1. BMW
At first there were two companies in Germany, Rapp and Gustav Ott GmbH Motorenwerke Flugmaschinenfabrik, joined on March 7, 1916 to form the BFW or Bayerische Flugzeuzwerke AG. Then in the next year the two companies combined to change its name to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or Bavarian Motor Work, which manufactures aircraft engines until the end of WW I (World War I)
The first BMW motorcycle made in 76 Neulerchenfelder Strasse in 1920 until 1922. The bike uses 2 stroke 148cc engine with 53mm bore and 60mm stroke. This motorcycle known as Flink and still looks like a bike that was given machine. The next step is to create a machine with M2B15 code named Bavaria Light Engine which is a horizontally opposed twin cylinder engine with 68mm bore and 68mm stroke, and menghasilkankan 6.5 horsepower at 2800 rpm.
Between the years 1921-1923 these machines were sold to another German company, but subsequently became famous through the use of the Helios motorcycle in 1923. In this model M2B15, mounted machine direction parallel to the frame instead of transversely like a BMW motorcycle while now. BMW until now still perform a variety of engines and innovations in motorcycle design.
2. Harley Davidson
Harley Davidson (HD) is an American motorcycle brand of the two States which still survive (which is the Victory), which is legendary and is able to survive in production until now. HD name is taken from the family name of William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson who work together to build the motor. Harley Davidson Motor Company was established on 17 September by the four founders of Harley Davidson brothers and sisters (four shares). HD is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Struggle and effort of four brothers in yahun 1903 finally produced a motorcycle that berkapasistas small engines 116 cc and 102 cc (blueprint). The machine was designed for an ordinary bicycle. In 1904, the first HD dealer standing in Chicago, with the owner CH Lang's commercial start hawking one of three Harley-Davidson's first ever made. In 1905, a HD motorcycle managed to win the 15 mile race in Chicago with a time of 19 minutes 02 seconds. In the same year, full-time employee first began work in Milwaukee.
Harley Davidson and then played a part in the movement of United States military during World War I and II, because the engine is able to pass through heavy terrain tough though, so the design was adapted to the typical military. Does not stop there Harley Davidson Co.. is still producing and still innovating.
3. BSA
The Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) is a company that produces not just motorcycles, planes, taxis, guns and more. Of course motorcycles are a big part of the company's activities and in the 1950s they were producing more than 75,000 bicycles. BSA was founded in 1863 and started the motorcycle division was established in 1880. The first motorized bike was launched in 1905 with a small Minerva engine attached to it. They began producing motorcycles in 1910 seriously.
BSA has a good reputation for reliable bikes and grow with the introduction of the successful introduction of the S27 (also known as Sloper model). It was produced for 10 years and is available in 350cc, 500cc and 595cc engines. Throughout the production of slightly altered so that the original design became popular.
BSA is also one of the tools used military transport in World War I and II, as its ally the United States, the United Kingdom using BSA as a vehicle of the army, with the design and customized cruising.
4. DKW
S. Rasmussen (1878-1964) a Danish nationality Engenier Saxoni arrived in 1916 and founded a company named "Zschopauer Maschinenfabric". He was originally steam-powered vehicle produces air-brand "DampkraftWagen". Ditahun 1919 these companies try to create a small 2-stroke engines, which can be mounted in a "clip-on" on the bike, using the skin as pengingkatnya. Machinery is they gave the name "Das Knaben Wunder" Year 1921 "Zschopauer Maschinenfabric" renamed "Motorenwerke Rasmussen", in 1922 they produced their first motor "Das Kleine Wunder" (the little one amazing) and after that company was expanding rapidly.
As is generally Automotive Company other, DKW also interested in testing its product in the arena of Motor Racing, under Hermann Weber 'Chief Designer & Engeneer DKW ", they create a unit small in charge of the Department of Racing R & D, and with the design and performance of engines that are reliable in 1930 - DKW has penetrated the world-class racing in the prestigious World, Ewald kludge with its DKW SS-250 was recorded twice won the European Chamhionship in 1938 and 1939 even in the same year he broke the world speed record with a Top Speed 183.2 km / h in TT Races.
5. Triumph
Triumph is a privately owned British company with over 100 years of history. Triumph has always had its own character and history of creating bikes that become design classics since they first came to market in 1900. As part of the British motorcycle industry, Triumph went bankrupt in the 1980s, but then raised again in the 1990s by British industrialist John Bloor.
The history of the founding of this company began in 1883 when Siegfried Bettmann moved to Coventry, England from Nuremberg, Germany. In 1887 Bettmann company name changed to New Triumph Co.. Ltd. (Next will be changed again to Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd.) with its main investor is John Dunlop, a Scottish veterinarian who, though briefly, holds the patent for pneumatic tires. Then a German engineer, Mauritz Schulte, joined the Triumph. He assured that the Triumph Bettmann must design and produce their own products. Therefore in 1888 the Company purchased the ribbon-old manufacturing plant in Coventry and is set to make a bicycle.
1905 Triumph motorcycle first produced entirely in-house. It's powered by a 3-hp engine and has a top speed of 45 mph. 1907 annual production reached 1,000 units. A new 450cc bike which has a 3.5 hp power. 1908 A new model is equipped with a variable pulley to facilitate change gears so riders do not have to stop altogether.
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