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The Orient tricycle was an early
The Orient tricycle was an early motorized tricycle
A motorized tricycle, motor trike, or motortrycle is a three-wheeled vehicle based on the same technology as a motorcycle, and powered by an electric motor, motorcycle, scooter or car engine.
Classification
Depending on the design of the vehic ...
(classified as a motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...
under some definitions). It was manufactured by Charles H. Metz's Waltham Manufacturing Company
Waltham Manufacturing Company (WMC) was a manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, motorized tricycles and Quadracycle, quadricycles, buckboards, and automobiles in Waltham, Massachusetts. It sold products under the brand names Orient, Waltham, ...
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
The Art of the Motorcycle was an Art exhibition, exhibition that presented 114 motorcycles chosen for their historic importance or design excellenceSawetz. "The Art of the Motorcycle is curated by Thomas Krens, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenh ...
exhibition at Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
Museums in this group include:
* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Ne ...
in New York.
Specifications
Specifications in infobox to the right are from Garson, and from Krens.Notes and references
Notes
References
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* — with some information on serial numbersSee also
*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 ...
*Safety bicycle
A safety bicycle (or simply a safety) is a type of bicycle that became very popular beginning in the late 1880s as an alternative to the penny-farthing (also known as an "ordinary" or "high wheeler") and is now the most common type of bicycle. Ear ...
*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 (1896–1901)
* Millet motorcycle
*Pennington motor bicycle
*Rop ...
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