Reportedly another view of him. Enough differences that I wonder which version of his bike was first?
4000cc V8 aircraft engine, ran 136.27 mph on 24 January 1907. (not bad for a shaft drive bike....)
Does'nt look as comfortable as my '21 ES. Now who had that RDL seat for sale?Looking at this set-up, what could possibly go wrong?
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On October 3, 1903, 24-year-old General Electric employee William Nelson [1879-1903] took the new motorized bicycle he had invented out for a test spin. He fell off the bike on a hill and died instantly. According to the New York Times, 'Nelson was regarded as an inventor of much promise.'
Those Photographers are Clever.If the first picture is the test drive . . . . the second picture has to have been taken first. Being that he was dead and all after the test drive.
So I made a thing. It was way colder today...Finished my chores and rode the trials bike for a little bit.
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An Early Attempt at an Air Bag.
Or crumple zone.An Early Attempt at an Air Bag.
Or early Radar !Or crumple zone.