The History Of Motorcycles

May 30, 2022

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In the global history of vehicle development, there are bicycles, motorcycles, and finally cars. The birthplace of the world's locomotives is in Europe, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and other countries, as well as the United States in North America. The first locomotive in the world was made in 1769 by the French Nicholas Cugnot using a steam engine. In 1883, German engineer Gottlieh Daimler installed a four-stroke gasoline engine on a bicycle, and then Karl Benz fitted it with an electric ignition plug to ignite the fuel. It also proves that the celebrities of these cars all started with bicycles.


As for the history of motorcycles in Taiwan, looking back at the years when motorcycles were introduced to Taiwan, it was during the Showa period during the Japanese occupation period. At that time, a fuel tank was installed on the skeleton ejector rod of a bicycle, and a motor engine was installed on the pedals and sprockets. It is a foreign language, translated into "motorcycle", used to be used, it is customary, a car driven by a motor is called a motorcycle, and some people call it a locomotive, both of which are common.


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