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Vespa (Italian pronunciation: ... Original Vespa with attached sidecar. ... 250 cc fuel-injected engine, capable of 80+ mph. As of the end of 2010 the GTS 250 has ...
Developed for use w sidecar during World War I. Also known as the 4HP (four horsepower) TS 250cc 250 cc 1915 CW 1924 EW 350cc 1926 E/28 600 cc side-valve 1928 A/29 350 cc 1929 B/29 350 cc 1929 OHV Sports D/29 350 cc 1929 Touring & Competition E/29 600 cc side-valve 1929 F/29 600 cc side-valve 1929 Sports edition of E/29 G/29 600 cc 1929 OHV engine
Douglas continued to import Vespa scooters into the UK and later imported and assembled Gilera motorcycles. Douglas gained significant attention in 1932–1933 when Robert Edison Fulton, Jr. became the first known man to circumnavigate the globe on a 6 hp Douglas twin fitted with automobile tyres. Fulton went on to write a book on his adventure ...
Sidecar on Vespa scooter. A sidecar motorcycle is a three-wheeled vehicle with the side wheel not directly aligned with the rear motorcycle wheel, and is usually powered by the rear wheel only. This is different from a motor tricycle (trike), where both rear wheels are powered and share a common axle. However, either P.V. Mokharov of the Soviet ...
250 cc 1958 1967 C15T 250 cc 1959 1965 C15S 250 cc 1959 1965 SS80 250 cc 1961 1966 High-performance version of C15: B40 350 cc 1960 1965 SS90 350 cc 1962 1965 High-performance version of B40 B44 GP: 441 cc 1965 1967 the first unit single with oil-bearing frame. Used super strong/lightweight Reynolds 531 tubing aimed at competition use
Harley-Davidson sidecar Circumnavigation. Europe, Turkey, Iraq, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, China, United States Unsupported To conduct forest research. Heiberg later became professor of silviculture in the U.S. James C Wilson and Francis Flood 1927 Triumph motorcycles single cylinder with sidecars First motorcycle crossing the continent of Africa.
The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles.
Glas Goggo scooter with sidecar. In 1951 Andreas Glas (1923-1990), son of Hans Glas, saw the Vespa scooter from Piaggio in an agricultural machines exposition in Verona, Italy. He was so enthused that he began production of motor scooters that July. The scooter debuted with a 125 cc motor, increased over time to 150 cc and 200 cc.