8/30/1885 - First Motorcycle Ever

[SacDuc]

 


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sac







/screw you and your derby

[Mhanis]

Wow, how tough would it be to STEER that thing??? Look at the way the "handle bars" swing back and forth!

[mgrisham]

And it came with the comfort seat.

[DucsLikeBread]

I wonder why he used a wood frame?

[DucHead]

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.

[SacDuc]

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!!   


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[DucsLikeBread]

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.     

[CookieMonster]

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.     

Pwned! Hahaha! Jk jk

[pennyrobber]

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.     

And before that, everything was made from mammoth bones.