Peugeot 1905ca 3½ HP 500cc AIV engine # 14828 1905 was to be an excellent year for Peugeot: there were lots of successes with speed events and sales were much higher than in 1904.From the beginning till the mid-twenties Peugeot engines were numbered consecutively: up to 1904 some 5,000 engines were produced, a year later mor..
FN 1912 498cc four cylinder frame# 37230 engine # 577To many enthusiasts the FN four has always been one of the most appealing machines of veteran and vintage times.Its production ran from 1905 till 1926.The earliest type had a 362 cc engine with automatic overhead inlet valves and side exhaust valves.The machine was ..
Indian 1915/1916 PowerPlus ca.1000cc Road Racer side valve V-twin engine # 70G003 gearbox # H6836 In the spring of 1915 Indian’s top management conferred with the Engineering and Design Departments on the matter of changing the basic design of Indian engines.It was decided that the Hedstrom type had by this time under..
Excelsior 1910 499 cc AIV belt drive single engine # 8132 In 1905 a young German immigrant, Walter Heckscher, began building a motorcycle in Chicago.He designed several machines but settled on a De Dion type single cylinder engine with the crankcases integral to the keystone frame.The motorcycle proved very reliable a..
A very well-kept and unique Wanderer 3PS. Between 1910 and 1914, the model was produced. DescriptionA stunning renovation of an almost century-old motorcycle. It has both rear and front suspension. The belt drive, front wing, and the little bag labeled Wanderer are all made of leather. For night time driving, a front..
The Auto- Fauteuil is often regarded as one of the forerunners of the modern scooter.It was an unusual machine, manufactured between 1902 and circa 1922 by the firm of Georges Gauthier and Cie. in Blois, Loir-et -Cher.At first the power units were supplied by De Dion Bouton, but by 1906 Gauthier used his own engines.These en..