by Claudine Zap Here's a story about a great granddaddy who had the granddaddy of all motorcycles gathering dust in his basement. Until now. Thanks to an eccentric collector in Staten Island with an impressive storage space, one of the very few of the very first motorcycles is up for auction. In fact, this German motorcycle is so old, it was the first to even use that word ( motorrad in German). From the defunct company, Hildebrand and Wolfmüller ,