Lifan is water-cooled.
Since 1885, when Daimler of Germany invented and manufactured the world’s first motorcycle powered by a gasoline engine, the development of motorcycles has gone through great changes for more than 100 years. The original motorcycle, whose true shape is now in the Museum of Science and Technology in Munich, Germany, is the world's first motorcycle patented and invented by the German Daimler on August 29, 1885.
Motorcycles were limited to more than 100 years ago. The gasoline engine at that time was still in a rudimentary state. The vehicle manufacturing at that time was still in the stage of horse-drawn carriage technology. There were differences in appearance, structure and performance between primitive motorcycles and modern motorcycles. Big difference. The original motorcycle had a wooden frame. Judging from the wood grain, it was processed by carpenters. The wheels are also made of wood. The outer layer of the wheels is covered with a layer of iron. There are several square wooden frames in the middle and lower part of the frame, on which the engine is placed. There is one on each side of the wooden frame. The small support wheel is used to prevent tipping when stationary.
So the car actually sits on all four wheels. The single-cylinder fan-cooled engine outputs power through a two-stage reduction transmission of belts and gears to drive the rear wheels forward. The seat is made into a saddle shape and covered with leather. The engine cylinder working volume is 264mL, the maximum power is 0.37kW, which is only one-fifth of a modern simple motorcycle, and the speed is 12km per hour, not much faster than walking. Because there were no springs or other buffering devices at that time, this car was called a bone-shaking car.
As you can imagine, driving on the stone streets of the 19th century was even more uncomfortable than being executed. Although the original motorcycle was so crude, motorcycles have continued to change and improve since then, resulting in hundreds of millions of modern motorcycles for more than 100 years.