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Old 11th August 2017, 10:33
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Daimler Petrol Driven Reitwagen - Replica

In 1882 Daimler set up a workshop in Connstatt near Stuttgart where he made internal combustion engines. Together with Wilhelm Maybach he produced small, transportable, petrol driven single cylinder engines.

To test the engine’s performance Daimler and Maybach installed it in a two-wheeled wooden framed affair in 1885. In November that year they took their Reitwagon on a 3 km test on the road between Connstatt and Untertürkheim.

Liquid cooled, 4 stroke petrol engine, 90 kg, 12 km/h, 264 cc, 8 litres/100 km

Dresden Technical Museum
15 July 2107
I have to be honest with you, I think the Suzuki looks just a tad better

... and this is now 27 years old, so moving toward a classic.

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