The ancestral home of the Schneider family is in the German state of Bavaria. The name Schneider is an occupational hereditary surname, a type of surname that was taken from a word describing or common to the profession of the original bearer. It is a name for a person who worked as a tailor.
The first mechanically-propelled, two-wheeled vehicle may have been built by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, in 1839, although the claim is often disputed.
The motorcycle we currently ride today was developed in 1885 by the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler. In 1872, his interests turned to the internal combustion engine, when he joined Gasmotorenfabrik Deutz as technical director.Here he met up with Nikolaus Otto, pioneer of the four-cycle engine.y 1876 the commercial development of the Otto four-cycle engine was complete. Daimler insisted on precision and wanted to spend more time on research and development while Otto was content with two engines a day leaving the plant doors.