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Genuine, or The Genuine Scooter Company is a Chicago-based manufacturer of motorscooters, notably the Stella and Buddy models. The company markets scooters and accessories through a network of over 240 dealers in the United States. [1] In 2018 it began selling a 400cc air-cooled, single-cylinder motorcycle, under a sister brand 'Genuine ...
William "Wild Bill" Gelbke (1936–1978, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin) was an American engineer and motorcycle designer.He is noted for having designed and constructed large motorcycles powered by automobile engines, particularly the Roadog [2] and the Auto Four, the latter a motorcycle intended for mass production.
Kit – turbo or nitrous kit [49] Lit the tires – lost traction, causing burning rubber; Meth – methanol injection used in conjunction with gasoline (non-leaded pump) [50] (Not to be confused with Methamphetamine) Mill – any internal combustion engine used in a drag car, or hot rod; Nitro – nitromethane
S&S Cycle is an American motorcycle engine and parts engineer and manufacturer. The company was founded in 1958 by George J. Smith and Stanley Stankos in Blue Island, Illinois. [1]
The Chicago MSA, now defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the third-largest MSA by population in the United States. The 2022 census estimate for the population of the MSA was 9,441,957.
When the company was started, it initially produced its motorcycles largely from Harley-Davidson parts. [5] By 1996, Big Dog had sold 100 motorcycles. [ 4 ] By 1997, the company had reached $2 million in sales, and in 2000, the company had expanded so much that a move to a new, 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m 2 ) factory and world headquarters ...
He partnered with industrial designer Jeff Sand and entrepreneur Marc Fenigstein to found BRD Motorcycles in 2010. The acronym's meaning was only known to the founders and never disclosed. [4] In 2011, Alta hired Viktor Pritzker, a former director of sales at Vectrix. [5] In 2013, Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard joined the company's advisory ...
Thor was an American manufacturer of motorcycles and motorcycle parts especially engines, founded in 1901 in Aurora, Illinois. [1] From 1901 to about 1907 it made engines under license for Indian Motocycles (note spelling) of Springfield, Massachusetts, which Thor was also allowed to sell on the open market.