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The first steam powered motorcycle was made in 1869 by Sylvester Roper in his hometown of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
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In 1885 the first ever motorcycle was made in Germany by Gottieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach.
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The first production motorcycle in the us was the Orient-Aster, built by Charles Metz in 1898, at his factory in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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The first diesel motorcycle was made in 1904 by Jan Doppen who installed a Brons diesel engine into a bicycle he'd been given in 1904. The Brons engine produced a modest 2bhp at 700rpm.
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By 1920 Harley Davidson was the largest motorcycle manufacture company in the united States.
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The first electric motorcycle was made in 2006, in Scotts Valley, CA by American manufacture of electric motorcycles. Also known as Electricross.
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The top 1 Ack Attack is a specially constructed land-speed record streamliner motorcycle that has held the record sense 2013 with a speed of 376 mph. It was made in 2006.
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The hyper sports Kawasaki Ninja H2R is the fastest production super bike. It was released in 2015. The top speed is 183.
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