The monograph is devoted to the study of the origin, formation and development of domestic motorcycle building. The presentation of the material covers the period from 1899 to May 1945. - victories in the Great Patriotic War. The publication includes previously unused archival information and departmental materials unknown to the scientific community, memoirs of direct participants in the creation and industrial development of domestic motorcycles. An attempt was made to systematize the material on the history of domestic motorcycles, both created and produced at domestic firms and factories, and made independently by motorcycle enthusiasts in Russia and the USSR. For the first time in the open press, data on restored captured motorcycles and assembled from kits obtained under Lend-Lease from the Allies are given.