Who invented the dirt bike?

Bettmann's dirt bike was a dirt motorcycle in a much truer sense than the motorized bicycle that Daimler and Maybach created. Features The features of the earliest dirt bikes, including that invented by Bettmann as well as those modified by everyday drivers, were not far removed from the features of road bikes. read more

The history of dirt bikes is entwined with the history of motorcycles themselves. Dirt bikes, properly termed "Off-road motorcycles", are designed especially for rough terrain. Among dirt bikes there is also considerable variation. The motocross bike, trial bike, and track bike are all spin offs of what we would term dirt bikes. read more

Though the popular manufacture of dirt bikes, or off-road style motorcycles, became more widespread in the 1960s, individual riders had been modifying their motorcycles for off-road capabilities for decades prior. read more