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Title: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever Post by: SacDuc on August 30, 2011, 02:01:44 PM 8)
www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/08/0830daimler-first-true-motorcycle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+%28Wired:+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 (http://) http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/ (http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/) sac /screw you and your derby Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever Post by: Mhanis on August 30, 2011, 02:45:46 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, 07:02:33 PM And it came with the comfort seat.
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever Post by: DucsLikeBread on August 31, 2011, 08:59:13 AM I wonder why he used a wood frame?
Title: Re: 8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever Post by: DucHead on August 31, 2011, 12:35:53 PM 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, 02:13:20 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, 09:13:24 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, 02:07:28 AM Mmmmmm... The first invention of steel was in 13th century BC - Invention of steel when iron and charcoal are combined properly. Pwned! Hahaha! Jk jk :PIf 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: pennyrobber on September 01, 2011, 09:48:18 AM 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. |