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Offline chuck foster

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old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« on: December 05, 2009, 08:32:16 PM »
he is another neat picture i found on the web.



looks like it is a single cylinder upright engine with some kind of combination belt/gear drive.
looking at it i think it might be safer and faster to walk.

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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2009, 09:57:33 PM »
Is he setting on the boiler? :bugeye:
Get your pant leg caught in that and you would be sausage quickly.
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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2009, 12:34:59 AM »
I love it! :thumbup:

Could someone draw me plans off that photograph? :D
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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2009, 01:51:17 AM »
Quote from: tinkerer on December 05, 2009, 09:57:33 PM
Is he setting on the boiler? :bugeye:
Get your pant leg caught in that and you would be sausage quickly.

More like your sausage would be cooked  :lol: :lol:

Great photo, thanks for showing.

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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2009, 02:29:31 AM »
Not to mention roast tatties .....

Looks similar to the Gottleib Daimler Machine .. could be the one perhaps ..

No chance of 'earholing it with the outriggers ....  maybe a training bike for tots ???  :scratch:

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EDIT ...  No, it ain't ... or is it ??

If you scroll down this from Wiki it quotes 1885, as does the plate on the illustration posted ..


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler



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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2009, 02:54:48 AM »
All it needs is a pillion seat and back then u could have pulled the chicks with it.

What a novellty!!!!

Asbestos lining under the seat and away u go.
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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2009, 10:35:26 AM »
tink : i was thinking it had a gas engine for power, but i think you are right about it being steam.  :scratch:

bluechip: looking at the picture you found, i think it is the same bike...........thanks for researching and info.  :thumbup:

i wonder if the bike came with a pair of asbestos underware ????? :lol: :lol:

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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2009, 12:41:26 PM »
Quote from: tinkerer on December 05, 2009, 09:57:33 PM
Is he setting on the boiler? :bugeye:

Early tech for a vasectomy!  :scratch:          :lol:     :lol:

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Get your pant leg caught in that and you would be sausage quickly.

Note the "leggings"?

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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2009, 01:24:27 PM »
In an unsuccessful attempt to read the plate on the front, I saved the image. It labelled itself "gottleib daimler motorcycle". I reckon it must be internal combustion, because it hasn't got a chimney.

There don't seem to be any obvious brakes; perhaps that's why the original machine is no longer around  :lol: :lol:

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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2009, 02:02:27 PM »
Quote from: andyf on December 06, 2009, 01:24:27 PM
In an unsuccessful attempt to read the plate on the front, I saved the image. It labelled itself "gottleib daimler motorcycle". I reckon it must be internal combustion, because it hasn't got a chimney.

There don't seem to be any obvious brakes; perhaps that's why the original machine is no longer around  :lol: :lol:

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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2009, 04:04:06 PM »
Maybe ..

In 1885 no other vehicles around to wallop into ..
Hence brakes superfluous

Aside from that I seem to think this machine still exists .. not sure .. cannot find a good reference , but
some years ago a friend went to S.Germany, and IIRC he says it's in a motorcycle museum.
But, it may be a replica, not the original.
Dunno. If I had it, I would sell it and buy a shed load of new bikes, before the weevils consumed it.

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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2009, 08:00:34 PM »
Check this out, third picture down. Gas powered for sure. Well worth reading the whole article. 264cc four stroke engine.
http://www.falconmotorcycles.com/blog/falcon-blog/1-motorcycles.html
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Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2009, 08:09:33 PM »
thanks for setting us straight tinkerer.
i just thought it was a cool looking motorcycle.
i wonder if anyone has made a replica of this bike???

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