Orient tricycle
 Orient tricycle with a trailer | |
| Manufacturer | Waltham Manufacturing Company |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Orient converted to quad configuration
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]
Specifications
Specifications in infobox to the right are from Garson,[1] and from Krens.[3]
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Garson 2011.
- ↑ Orient 1901, p. 39.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
- Orient (1901), "Autogo advertisement", The Automotive Manufacturer (Trade News Publishing Company) 42
- Guggenheim Museum Staff (2001) [1998], Krens, Thomas; Drutt, Matthew, eds., The Art of the Motorcycle, Harry N. Abrams, ISBN 0-89207-207-5 Missing
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Further reading
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orient motorcycles. |
- Waltham Automobiles, Waltham Museum, retrieved 2014-06-16 — with some information on serial numbers
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