Created by Gottlieh Daimler, run by steam power. Type this motorcycle first produced by the factory “Hildebrand And Wolfmuller”, Muenchen (Germany) in the year 1885, with a maximum speed of 30 km/h
Motorcycle transportation is one of the most in demand by the public and this time the motorcycle manufacturer of Japan rampant automotive world in Indonesia. The initial creation of the motorcycle shaped like a wooden bike which is equipped with a machine, called Riding Car (Reitwagen) was born in Germany in 1885 by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach but not yet sold to the public. In 1893 the first motorcycle sold to the public made by the manufacturer of the motorcycle Hilderbrand und Wolfmuller in Muenchen Germany.
This bike is not using the chain and the rear wheel is driven directly by the crankshaft (Crankshaft). This motorcycle is not using the gear, not using magnets, not using the battery (accu), not using the coil and not using the power cord. Despite that the technology carried by the motorcycle first commercial still in use today which is a twin cylinder horizontal 4 value, water-cooled and a large engine capacity is 1500 cc fuel gasoline / naphtha. To turn on and stabilize the machine is required around 20 minutes with a maximum speed of 30 km/h. The existence of the motorcycle first commercial entry into Indonesia since the era of Dutch occupation and Proboliggo be the first place the presence of motorcycles in Indonesia.
Bike Motor in Indonesia since the year 1893 and has the first was a machinist in a factory sugar Oemboel (Pennant) Probolinggo, East Java named John C Potter a British citizen. John C Potter book yourself kepabriknya. And the order came in 1893, a year before booking a car belonging to the Sunan Solo come. This is what makes the Potter be the first person in Indonesia who use motor vehicles. The motorcycle belonged to John C Potter in 1932 found damaged and abandoned in the garage of his residence. And for your help mechanic marines in the territory of Surabaya, the motorcycle in the Restoration of which is in a fix as before, next motorcycle is stored in the editorial office of the weekly De Motor. From the Editorial office of this motorcycle belongs to John C Potter moved to the Museum of Traffic or Police Museum in Surabaya and in 1934 was donated to the State Museum Mpu Tantular category collection Teknologika.