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Title: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: SacDuc on August 30, 2011, 03:01:44 PM
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/screw you and your derby
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: Mhanis on August 30, 2011, 03:45:46 PM
Wow, how tough would it be to STEER that thing??? Look at the way the "handle bars" swing back and forth!
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: mgrisham on August 30, 2011, 08:02:33 PM
And it came with the comfort seat.
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: DucsLikeBread on August 31, 2011, 09:59:13 AM
I wonder why he used a wood frame?
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: DucHead on August 31, 2011, 01:35:53 PM
Quote from: Mr. It on August 31, 2011, 09:59:13 AM
I wonder why he used a wood frame?

Seriously?

Dude, it was 1885!!!!!  They didn't have steel back then.  Everything was made of either wood (discovered in the 1700s I think), naugahyde or paper.
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: SacDuc on August 31, 2011, 03:13:20 PM
Quote from: DucHead on August 31, 2011, 01:35:53 PM
Seriously?

Dude, it was 1885!!!!!  They didn't have steel back then.  Everything was made of either wood (discovered in the 1700s I think), naugahyde or paper.



And those poor Naugas were hunted to extinction for their hides!!    :'(


sac
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: DucsLikeBread on August 31, 2011, 10:13:24 PM
Quote from: DucHead on August 31, 2011, 01:35:53 PM
Seriously?

Dude, it was 1885!!!!!  They didn't have steel back then.  Everything was made of either wood (discovered in the 1700s I think), naugahyde or paper.

Mmmmmm... The first invention of steel was in 13th century BC - Invention of steel when iron and charcoal are combined properly.

If you mean by the mass production of steel, it was 1855 by Henry Bessemer, who invented the Bessemer process.    [thumbsup]  [popcorn]
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: CookieMonster on September 01, 2011, 03:07:28 AM
Quote from: Mr. It on August 31, 2011, 10:13:24 PM
Mmmmmm... The first invention of steel was in 13th century BC - Invention of steel when iron and charcoal are combined properly.

If you mean by the mass production of steel, it was 1855 by Henry Bessemer, who invented the Bessemer process.    [thumbsup]  [popcorn]
Pwned! Hahaha! Jk jk :P
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever
Post by: pennyrobber on September 01, 2011, 10:48:18 AM
Quote from: Mr. It on August 31, 2011, 10:13:24 PM
Mmmmmm... The first invention of steel was in 13th century BC - Invention of steel when iron and charcoal are combined properly.

If you mean by the mass production of steel, it was 1855 by Henry Bessemer, who invented the Bessemer process.    [thumbsup]  [popcorn]

And before that, everything was made from mammoth bones.