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  2. History of the motorcycle - Wikipedia

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    There were over 80 different makes of motorcycle available in Britain in the 1930s, from the familiar marques like Norton, Triumph and AJS to the obscure, with names like New Gerrard, NUT, SOS, Chell and Whitwood, [35] about twice as many motorcycle makes competing in the world market during the early 21st century.

  3. Sylvester H. Roper - Wikipedia

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    Sylvester Howard Roper (November 24, 1823 – June 1, 1896) [1] [2] was an American inventor and a pioneering builder of early automobiles and motorcycles from Boston, Massachusetts. In 1863 he built a steam carriage, one of the earliest automobiles .

  4. Roper steam velocipede - Wikipedia

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    The Roper steam velocipede was a steam-powered velocipede built by inventor Sylvester H. Roper of Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States sometime from 1867 to 1869.It is one of three machines which have been called the first motorcycle, [1] along with the Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede, also dated 1867–1869, and the 1885 Daimler Reitwagen.

  5. 5 things to know about Springfield History Museum's new ...

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    The Springfield History Museum's latest exhibit highlights the people and history of early motorcycle culture in the early 1900s.

  6. Daimler Reitwagen - Wikipedia

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    Enrico Bernardi's 1882 one-cylinder gasoline-engined tricycle, the Motrice Pia, is considered by a few sources as the first gasoline internal combustion motorcycle, and in fact the first ever internal combustion vehicle, [19] [20] so Bernardi mounted his engine on the bicycle of his son, [21] while Dailmer designed and built the Reitwagen ...

  7. Motocycle - Wikipedia

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    McComb, F. Wilson, Behind the wheel: the magic and manners of early motoring, Paddington Press, 1977; Sturmey, Henry, The Autocar: a journal published in the interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage, Volume 1, Iliffe, sons & Sturmey ltd., 1896; World Book Inc., The World Book Dictionary, Volume 2, World Book 2006, ISBN 0-7166-0299-7

  8. “History Cool Kids”: 91 Interesting Pictures From The Past

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    Image credits: historycoolkids #5. Lepa Radić (1925 - 1943) was a Bosnian Serb who was executed at the age of 17 for shooting at Nazis during World War 2. In her last moments, they offered to ...

  9. E. J. Pennington - Wikipedia

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    E.J. Pennington is probably best known today for his pioneering motorcycles. [3] He is sometimes credited with having invented the word "motorcycle"; he used the term as early as 1893. Pennington built and demonstrated his original motorcycle design in Milwaukee in 1895.