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List Of Motorized Trikes
Motorized tricycles, also called trikes, are sometimes considered cars. There are three typical configurations: motorized bicycle with sidecar; two wheels in the rear, one in the front (aka trike); and two in front, one in the rear (aka reverse trike). However, language and definitions vary. One of the most successful trikes of its day was the De Dion-Bouton tricycle; from 1897 until the start of the 20th century about 15,000 licensed copies were sold, with De Dion Bouton usually supplying the engines, and it was overall the most popular motor vehicle in Europe. Trikes have caused tautological confusion and simply defied typical two and four-wheel classifications, especially in the 21st century. Regardless, many popular motorcycles and/or automobiles had three wheels. Examples 17th century *Stephan Farffler's trike 18th century * Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot#First self-propelled vehicle, Cugnot's ''fardier à vapeur'' (steam powered) 19th century * Ariel Motorcycles, Ariel 2.25&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient Tricycle
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. Orient advertised that the single-person tricycle could be converted to a two-person four wheeled "autogo" in five minutes. A 1900 Orient appeared in The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition at Guggenheim Museum in New York. Specifications Specifications in infobox to the right are from Garson, and from Krens. Notes and references Notes References * * * Further reading * — with some information on serial numbers See also *List of motorized trikes *Safety bicycle *List of motorcycles of the 1890s List of motorcycles of the 1890s aka ''motorrad'' (DE) sometimes ''motor cycle'' or ''moto cycle'' Motorcycle *Hildebrand & Wolfmüller *Geneva steam bicycle *Marks motorcycle (1896– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campagna T-Rex
The Campagna T-Rex is a two-seat, three-wheeler, three-wheeled motor vehicle created by Campagna Motors, located in Quebec, Canada. It is powered by an in-line 4-cylinder engine from Kawasaki. Although it used to be registered as a motorcycle, it is now largely considered a "three-wheeler". However, in some states, like Arizona, it can still be registered as a motorcycle, but not require a motorcycle endorsement. The interior can accommodate the driver and a single passenger seated side-by-side, with adjustable seat backs, a foot-pedal box, and retractable three-point seat belts. The T-Rex uses a sequential manual transmission, operated by hand with a shift lever, which is the Motorcycle transmission, same type of manual transmission used in motorcycles. The T-REX has been commercially available since the early 1990s. The Campagna T-REX was designed and styled by Deutschman Design. History In 1976, 1977 and 1979, Daniel Campagna was a Formula Ford racer in Quebec. He made some sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brough Superior Austin Four
The Brough Superior Austin Four was a limited-production motorcycle designed and manufactured by Brough Superior of Nottingham, UK in 1932. It was listed in the 1932 Brough Superior catalogue as the 'Straight Four' but it was commonly known as the Brough Superior Austin Four, or BS4, or '3-wheeled Brough'. The machine is unique in its design, being powered by a modified Austin 7 automobile engine and gearbox unit, from which a driveshaft emerges on the centre-line of the motor. Rather than design a new gearbox, George Brough had the inspiration to keep the central driveshaft, and use a pair of close-couple rear wheels driven by a central final drive box. This 3-wheeled design was legally considered a motorcycle as the wheel centres were within 24".Brough Superior: the Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles, Clark, 1964. Goose&Sons Publishers Ltd, The Brough Superior-Austin Four created a sensation when revealed at the 1931 Olympia Motorcycle Show. Development George Brough considered th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bond Minicar
Bond Minicar is a series of economical three-wheeled microcars which were manufactured by the British car manufacturer Sharp's Commercials Ltd (the company was renamed Bond Cars Limited in 1964), in Preston, Lancashire, between 1949 and 1966. Origins The basic concept for the minicar was derived from a prototype built by Lawrence "Lawrie" Bond, an engineer from Preston. During the war, Bond had worked as an aeronautical designer for the Blackburn Aircraft Company before setting up a small engineering business in Blackpool, manufacturing aircraft and vehicle components for the government. After the war he moved his company to Longridge where he built a series of small, innovative racing cars, which raced with a modest amount of success. In the early part of 1948, he revealed the prototype of what was described as a new minicar to the press. Described as a "short radius runabout, for the purpose of shopping and calls within a 20-30-mile radius", the prototype was demonstrated c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bond Bug
The Bond Bug is a small British two-seat, three-wheeled automobile which was designed by Tom Karen of Ogle Design for Bond Cars, who built it from 1970 to 1974, initially at Bond Cars Ltd factory, but subsequently at Reliant's Tamworth factory. It is a wedge-shaped microcar, with a lift-up canopy and side screens instead of conventional doors. History Early beginnings Since 1962, when Reliant Motor Company launched the Regal 3/25, the company had tried to make a more sporty version to appeal to younger buyers. Design sketches were done as early as 1964 by Ogle; these sketches are much more wedged-shaped with some rounded edges; the original name for this car was the Reliant Rogue. The car was never put into production, as management thought that such a strange-looking vehicle might hurt the Reliant brand identity. Bond cars buy out Following the purchase of Bond Cars Ltd. in 1969, Reliant commissioned Tom Karen of Ogle Design to alter the Reliant Rogue design; the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMW R75
: ''For the 1970s 750 cc motorcycles see BMW R75/5, BMW R75/6, or BMW R75/7'' The BMW R75 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW. The BMW R75 stands out by its integral two-wheel drive design, with drive shafts to both its rear wheel and the third side-car wheel, from a locking differential, as well as a transfer case offering both road and off-road gear ratios, through which all forward and reverse gears worked. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most surfaces. A few other motorcycle manufactures, like FN and Norton, offered optional drive to sidecars. History In the 1930s BMW were producing a number of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in response to a request from the German Army. Preproduction models of the R75 were powered by a 750 cc side valve engine, which was based on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found necessary to design a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajaj RE
Bajaj may refer to: People *Bajaj (surname), an Indian surname **Bajaj family, prominent Indian business family * Bazaz, a related Kashmiri Pandit surname Companies and products * Bajaj Group, a group of Indian firms in diverse businesses, founded by Jamnalal Bajaj of the Bajaj family ** Bajaj Auto, a manufacturer of two- and three-wheelers in India, Indonesia, and South America, part of the Bajaj group *** An auto rickshaw (three-wheeler), generically known as "Bajaj" after the Bajaj Auto company manufacturing such cars *** Daihatsu Midget, a single-seat mini-truck also marketed under the name Bajaj ** Bajaj Tempo, former name of a manufacturer of light trucks in India Other uses * The Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (commonly referred to as JBIMS) is the Department of Management Studies of the University of Mumbai, situated in Churchgate, Mumbai. The institute is named after noted industrialist and freedom f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attica (automobiles)
Attica was a brand name of vehicles produced by ''Bioplastic S.A.'', a company (originally involved in fiberglass panel manufacture, later expanding into fiberglass boat manufacture) created in Moschato, Athens by Georgios Dimitriadis, a figure in Greek automotive history. Mr. Dimitriadis had designed and built a light four-wheel passenger automobile ( model ''505'') in 1958 with the intent to produce it. A tax imposed on four-wheel automobiles at the time, though, limited the car's market prospects; thus, he abandoned that plan, focusing instead on the production of three-wheelers - taxed as "motorcycles" in Greece. In 1962 he started production of a light three-wheeler passenger car under licence of Fuldamobil of Germany as the ''Attica'' model ''200'' (it was much easier for cars certified abroad to receive certification for production in Greece). The car was built with few changes from the original German design, but later two different cabriolet versions were develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel 3 (moped)
The Ariel 3 was a tricycle moped produced by the BSA factory in the UK. The Ariel 3 was a sales flop whose £2M development cost contributed significantly to the demise of BSA. Even the Ariel 3's promotion was ill-conceived, the sales slogan being "Here it is - whatever it is!". Cohn Atkinson attributes its failure to a remote management at BSA who "didn't even like bikes" and who "made the most appalling decisions" on production and marketing. Design The engine was a Dutch Anker 2-stroke, situated between the rear wheels. The pressed-steel forward section of the frame, supported by torsion bars, could swivel to enable the rider to lean the vehicle into bends like a motorcycle. The front "fork" was a single-sided down tube with a rudimentary rubber block suspension. All three pressed steel wheels were interchangeable. Drive was to just one of the rear wheels, and only one of the rear wheels had a brake, a small drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alta A200 (Ed.), "The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to Present", E.P. Dutton, New Y ...
{{no footnotes, date=August 2021 The Alta A200 was a three-wheel passenger car introduced in 1968, produced by Alta, a Greek vehicle manufacturer. The car was largely based on the German Fuldamobil (licence produced in Greece by Attica), but it was an altogether more modern design. Powered by a Heinkel 200 cc engine, the car had modest success in the Greek market and was soon considered outdated. Produced until 1974, it is often cited as the last derivative of the ''Fuldamobil'' and is seen by many as a collectible item. References * L.S. Skartsis and G.A. Avramidis, "Made in Greece", Typorama, Patras, Greece (2003). * G.N. Georgano George Nicolas "Nick" Georgano (29 February 1932 – 22 October 2017Nick Georgano Alvis Archive Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
