Editing Motorcycle (section)

====Summary of early inventions====
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! Year !! Vehicle !! Number of wheels !! Inventor !! Engine type !! Notes
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| 1867–1868 ||  [[Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede]] || 2 || Pierre Michaux<br>Louis-Guillaume Perreaux || Steam || 
*One made
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| 1867–1868 || [[Roper steam velocipede]] || 2 || Sylvester Roper || Steam || 
*One made
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| 1885 || [[Daimler Reitwagen]] || 2 (plus 2 outriggers) || Gottlieb Daimler<br>Wilhelm Maybach || Petroleum internal-combustion || 
*One made
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| 1887 || [[Edward Butler (inventor)|Butler Petrol Cycle]] || 3 (plus 2 castors)|| Edward Butler || Petroleum internal-combustion ||
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| 1894 || [[Hildebrand & Wolfmüller]] || 2 || Heinrich Hildebrand<br>Wilhelm Hildebrand<br>Alois Wolfmüller || Petroleum internal-combustion || 
*Modern configuration
*First mass-produced motorcycle
*First machine to be called "motorcycle"
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