Hildebrand & Wolfmüller 1896

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Uploaded by on Sep 20, 2008

Hildebrand & Wolfmüller 1896. Yesterdays motorcycle the Netherlands.

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  • 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 !

  • thats cool I want one then ill take it to the highway.

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  • @moisiemo

    Original.  Probably the only working example of the first production motorcycle.

  • this is the firist motorcycle from all time????

  • 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...

  • Wow,just wow.One really has to admire ingenuity and engineering of old motorcycles.

  • I love the sound !

  • @vtwinohc That was very knowledgeable... thanks.....

  • @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

  • 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)

  • AMAZING!  I love how the owner still rides it, the way it was meant to be!

  • 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.

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