<P> In the 1860s Pierre Michaux , a blacksmith in Paris , founded ' Michaux et Cie ' ( `` Michaux and company '' ) , the first company to construct bicycles with pedals called a velocipede at the time , or `` Michauline '' . The first steam powered motorcycle , the Michaux - Perreaux steam velocipede , can be traced to 1867 , when Pierre 's son Ernest Michaux fitted a small steam engine to one of the ' velocipedes ' . </P>
<P> In the 1860s Pierre Michaux , a blacksmith in Paris , founded ' Michaux et Cie ' ( `` Michaux and company '' ) , the first company to construct bicycles with pedals called a velocipede at the time , or `` Michauline '' . The first steam powered motorcycle , the Michaux - Perreaux steam velocipede , can be traced to 1867 , when Pierre 's son Ernest Michaux fitted a small steam engine to one of the ' velocipedes ' . </P>
who was the first person to make a motorcycle
who was the first person to make a motorcycle
Ernest Michaux
Ernest Michaux