Timeline: Motorcycle

Jan 1, 1867

First motorcycle

1867 - Invented, 2-cylinder steam engine by Sylvester Howard Roper - (About.com, 2014)

Jan 1, 1876

First 4 stroke

1876 - Invented, first 4 stroke piston cycle internal combustion engine by Nicolaus Otto - (Bellis, 2014)

Jan 1, 1885

First Gas Powered Motorcycle

1885 - invented, first gas powered motorcycle by Gottleb Daimler - (Antique, 2014)

Jan 1, 1888

Pneumatic Tires

1888 - invented, by a Scottish veterinary surgeon named John Boyd Dunlop - (dunlop, 2014)

Jan 1, 1894

First Series Production

1894, - Hildebrand & Wolfmüller created the first series production motorcycle right before the car was first invented - (First, 2010)

Jan 1, 1895

De Dion-Buton Engine

1895, Created an engine by French firm DeDion-Buton that was easy to produce and allowed mass production of motorcycles. used by many companies including Harley-Davidson - (Lawless, 2014)

Jan 1, 1901

Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company

1901, Indian motorcycles were manufactured in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1901 to 1953. The company was originally called the Hendee Manufacturing Company and was renamed the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company in 1928 - (Ojibwa, 2014)

Jan 1, 1903

Harley Davidson

1903, the Harley Davidson company was found in 1901. William Harley and brothers Arthur and Walter Davidson pieced together their first motorcycle in 1903 (The, 2007)

Jan 1, 1908

Pneumatic Suspension Forks

1908, The Scott Motorcycle Company started to produce motorcycles with telescopic pneumatic suspension systems. these suspentions are still used for cars, motorcycles, bicycle etc. (The, 2014)

Jan 1, 1923

BMW Boxer Engine

1923, BMW has created the boxer engine that was enclosed with the transmission inside an aluminium housing. BMW also manufactured cars and more motorcycle in the following years up to today. (Fisher, 2012)

Jan 1, 1935

Hydrualic Suspension Forks

1935, BMW started to mass produce motorcycles that were equipped with hydrualic teloscopic forks. This is good because its hydrualic which makes it safer and better. (Suspension, 2014)

Jan 1, 1955

Yamaha

1955, Yamaha launches their first production of motorcycles. They helped create larger advances in CC's of engines. Also a big influnce in motorsports to this day. (Hsu, 1955)

Apr 11, 1978

Motorcycle Gear Shifter

1978, Charles W. Lindquist patented an adjustable stirrup type motorcycle gear shifter allows the cyclist to slip his shoe into shifting position, either sidewardly or lengthwise, for safe retention during up and down gear shifting. (Controls, 2014)