he implemented to his velocipede it also had a coal boiler build in between the wheels.


Later he died after demonstrating his invention in Cambridge in June 1, 1896. Even after all these incidents motor bikes were still a very popular subject in the eyes of many inventors. 


credit to Wikipedia