Auction house Bonhams recently announced that an original circa 1895 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle, considered to be one of the first ever motorbikes, will be offered for sale in Stafford on April 25, 2010.The Hildebrand brothers, Henry and Wilhelm, developed their motorcycle in partnership with Alois Wolfmüller and his mechanic, Hans Geisenhof.
Their design was powered by a twin-cylinder, water-cooled, four-stroke engine displacing 1,488cc, which until recently was the largest power un… (read more)