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Title: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: chuck foster on December 05, 2009, 08:32:16 PM

he is another neat picture i found on the web.

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc274/aermotor8/gottleib_daimler_motorcycle.jpg)

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.

chuck  :wave:

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: 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.

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: John Hill on December 06, 2009, 12:34:59 AM

I love it! :thumbup:

Could someone draw me plans off that photograph? :D

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: sbwhart 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.

Stew

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: Bluechip 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:

Dave BC

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

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: jatt 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.

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: chuck foster 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:

chuck  :wave:

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: Bernd 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"?

Bernd

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: 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:

Andy

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: dsquire 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:

Andy

Andy
First you worry about getting it to move. If successful, then you worry about stopping it! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers  :beer:


Don

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: Bluechip 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.

Dave BC

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: tinkerer 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

Title: Re: old motorcycle made mostly of wood???
Post by: chuck foster 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???

chuck  :wave: