1, the birth of motorcycles
1884, an Englishman, Edward butler, added a power device to his bicycle and made a tricycle powered by kerosene. 1885, the German "father of automobiles" made a three-wheeled motorcycle driven by a single-cylinder air gasoline engine.
2. Motorcycles independently developed by China.
195 1 in August, China officially began to trial-produce motorcycles by itself. At that time, China People's Liberation Army No.6 Beijing Automobile Manufacturing and Distribution Factory completed the trial production of five heavy military motorcycles, which were named Jinggangshan brand by the Central Military Commission. The top speed of the car can reach 1 10 km. By 1953, the annual output of Jinggangshan brand two-wheeled motorcycle exceeded 1000. The appearance of Jinggangshan brand motorcycle marks a new era of motorcycle industry in China.