Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle 130 years ago today (Aug 29 1885)


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(Saturday, August 29, 1885) — Gottlieb Daimler today patented the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen (“riding wagon”), the forerunner of all vehicles, land, sea and air, that use its overwhelmingly popular engine type.