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Orient tricycle with a trailer | |
Manufacturer | Waltham Manufacturing Company |
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Production | 1899–c. 1901 |
Class | Motorized tricycle |
Engine | 20 cu in (330 cm3) water-cooled de Dion-Bouton gasoline or naptha fuel single |
Bore / stroke | 2 15⁄16 in × 3 in (75 mm × 76 mm) |
Top speed | 50 mph (80 km/h) |
Power | 2.75 hp (2.05 kW) |
Related | De Dion-Bouton tricycle |
The Orient tricycle was an early motorized tricycle (classified as a motorcycle under some definitions). It was manufactured by Charles H. Metz's Waltham Manufacturing Company in Waltham, Massachusetts and advertised in 1899 as a "motor cycle", the first use of the term in a published catalog.[1]
Orient advertised that the single-person tricycle could be converted to a two-person four wheeled "autogo" in five minutes.[2] A 1900 Orient appeared in The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition at Guggenheim Museum in New York.[3]
Contents
1 Specifications
2 Notes and references
2.1 Notes
2.2 References
3 Further reading
4 See also
Specifications
Specifications in infobox to the right are from Garson,[1] and from Krens.[3]
Notes and references
Notes
^ ab Garson 2011.
^ Orient 1901, p. 39.
^ ab Krens 1998, p. 101.
References
Garson, G.P. (January 12, 2011), Motorcycle History: Part 1, Milestones: the genesis of the motorcycle, Motorcycle.com, retrieved 2014-06-16.mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
Orient (1901), "Autogo advertisement", The Automotive Manufacturer, Trade News Publishing Company, 42
Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew, eds. (2001) [1998], The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, ISBN 0-89207-207-5
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orient motorcycles. |
Waltham Automobiles, Waltham Museum, retrieved 2014-06-16 — with some information on serial numbers
See also
- List of motorized trikes
- Safety bicycle
- List of motorcycles of the 1890s
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