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The Super X was America's first motorcycle with a 45 cu in (737 cc) V-twin engine. [1] The Super X was conceived as a competitor to the smaller Indian Scout . [ 5 ] In response to the Super X's popularity, Indian first raised the Scout's capacity to 45 cubic inches (737 cc) and then introduced the new Indian 101 Scout , [ 6 ] while Harley ...
Achilles (1906-1912 motorcycle) Advance (Australian motorcycle) Curtiss V-8 motorcycle; Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company; Merkel; FN Four (various version produced, 1905–1923) [1] [2]
The first production motorcycle in the US was the Orient-Aster, built by Charles Metz in 1898 at his factory in Waltham, Massachusetts. In 1898, Peugeot Motocycles presents at the Paris Motorshow the first motorcycle equipped with a Dion-Bouton motor. Peugeot Motocycles remains the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.
Roy C. Marks, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, created the first moto bicycle in the United States in 1896 in San Francisco. In 1901 the California Motor Company was created for the purpose of manufacturing the Marks design of motorcycle. Founder were Lewis Bill - President, J. W. Leavitt - Vice President, and J.F. Bill - Secretary and Treasurer.
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.
Christened as Fuse, the bike runs on a Ducati engine and required over 1,000 hours to complete.
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Pierce Four, sold from 1909 to 1913 when the company went out of business [1]. List of motorcycles of the 1910s is a listing of motorcycles of the 1910s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period.