Engines built for motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and other two- and three-wheeled powered vehicles, a distinct engineering tradition from four-wheeled automotive engines in its emphasis on compact displacement, light weight and a high power-to-weight ratio. Belongs here: any named engine or engine family built specifically for a motorcycle, scooter or three-wheeler. Does not belong here: automobile, truck or bus engines, tracked under Automotive Engines, even where a design shares a common ancestor.
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1. Wikipedia: Daimler Reitwagen
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The Daimler Reitwagen ("riding car") or Einspur ("single track") was a motor vehicle made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1885.
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