An invention from both the minds of Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, their original intent was to just test out their groundbreaking “grandfather clock” engine, coincidentally they created a motorcycle.

Considered the first motorcycle within the definition of a motorcycle having an internal combustion engine. At the time there were multiple steam engine motorcycles being tested, however Daimler and Maybach were the first with a petrol internal combustion engine.