i needs to know who invented the first hydraulic brake for a motorcycle and in what year ? please help me i have searched all over the net!!!! thanks diana
2006-07-30 19:19:21 · 5 answers · asked by Diana Grealish 68 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
1918 - Hydraulic brakes were invented by Malcolm Loughead.
1952 - Hydraulic brakes first used on a motorcycle.
This is the best information I can find...hope it helps.
2006-07-30 19:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by Twigless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harley-Davidson ENGINE HistorY
Sometime in 1903 William Harley and three brothers Arthur, William and Walter Davidson, built the first "Harley-Davidson" motorcycle in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This new machine was really just a bicycle with an engine mounted on it and riders had to contribute some 'horsepower' by pedaling their motorcycles up the hills and grades.
Nevertheless, the bike became a huge success. By the time 1909 rolled around the company had upgraded its design to feature a new engine design that consisting of two cylinders arranged in a "V" configuration.
The new "V-Twin" Harley-Davidson® engine produced a the well-known deep, rumbling sound that would soon become the trademark of the Harley-Davidson® motorcycle company. The more powerful engine gave the motorcycle the power allowing it to exceed 60 mph, pedaling up the hills soon became a thing of the past.
2006-07-31 02:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by stodgypodgy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
harley did not invent the v twin engine,Indian was first.A list of Indian firsts:electric start,electric lighting,hydraulic brakes,rear suspension, to name a few.Dont know the years research Indian motocycle co. and find out.
2006-07-31 02:42:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it was honda
altho hydraulic brakes had been around for a while, honda 1st used them on a bike
2006-07-31 02:22:48 · answer #4 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i swear it wasn't me..............
2006-07-31 02:25:43 · answer #5 · answered by mobi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋