Motorcycles

From Roper's steam velocipede to the Honda CB750 superbike — the machine that stayed upright through physics and rewired the freedom of the open road.

7 posts· 1867 – 1903

• Harley-Davidson and the ten-by-fifteen shed 1903
• Springfield, 1901: the birth of Indian Motorcycle 1901
• Hildebrand & Wolfmüller: the first motorcycle you could buy 1894
• The Daimler Reitwagen 1885
• Lucius Copeland's steam motorcycle 1884
• Perreaux's steam velocipede 1869
• Sylvester Roper's steam velocipede 1867