BikerThomas.com » vintage bike http://bikerthomas.com My Vulcan and me on the road :) Wed, 16 May 2012 20:39:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 First-Ever Patented Motorcycle From 1894 Sells For £86,200 at Auction http://bikerthomas.com/2010/04/first-ever-patented-motorcycle-from-1894-sells-for-86200-at-auction/ http://bikerthomas.com/2010/04/first-ever-patented-motorcycle-from-1894-sells-for-86200-at-auction/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:00:00 +0000 BikerThomas http://bikerthomas.com/2010/04/first-ever-patented-motorcycle-from-1894-sells-for-86200-at-auction/ Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle

 

The Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle is the first-ever motorcycle to be put into production in 1894. The very first one ever produced was found in a barn the United States and has been there for ages but is now sold at an auction in London for £86,200 (US $131.000). It will now be returning to its’ country of origin, Germany, where it’s simply called “motorrad” (“motorcycle” – keep it simple, right?).

Check out the video below for a similar motorcycle produced only 2 years later, in 1896:

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