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You may know most of America's first motorcycles were little more than bicycles with engines. But did you know that bicycle manufacturers actually utilizzata come parte della loro strategia per vendere moto?

Prendiamo il caso degli indiani Motocycle Company, e questo in bicicletta 1919 indiano con allegato un file Smith Motorwheel.

Storia indiana con le biciclette hanno effettivamente iniziato nel lontano 1889. Che quando il Hendee Manufacturing Company, che poi divenne l'indiano Motocycle Company, è stata costituita per costruire biciclette. L'unica azienda iniziò a costruire moto nel 1902. Verso la metà degli adolescenti, la fabbrica stava facendo 30.000 moto all'anno. Per far posto che la produzione, la parte di biciclette delle attività è stato appaltato.



Questo modello 1919 è stato fatto per indiane dalla Davis Sewing Machine Company of Dayton, Ohio, that Harley-Davidson bikes of the day.

The idea, says Mel Short, who owns this car, beautifully restored and has been for the bike to look as much like the bike as possible. This bike is the model of a man of luxury with a flared skirt and front fender, and with what looks like a gas tank attached to the frame. In reality, the tank containing the battery of lights.

The bike is also a stand down in the back, rather than a side stand, to make it more like a motorcycle. The handlebars are like the bars stopped running.



"Both Indian and Harley motorcycle sold in their stores to bring the boys and their dad in the showroom, "Short says." The thought was that they would come back later and buy a bike. "

But there was another way to make the leap of motorized transport mounting a small engine and a driving wheel to separate the bike as a sidecar. Motorwheel The Smith did not come with the bike, but was purchased separately. It would attach to almost any bicycle.



"This engine is a 1915," Short says. "It 's a direct outlet, and without a silencer, so it was probably quite strong."

It was not the clutch, in order to initiate the motor is activated the release of compression, pedal the bicycle, and then close the compression release to get the fire bike. A brake, the pilot used the pedals of the bicycle and the release of compression. "For the back roads of those days," Short says, "worked well".