●The first motorcycle
July 8, 1951, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Sixth Automobile Manufacturing Factory in Beijing, modeled on the German Xundapp K500 motorcycle, produced China's first motorcycles with the name "Jinggangshan". (The name of the vehicle was issued by Nie Rongzhen, Acting Chief of General Staff of the PLA, in order to forever remember the heroic struggle of Jinggangshan.) The engine is a twin-cylinder opposed-type four-stroke air-cooled type with a cylinder volume of 498ml, engine power of 11.8Kw, maximum speed of 110km/h, and a weight of 195kg. The introduction of the Jinggangshan brand motorcycle opened up the history of motorcycle production in China.
●The first side three-wheeled motorcycle
In 1954, in order to meet the needs of the troops, the Sixth Automobile Manufacturing Factory of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Beijing, with reference to the Soviet-type M72 prototype, increased the sidecar, test-produced a side three-wheeled motorcycle, and put it into mass production, and produced 1,487 units of Jinggangshan side three-wheeled motorcycles in 1954. In that year, 1,487 "Jinggangshan" brand side three-wheeled motorcycles were produced. This is the earliest three-wheeled motorcycle in China.
●The first rear three-wheeled motorcycle
Shanghai Litong Motorized Three-wheeled Vehicle Manufacturing Factory (the factory is located at Nanchang Road, Shanghai) produced the first batch of rear three-wheeled motorcycles in China in June 1951, and during the National Day in 1951, Engineer Wang Errong from the factory took the vehicle to Beijing to report to the Ministry of Heavy Industry, and displayed it at the Exhibition of Urban and Rural Materials Exchange in North China.
●The first motorcycle exhibited abroad
In January 1955, the "Jinggangshan" brand motorcycle took part in the exhibition at the International Fair held in Leipzig, Germany, which was the first time that a domestic motorcycle was exhibited abroad after the founding of New China.
●The First Military Heavy Motorcycle
In September 1957, the Southern Power Machinery Company succeeded in the trial production of China's first batch of 750-type military heavy motorcycle engines; on November 30, 1957, the Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company succeeded in assembling China's first 750-type military heavy motorcycle. In the first civilian products exhibition held in Beijing in the following year, the vehicle won the major civilian products trial production award, was named "Yangtze 750 motorcycle".
●The first 750-type large-displacement three-wheeled motorcycle
In March 1969, Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory modified and designed a three-wheeled motorcycle on the basis of the Yangtze River 750 side three-wheeled motorcycle; a prototype was produced in that year and a small batch was made, with the model number designated as the Yangtze River 750Z three-wheeled motorcycle.
●The earliest motorized pedal motorcycle
On April 27, 1958, Jinan Bicycle Parts Factory (the predecessor of Jinan Motorcycle Factory) manufactured the "Satellite Brand" motorized pedal motorcycle modeled after the Soviet-style motorized bicycle. The vehicle was equipped with a single-cylinder gasoline engine, with a fuel consumption of only 1.2 liters per 100 kilometers, and the weight of the whole vehicle was about 5kg heavier than that of a general bicycle, and it could also be driven by human power.In March 1958, Shanghai Bicycle Factory copied the permanent "101" motorized pedal motorcycle installed with the д4 engine of the former Soviet Union, and then copied the permanent "102" motorcycle in accordance with the French prototype. The permanent "102" and "103" type motorized pedal motorcycles were the earliest motorized dual-purpose motorcycles in China. These two types of vehicles are the earliest motorized pedal motorcycles in China.
●The earliest 50-type motorcycle
In September 1964, Jinan Bicycle Parts Factory (the predecessor of Jinan Light Motorcycle General Factory) took the Jiawa 50-type motorcycle engine, which was jointly developed by the Soviet Union and the Czech Republic, as a prototype, and developed three of the earliest 50-type motorcycles with reference to the bicycle form to take part in the parade for the 15th anniversary of the National Day of the People's Republic of China, which were thus named "15-type" of the Light Motorcycle. "
In 1980, the factory's production of "15-type" motorcycles exceeded the annual output of 10,000 units of motorcycles.
●The earliest 125-type motorcycle
In November 1977, the Hebei 125-type motorcycle developed by Hebei Post and Telecommunication Motorcycle Factory passed the technical appraisal organized by Cangzhou City Machinery Bureau of Hebei Province, and was put into mass production. 1981, it was renamed as the Youyi YY125-type motorcycle. This is the earliest 125-type motorcycle in China.
●The earliest 250-type motorcycle
Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company succeeded in trial production of 250-type motorcycle in 1958 according to the original Czech Jawa 250-type motorcycle. On July 1 of that year, China's first 2 Changjiang 250 motorcycles were produced on a trial basis.
Beijing Motorcycle Factory in April 1960, in accordance with the Changjiang 250 drawings produced 59 Great Wall 604 two-wheeled motorcycles, to 1963 *** production of the type of car 213, after 1966 was renamed "Dongfeng brand", since then, the production of China's civilian 250ml-class two-wheeled motorcycle production From then on, the production of 250ml-class civilian two-wheeled motorcycles in China began.
In March 1960, Shanghai Bicycle Factory No.2 obtained the drawings of Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company from Beijing Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory and completed the trial production of the first batch of 15 Happiness 250 motorcycles. The Dongfeng 250 and Happiness 250 motorcycles were the first 250 motorcycles produced in China.
●The earliest 300-type motorcycle
In May 1958, the Shanghai Petroleum Corporation set up a motorcycle trial production team, and in the absence of drawings and surveying and mapping, it processed motorcycle parts according to the British "Cannon" (300 ml, single-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke) motorcycle parts, and made new cars named "Haiyan" and "Haikou". The new motorcycle was named "Haiyan", and the trial production of a prototype was completed before the May Day in 1958, which was the first 300-type motorcycle in China. This is China's first 300-type motorcycle.
●The earliest 350 motorcycle
In September 1965, Shanghai Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory took the original Czech "Jawa" 350 motorcycle as a prototype, and copied five happy 350 motorcycles.
●The earliest 550-type motorcycle
In May 1958, the Shanghai Motorcycle Repair Cooperative made three prototypes of the British "Airey" (550ml, single-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke) motorcycle. The new bikes were named "Lightning", which was a metaphor for a motorcycle that was as fast as lightning. This is China's first 550-type motorcycle.
●The earliest 650-type motorcycle
In January 1987, the Southern Power Machinery Co. improved and designed a kind of Changjiang 650 engine with reduced width and volume, but with increased power and better performance on the basis of the Changjiang 750F engine, which filled the gap in China. 1990, Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory developed China's first champion GJ650 two-wheeled motorcycle. two-wheeled motorcycle.
●The first Donghai 750 motorcycle
In February 1970, Shanghai Motorcycle Factory undertook the trial production of the Donghai 750 military side three-wheeled motorcycle to meet the needs of the army. The Donghai 750 is a further developed model on the basis of the Changjiang 750. It is based on the Triumph 650 motorcycle engine structure and adopts a four-stroke natural air-cooled, in-line twin-cylinder engine with electric starter.
●The first 800-type motorcycle
In 1979, the Ministry of Aviation Industry decided to copy the West German BMWR80 to meet the troops' requirements for heavy motorcycles. The engine has a volume of 797.5ml and a structure similar to that of the Changjiang 750, with a maximum power of 29.4Kw (5,800r/min) and a maximum torque of 49N-m (5,200r/min).In December 1980, six prototypes were produced on a trial basis.
●The first 900 motorcycle
In December 1974, the Southern Power Machinery Company designed and developed China's first Changjiang 900 motorcycle engine. The engine is a twin-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, four-stroke gasoline engine. in October 1975, Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory, with the assistance of the Southern Power Machinery Company and other units, completed the development of the first two Yangtze 900 motorcycles.
●The earliest 250-type cargo three-wheeled motorcycle
In November 1961, Beijing Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant test-produced the "Great Wall" (changed to "Dongfeng" in 1966) BM020 cargo three-wheeled motorcycle, with a single-cylinder, four-stroke gasoline engine. The engine was a single-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke type, and 200 were produced that year.
●The earliest 250 three-wheeled bus
On April 1, 1964, Shanghai Bicycle Factory No. 2 merged with Baoshan Agricultural Machinery Factory and Hardware Parts Factory to establish Shanghai Motorcycle Factory, and the first new product developed after the merger was the 250 three-wheeled bus, i.e., the 250K motorcycle. The vehicle was improved and designed on the basis of the happy 250 two-wheeled motorcycle, and was welcomed by users in large and medium-sized cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Sui, Beijing, Tianjin and Shen.
●The earliest 250-type passenger and cargo three-wheeler
In July 1966, Beijing Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory improved the design of the "Dongfeng" BM021J passenger and cargo three-wheeler on the basis of the Great Wall BM021 cargo motorcycle, which could seat four people and carry a small amount of cargo, and produced 200 of them that year. 200 units were produced in the same year.
●The first rotor-engine motorcycle
In December 1969, Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory developed China's first Yangtze River 470 rotor-engine motorcycle. The engine adopts a single-cylinder full air-cooled, centrifugal vane wind pump rotor, with an eccentric distance of 16mm and a displacement of 467 ml. As the vehicle is driven under heavier loads, overheating is more obvious and it has not yet been put into mass production.
●The earliest electric start motorcycle
In the winter of 1969, after the incident on the Sino-Soviet border, the troops were in urgent need of a motorcycle with high power, quick start and high speed, and Shanghai Motorcycle Factory was instructed to take over this task, and the first prototype of high-power electric start motorcycle in China was produced on a trial basis in February, 1970, which was named as the East China Sea 750 type military side-wheeled motorcycle. The car uses a four-stroke high-power engine, cylinder working volume of 746ml, maximum power 26Kw (5500 ∽ 5600r/min), maximum speed of 120km / h, start for the electric start and pedal start. This is the earliest electric motorcycle in China.
●The earliest motorcycle with disc hydraulic brake
May 29, 1982, Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company successfully developed the Yangtze River 750J-1-type public security police car, the front wheel of the advanced disc hydraulic brake, overcoming the mechanical drum brake response is slow, braking force is small and other shortcomings. This vehicle is the first motorcycle in China to adopt disc hydraulic brakes.
●The earliest motorcycle with alternator
In May 1982, the Changjiang 750A motorcycle developed by Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory passed the technical appraisal of the ministry and was put into mass production. The motorcycle adopts the 2P78FM engine (Yangtze River 750F engine) designed by Southern Power Machinery Company, and its generator is changed from 65W DC generator to 280W alternator, thus overcoming the defects of the old Yangtze River 750 that the horn does not sound and the light is not bright when the motorcycle is traveling at night. The bike was the first motorcycle in China to use an alternator.
●The earliest motorcycle with cab and reverse gear box
On May 25, 1983, Guizhou Weihong Machinery Factory added cab and reverse gear box on the basis of Changjiang 750Z-1 motorcycle produced by Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory, which was exported to Bangladesh in 1987, with a foreign exchange earning of 230,000 U.S. dollars. In 1987, the vehicle was exported to Bangladesh with 175 units, generating 230,000 U.S. dollars in foreign exchange, and 515 units of the vehicle were produced from 1990.
●The earliest scooter
In January 1987, Jinan Light Motorcycle Factory developed three QM50QW (Magnolia) scooters modeled after the CY50 (Rose), a model developed by Suzuki of Japan in the 1980s, which was the first scooter in China.
●The earliest side tricycle with reverse function
In July 1987, the Changjiang 750B-2 motorcycle developed by Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory passed the technical appraisal at the ministerial level and was put into mass production. It adopts the latest engine with reverse gear function designed by Southern Power Machinery Company (the engine has 4 forward gears, 1 reverse gear and 1 neutral gear).
●The earliest motorcycle to adopt the width-plate rims
In December 1989, Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company launched the Changjiang CJ750Z (MTD), a new type of three-wheeled motorcycle, whose tires are 4.5-12 specification miniature automobile tires, and the rims adopt the width-plate structure, which dispenses with the trouble of adjusting and threading the width-type rims frequently, and greatly improves the performance of the motorcycle. The rims are of the plate structure, which eliminates the trouble of adjusting and threading the rims in the past and greatly improves the convenience of maintenance.
●The first motorcycle to use tubeless tires
In October 1994, the Champion 650 and Champion 750 two-wheeled motorcycles developed by Jiangxi Ganjiang Machinery Factory passed the ministerial-level technical appraisal and were put into mass production. The vehicle took the lead in adopting tubeless safety tires. After using this kind of tire, the motorcycle can continue to drive for a certain distance even if the tire is punctured during driving, and it is very convenient to repair the tire, as long as a special tire repair gun is used to drive the right size of rubber into the tire, without the need to remove the tire.
●The earliest motorcycle to use a parallel twin-cylinder engine
In 1995, China Chunlan independently developed a parallel twin-cylinder, four-stroke motorcycle engine, which filled the gap in China. The engine was installed in Chunlan "Tiger" CL125-3 and Chunlan "Leopard" CL125-2 motorcycles, which were the first models using parallel twin-cylinder engines in China. This is the first parallel twin-cylinder motorcycle in China, and it was a big hit when it was launched, and has been a bestseller ever since.
●The first water-cooled motorcycle
In 1997, the Chunlan Group developed China's first water-cooled motorcycle engine - Chunlan 173mm single-cylinder water-cooled four-stroke engine, which was installed in the Chunlan "Leopard" CL125T motorcycle, which was developed by Chunlan itself. "The water-cooled cooling system of this motorcycle consists of a radiator, a cooling system, and a cooling system. The water-cooled system of this vehicle consists of radiator, water pump, fan, thermostat and other components, with water cavities of appropriate capacity molded in the cylinder liner and the perimeter wall of the combustion chamber. This is the earliest motorcycle in China to use a water-cooled engine, and also the first time a water-cooled system was used on a pedal motorcycle in China. The 100km fuel consumption of this motorcycle is only 1.8L/100KM, which is 17% lower than that of ordinary motorcycles of the same type, and it has already crossed into the ranks of international advanced level. The earliest motorcycle using aluminum alloy frame
In 1998, the Everest ZF150-2 motorcycle developed by Tibet Everest Industry Co., Ltd. adopted a die-cast aluminum alloy frame; the aluminum alloy has a small mass, which reduces the friction of driving on the road surface and makes the motorcycle faster. This is the first motorcycle in China to use aluminum alloy frame.
●The first motorcycle to use the new 4-valve technology
In 1999, Chunlan successfully developed China's first V-twin water-cooled 4-valve 250 motorcycle engine, which was installed in the Chunlan "Tiger God" CL250. This vehicle adopts the advanced double overhead camshaft, 4-valve (DOHC4) new technology, compared with the traditional 2-valve structure, the cylinder gas exchange performance and valve structure of the sports performance has been greatly improved. The bike is the first motorcycle in China to use the new 4-valve technology.
●The earliest Prince Bike using V-twin engine
In April 1999, Chunlan successfully developed China's first V-twin 2V60M gasoline engine, which filled the gap in China, and the V-twin engine is the necessary engine for the internationally popular American Prince Bike, and it ended the problem of domestic Prince Bikes not being able to be equipped with the domestic V-twin engine. It put an end to the history that the domestic Prince Car could not be matched with the domestic V-twin engine. The Chunlan "Tiger God" CL250 Prince Bike became the first motorcycle in China to use a domestic V-twin engine after it was equipped with this engine.
●The earliest motorcycles to use electronic ignition with integrated circuits
The electronic ignition of four-stroke motorcycles such as the Shanghai Happiness XF125, the Chongqing Jialing JH125, and the Guangzhou Wanyang WY125, used a special analog angle-advancing integrated circuit of the model number 4213, which, compared with the traditional waveform-advancing electronic ignition, allowed for automatic adjustments of the angle of advance of the ignition to improve combustion and achieve a better combustion performance. Automatic adjustment, improve combustion, get better power and economy. Subsequently, the inductive ignition system of the Lightcycle GS125 and Hawker 125 adopted the IC chip named 2918, and these vehicles were the first motorcycles in China to use the IC electronic ignition.
●The earliest motorcycle to use digital ignition
In 1999, the Chunlan CL250 scooter, which was developed by Chunlan itself, applied a digital ignition with fine computer control to realize the best ignition angle for each working condition. The vehicle not only has high power, high torque, low noise and low fuel consumption; but also has very low emission, which is much better than the national standard and reaches the world advanced level. It is the first motorcycle in China to use digital ignition.
●Maximum Displacement Prince Bike
In April 1999, Chunlan Group successfully developed Chunlan "Tiger God" CL250 Prince Bike for the first time, which is the largest displacement Prince Bike developed by China. In addition, in 1998, Tibet Everest Industry Co., Ltd. cooperated with Japan Yamaha Company to produce a high-performance, high-quality Everest ZF250 Prince Car. The car uses Yamaha's low center of gravity OHC, V-twin, air-cooled, four-stroke displacement 250ml engine. The two bikes are the largest displacement Prince motorcycles in China.
●The largest displacement scooter
In 1999, Chunlan's self-developed Chunlan 173mm single-cylinder, water-cooled, four-stroke engine passed the national appraisal with excellent performance indexes, which is China's first large-displacement horizontal engine. The engine has been applied to Chunlan CL250 scooter.
The engine utilizes a series of world advanced technologies such as water-cooling, overhead cam structure, etc. Its power, torque, noise and fuel consumption are far better than the national standard, and have reached the international advanced level: the maximum power is up to 13Kw; the maximum torque is up to 18N-m; the maximum accelerating noise is only 70 decibels; the average fuel consumption is only 1.8L/100km, which saves 17% of fuel compared with that of the common scooter. The average fuel consumption is only 1.8L/100km, which is 17% less than ordinary scooters.
●The smallest displacement motorcycle
In 1999, China's Light Motorcycle Group developed China's smallest displacement pocket recreational motorcycle in response to orders from foreign manufacturers. This kind of pocket motorcycle is a kind of motorized scooter with gasoline engine power, which can be unfolded and folded, and the driver can stand on the pedal or sit on the simple car seat, like riding a bicycle, and hold the zigzag handlebar to control the direction of travel. The vehicle adopts a single-cylinder, two-stroke, forced air-cooled engine, with a working volume of 22.5ml and a power of 0.75Kw, and the ignition adopts advanced electronic ignition. The whole car is simple in structure, excellent in performance and fine in manufacture, like a delicate craft.
●The earliest motorcycle to use exhaust catalytic converter
In April 1999, the high-efficiency purification muffler and green motorcycle developed by China's Light Motorcycle Group was successfully developed. The high-efficiency purifying muffler is essentially an exhaust catalytic converter, also known as a catalytic reactor. It is a metal material carrier coated with a layer of precious metal (platinum, rhodium, palladium and other alloys) catalyst, placed in the muffler, the use of catalytic conversion reaction to make the harmful components in the exhaust gas reduction or oxidation, to purify the emissions of the purpose. 1999, Light Riding Group in the TB series and AG series motorcycles for the first time in the use of 30,000 sets of exhaust catalytic converter, becoming China's earliest batches of exhaust catalytic converter use manufacturers. It became the first manufacturer in China to use exhaust catalytic converters in batches. Motorcycles installed with exhaust catalytic converters and secondary air introduction devices can basically meet the requirements of the European No. 1 emission standard.
●The first small-displacement four-stroke EFI motorcycle
In February 1999, Chunlan Group cooperated with the AVL Institute of Internal Combustion Engines in Austria to develop a new type of EFI motorcycle engine, and successfully launched China's first EFI motorcycle, Chunlan CL125-6, which adopts an inline twin-stroke EFI engine. It adopts in-line twin-cylinder, air-cooled system, four-stroke, overhead camshaft structure, and maintains the original structure of the original 244FMI, the difference is that some special sensors have been set up, adopting the 4+1 method, in which the engine is equipped with sensors for intake air temperature, engine speed and crankshaft phasing, cylinder head temperature, and position of the throttle body; and the other is that a sensor for atmospheric pressure is installed in the ECU electronic control unit, and the other is that a sensor for atmospheric pressure is installed in the ECU electronic control unit, and the other is a sensor for atmospheric pressure. unit is equipped with an atmospheric pressure sensor.
●First Fuel Cell Motorcycle
The world's first fuel cell motorcycle was launched in Taiwan, China, marking the beginning of the Chinese joining the competition in this most important energy technology of the 21st century.
●The earliest liquefied gas power-assisted vehicle
In June 2000, China's Chunlan Auto Group developed a liquefied gas power-assisted vehicle, which is equipped with leakage protector, decompression stabilizer, and air-gas mixing driving controller, safe to use, and convenient to change gas. In November of the same year, Shanghai Happiness Motorcycle General Factory developed the XF135QMA-2 type (displacement 36ml) LPG power-assisted vehicle engine, which passed the 1,500km road test, and its starting, idling and accelerating performance are all good, especially the emission pollution indexes have already reached the ECE R47 standard. These two kinds of vehicles are the earliest liquefied petroleum gas-assisted vehicles in China.
●The first large-displacement road racing car
The first Zongshen 750 came out on December 15, 2000, which was the first large-displacement road racing car in China. Private enterprise Chongqing Zongshen Group launched China's first self-designed large-displacement racing car - Zongshen 750, filling the blank of China's motorcycle industry independent development and design of large-displacement motorcycles, and set off an industrial revolution in China's motorcycle industry.