Brief History of the Marque: Hildebrand
& Wolfmuller
The Hildebrand brothers formed a partnership with Alois Wolfmuller,
producing their first machines in 1894 with a water-cooled twin cylinder
fourstroke engine of 1488cc. Drive was by connecting rods to the rear wheel.
Built in Germany and France from 1894 to 1897, these were the world's first
production motorcycles. Examples of the "Motorad" exist in the Deutsches
Zweirad-Museum, Germany, the Science Museum in London and the Henry Ford
Museum in Detroit, Michigan.
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