Daimler Reitwagen was created in 1885.
The first internal combustion petroleum fueled motorcycle was the Daimler Reitwagen. It was designed and built by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Bad Cannstatt in 1885.
Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885. Based on their former employer's failed design (Niklaus Otto). Otto would eventually make staionary Diesel power plants and formed the Deutz company.
Gottlieb Daimler built the first four-wheeled motor vehicle in 1885 a year after he built the Reitwagen.
The motorcycle was invented before the car. The first true motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen, was created by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885. In contrast, the first gasoline-powered car, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, was developed by Karl Benz in 1886. Therefore, motorcycles predate cars by a year.
Daimler AG was created in 1883.
Daimler Consort was created in 1939.
Daimler Conquest was created in 1953.
Daimler Majestic was created in 1958.
Daimler Airway was created in 1919.
Daimler-Benz was created in 1926.
Daimler Sovereign was created in 1966.
Daimler Regency was created in 1951.