Maybe ..
In 1885 no other vehicles around to wallop into ..
Hence brakes superfluous
Aside from that I seem to think this machine still exists .. not sure .. cannot find a good reference , but
some years ago a friend went to S.Germany, and IIRC he says it's in a motorcycle museum.
But, it may be a replica, not the original.
Dunno. If I had it, I would sell it and buy a shed load of new bikes, before the weevils consumed it.
Dave BC