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Many of the nineteenth-century inventors who worked on early motorcycles often moved on to other inventions. Daimler and Roper, for example, both went on to develop automobiles. At the turn of the 20th century the first major mass-production firms emerged.
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 .
As the engines became more powerful and designs outgrew the bicycle origins, the number of motorcycle producers increased. Many of the nineteenth-century inventors who worked on early motorcycles often moved on to other inventions. Daimler and Roper, for example, both went on to develop automobiles. 1902 Orient motocycle
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
The Springfield History Museum's latest exhibit highlights the people and history of early motorcycle culture in the early 1900s.
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.
History of the motorcycle; List of motorcycles by type of engine; List of motorcycles of 1900 to 1909; List of motorcycles of the 1910s; List of motorcycles of the 1920s; List of motorcycles of the 1930s; List of motorized trikes; Roper steam velocipede; Safety bicycle; Scooter (motorcycle) Steam tricycle; Timeline of motorized bicycle history ...
List of motorcycles of 1900 to 1909; List of motorcycles of the 1890s; List of motorcycles of the 1910s; List of motorcycles of the 1920s; List of motorcycles of the 1930s; List of motorcycles of the 1940s; List of motorcycles of the 1950s