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Old 26-01-08, 09:34 AM   #11
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I believe that the correct answer is Fred Flinstone.I am not too sure of the year but he progressed on to the 2 wheel machine after his unequalled success with his feet through the floor powered car.HTH.
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Old 26-01-08, 10:30 AM   #12
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you'd expect most bikers to know really wouldnt you?
No, not really.
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Old 26-01-08, 12:20 PM   #13
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Alright I give in,so who invented the aeroplane?
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Old 26-01-08, 01:58 PM   #14
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Who invented the first motorcycle and in what year?
In true, best Keithyd style

Was it George Best ?
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Old 26-01-08, 02:01 PM   #15
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Fishing in the dark here...............or rather Pete is.................Gottleib-Daimler?

Me...................I dunno and don't care.
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Old 26-01-08, 05:34 PM   #16
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Who can answer me this question truthfully without going on the internet or looking through books to research it?

Who invented the first motorcycle and in what year?

Now thats a question lol
Not reading down the thread, and in fear of looking a numpty I think it was Mercedez Benz in Stuttgart.
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Old 26-01-08, 09:51 PM   #17
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Wasn't it built by Mercedes Benz or Daimler or something?
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Old 26-01-08, 10:23 PM   #18
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Wasn't it built by Mercedes Benz or Daimler or something?
that's the chap.
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Old 27-01-08, 01:11 AM   #19
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In 1867, Sylvester Howard Roper invented a two-cylinder, steam-engine motorcycle which was powered by coal. This is considered to be the first motorcycle ever.
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define motorcycle ? does a steam engine count or are you talking about the german car maker ?

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In 1867, Sylvester Howard Roper invented a two-cylinder, steam-engine motorcycle which was powered by coal. This is considered to be the first motorcycle ever.


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Wasn't it built by Mercedes Benz or Daimler or something?
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well some of us did ask, and it popularly considered the first motorcycle had a petrol engine, well at least by the VMCC

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