Motorbicycle

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OBJECT TYPE: Standard/Single cyl/2cyc
DATE: 1919–1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1976.0680.001

MANUFACTURER: Cyclemotor Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL FRAME/ CHROMED HANDLE BARS/ METAL PARTS/ LEATHER SEAT/ RUBBER TIRES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 187.0 cm
Width: 55.8 cm
Height: 101.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Motorcycle vehicles
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Cyclemotor
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: The 119cc Evans Power-Cycle was manufactured by the CycleMotor Corporation between 1919 and 1924, both as a complete machine and as a separate cycle-attachment engine. Various Evans motorcycles were exported to Europe. After CycleMotor ceased production around 1924, manufacture passed to Stock-Motorpflug A.G in Berlin, who made them until 1933 under license and sold them under the name ‘Stock.’ Tax records from Berlin show Stock was only in business from 1924 - 1933. Later models had a 3hp engine with shaft drive. By the mid-twenties, however, motorcycle design had improved and prices had been greatly reduced for lightweight motorcycles; even small cars were now sold for under £100. As their production costs were high, cyclemotor manufacturers could not compete, and the era of cyclemotors and cycle-attachments came to an end.
Function: GENERAL TRANSPORTATION
Technical: The engine drove a belt turning a large gear wheel attached to the opposite side of the rear wheel as the chain.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DIAMOND SHAPED DECAL ON BOTH SIDES OF FUEL TANK READS: `BUFFALO/ CYCLEMOTOR/ TORONTO'/ IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON ENGINE RIGHT SIDE IS: `PATENTS PENDING/ CYCLEMOTOR', & `NATIONAL/ TYPE R/ MODEL'/ PLATE ON SEAT REAR READS: `MAJESTIC'
Missing: N/A
Finish: FRAME, FENDERS, WHEEL RIMS, REAR STAND ALL PAINTED BLACK/ TAN SEAT & HANDGRIPS/ BLACK TIRES/ CHROMED HANDLE BARS
Decoration: STAMPED INTO BOTH SIDES OF SEAT IS A DEPICTION OF A LION STRETCHED OUT WITH ITS FRONT PAWS RESTING ON A BICYCLES HANDLE BARS & ITS REAR PAWS RESTING ON THE SEAT

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Cyclemotor Corp., Motorbicycle, between 1919–1924, Artifact no. 1976.0680, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0680.001/

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