If there was a way to keep the crap out of the cylinders, to put in spark ignition and perhaps a clutch and then a sealed chain drive.....
Unless you added extra shielding and vented the exhaust out the back of the cylinders to keep the space filled with clean gases instead of dust and crap...
@Matze941 du stoppst, indem du bremst und folglich den motor damit abwürgst ^^ und beim starten musst du wieder anschieben ^^ jedenfalls so weit ich das mitbekommen hab...ich seh zumindest auch keine kupplung
105 years old,it runs, and it is amazing!. Connecting the pistons straight to the rear axel is killing three birds with one stone,no driveshaft,no transmission,no extra crankshaft.I wonder what kind of gas milage it gets.
GREAT video! I saw one of these in the Guggenheim Museum "The Art Of The Motorcycle" display in Las Vegas, Nevada a couple of years ago. I never thought I'd see one run.! Thank you so much .. What a treasure!!
That thing would probably blow the doors off anything on the road in 1896!!
Totally cool. Sounds a little like a friends "hit and miss" but look at it go. How much fun one could have had back in 1896. I know that here in the states, speed limits had been instituted to keep automobiles from speeding, and scaring horses. How fast would this go?
@ShamilBasayev Sorry for taking so long. Thank you. Amazing how technology advances, and yet it's things such as this that make you wonder what it must have been like to see it chugging down the street in it's day. Fantastic. Thanks again.
Patent of 20 January 1894, 2 Cylinder four-stroke engine, 1488cc, Bore and stroke: 90 x 117mm, Ax. 2.5HP at 240rpm. Weight ax. 60kg and a maximum speed of ax. 50km/h. The Motorbike features a water-cooled ( the water is carried in the rear mudguard ) engine .The rear wheel acts as a cranckshaft and is driven by pistons similar to those in a locomotive.
It has a surface carburetor and hot tube ignition.
This really is the first production motorcycle ever !
That is because it is heavily based on steam design. Instead of pressurized steam moving the pistons in the cylinder, it used gasoline! The rear wheel is also the flywheel and the pistons are attached to it like on a steam locomotive.
this is the firist motorcycle from all time????
ninjeacatalin 1 month ago
If there was a way to keep the crap out of the cylinders, to put in spark ignition and perhaps a clutch and then a sealed chain drive.....
Unless you added extra shielding and vented the exhaust out the back of the cylinders to keep the space filled with clean gases instead of dust and crap...
callmeshane303 2 months ago
Wow,just wow.One really has to admire ingenuity and engineering of old motorcycles.
Wendy3634745673 5 months ago
I love the sound !
6TauG6E6NiX6 5 months ago
really cool motorcycle!
but how to stop that thing? It look like it doesnt have a clutch or something else^^
(sorry for my bad english)
Matze941 6 months ago
@Matze941 du stoppst, indem du bremst und folglich den motor damit abwürgst ^^ und beim starten musst du wieder anschieben ^^ jedenfalls so weit ich das mitbekommen hab...ich seh zumindest auch keine kupplung
soopawhoops 5 months ago
AMAZING! I love how the owner still rides it, the way it was meant to be!
PhotosByHamza 10 months ago
105 years old,it runs, and it is amazing!. Connecting the pistons straight to the rear axel is killing three birds with one stone,no driveshaft,no transmission,no extra crankshaft.I wonder what kind of gas milage it gets.
inkydoug 10 months ago 2
wow this is amazing.
Mesyri1000 11 months ago
Anda mais que a minha bicicleta e que a moto do meu vizinho !
carlotavares23 1 year ago
Nooit gedacht dat ik deze motor nog ooit zou zien of horen. Buitengewoon..........
pijnscheut 1 year ago
unbelievable! let's see how a modern crap-bike from 2010 is working in more than 110 years :P
purpleGoAhead 1 year ago
That was so awesome! I wish you had a helmet cam segment in the video, going a higher speed.
stopglobalswarming 1 year ago
Beautiful !
Excellent work !!!
lilaclancer 1 year ago
GREAT video! I saw one of these in the Guggenheim Museum "The Art Of The Motorcycle" display in Las Vegas, Nevada a couple of years ago. I never thought I'd see one run.! Thank you so much .. What a treasure!!
That thing would probably blow the doors off anything on the road in 1896!!
JGMagoo 1 year ago
i like it very much.......
Britbike20 1 year ago
Incredible! I cant belive you have a wokring model! How hard was it to restore?
VinnyMartello 1 year ago
Totally cool. Sounds a little like a friends "hit and miss" but look at it go. How much fun one could have had back in 1896. I know that here in the states, speed limits had been instituted to keep automobiles from speeding, and scaring horses. How fast would this go?
NcalBiker 2 years ago 5
@NcalBiker 28-31 mph
ShamilBasayev 1 year ago
@ShamilBasayev Sorry for taking so long. Thank you. Amazing how technology advances, and yet it's things such as this that make you wonder what it must have been like to see it chugging down the street in it's day. Fantastic. Thanks again.
NcalBiker 1 year ago
about 60,000 pounds..
ThePoster100 2 years ago
another exists in the rex /peter judd collection in uk.
1956triumph 2 years ago
Haette ich gerne mal beim "anmachen" gehört..
Hört sich an wie ein alter Trecker mit Standgas :D
Nitro19922 2 years ago 6
Das ist Genial!!
Ich habe mir beim ansehen der Daten dieses legendären Motorrades, immer schon die Frage gestellt, wie es sich denn im Betrieb anhört.
Danke!!
ILoveKaters17 2 years ago 6
thats cool I want one then ill take it to the highway.
ilove1994 2 years ago 12
That IS the coolest motorcycle!
injunscout 2 years ago 7
OK guys, here is some tech talk.
Patent of 20 January 1894, 2 Cylinder four-stroke engine, 1488cc, Bore and stroke: 90 x 117mm, Ax. 2.5HP at 240rpm. Weight ax. 60kg and a maximum speed of ax. 50km/h. The Motorbike features a water-cooled ( the water is carried in the rear mudguard ) engine .The rear wheel acts as a cranckshaft and is driven by pistons similar to those in a locomotive.
It has a surface carburetor and hot tube ignition.
This really is the first production motorcycle ever !
vtwinohc 2 years ago 29
@vtwinohc That was very knowledgeable... thanks.....
nnoval01rd 5 months ago
the machine look like a steam bike .kha...ching...kha...ching... is it ?
rusnanerces 3 years ago 7
That is because it is heavily based on steam design. Instead of pressurized steam moving the pistons in the cylinder, it used gasoline! The rear wheel is also the flywheel and the pistons are attached to it like on a steam locomotive.
CrazyAlvis 2 years ago 6
dit is stukken beter dan een ketting of cardan.Hier is vast geen 2e van,schitterend!
terommetje 3 years ago 6
Awesome! Is this an original or a replica?
moisiemo 3 years ago 4
@moisiemo
Original. Probably the only working example of the first production motorcycle.
douro20 1 week ago
Loved the video but would hae like to see a close up picture of the bike and motor.
GRGDROOPS 3 years ago 5