http://www.prolaw1.com/blog/2010/06/25/the-first-motorcycle-47180

I found a blog through useing google as my search engine. I thought it was very interesting that this blogger had said "The cycle was invented in 1867 by a Massachusetts man named Sylvester Howard Roper. Roper began to travel around to local fairs and circuses along the east cost of America to show off his invention. Although it never really caught on with the public, the bike was a crucial preclude to the first motorcycle. It was also the first vehicle to feature the twisting grip throttle control that all motorcycles feature today." It wasn't until 1885 that Daimler Rietwagen was really recognized for his creation.