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
More Information
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
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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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