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This nifty bicycle/ motorcycle has a motor to the rear of the back wheel, and what is exceptional about this motorcycle is that the exhaust from the gasoline engine is routed into the bike frame, so that the foot pegs and handlebars can be heated. The inventor is from Ohio, so this modification would help the motorcycle be a year around mode of transportation.
The rear wheel is driven by the actual piston rods of the gas engine, like an old steam locomotive.
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Interesting proposal, especially for 1896, however I suppose that the engine would have trouble to run because of the significant back pressure at the exhaust port (due to the flow friction caused by the frame tube bents and joints)
the "aerial vessel" patent (GB189525050) of the same inventor is also interesting. It is clear that people really tried to fly back then!!
Posted by: George P. | March 06, 2006 at 03:48 AM