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The Hildebrand & Wolfmüller is credited as the world first because other possible claimants tend to be based on a bicycle chassis (e.g. de Dion-Bouton and Orient Aster,<ref>[http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_motorcycle_marsh-metz.html Antique Motorcycles: Charles Metz & Waltham Mfg.] Aster built motors based on the revolutionary design of the 1895 French DeDion-Buton motor, which was one of the first mass-production gasoline engines.</ref> and the E. R. Thomas<ref>[http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_e-r-thomas_motorcycle.html Vintage Motorcycles: E. R. Thomas 'Auto-Bi' Motorcycle] The "E.R. Thomas Motor Company" located in Buffalo, New York, was founded by Erwin Ross Thomas in the late 1890s.</ref>) or were never put into production. Or both, e.g. Gottlieb Daimler’s [[Daimler Einspur|Reitwagen]] of 1885 was a one-off test-bed for an experimental engine in a bicycle chassis. The Felix Millet designed 'Motocyclette,' of 1893 used an aviation-style radial five-cylinder engine, but never went into mass-production.<ref>[http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_motorcycle_hildebrand_wolfmueller.html Vintage Motorcycles: Hildebrand & Wolfmüller] The Felix Millet designed 'Motocyclette,' of 1893 used an aviation-style radial five-cylinder engine, but never went into mass-production.</ref> | The Hildebrand & Wolfmüller is credited as the world first because other possible claimants tend to be based on a bicycle chassis (e.g. de Dion-Bouton and Orient Aster,<ref>[http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_motorcycle_marsh-metz.html Antique Motorcycles: Charles Metz & Waltham Mfg.] Aster built motors based on the revolutionary design of the 1895 French DeDion-Buton motor, which was one of the first mass-production gasoline engines.</ref> and the E. R. Thomas<ref>[http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_e-r-thomas_motorcycle.html Vintage Motorcycles: E. R. Thomas 'Auto-Bi' Motorcycle] The "E.R. Thomas Motor Company" located in Buffalo, New York, was founded by Erwin Ross Thomas in the late 1890s.</ref>) or were never put into production. Or both, e.g. Gottlieb Daimler’s [[Daimler Einspur|Reitwagen]] of 1885 was a one-off test-bed for an experimental engine in a bicycle chassis. The Felix Millet designed 'Motocyclette,' of 1893 used an aviation-style radial five-cylinder engine, but never went into mass-production.<ref>[http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/vintage_motorcycle_hildebrand_wolfmueller.html Vintage Motorcycles: Hildebrand & Wolfmüller] The Felix Millet designed 'Motocyclette,' of 1893 used an aviation-style radial five-cylinder engine, but never went into mass-production.</ref> | ||
[[Gottlieb Daimler]] is sometimes known as the "Father of the Motorcycle" but supporters of H & M point out that his Einspur "boneshaker" motor bike was actually a "hybrid" motor-driven bicycle with a wooden bicycle frame, and wooden wheels. | [[Gottlieb Daimler]] is sometimes known as the "Father of the Motorcycle" but supporters of H & M point out that his Einspur "[[boneshaker]]" motor bike was actually a "hybrid" motor-driven bicycle with a wooden bicycle frame, and wooden wheels. | ||
==Mechanical Details== | ==Mechanical Details== | ||