Does anyone have any information on the first ever Motorcycle race?
The first ever motorcycle race?
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ybee02
, May 05 2009 17:08
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paulhooft
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Posted 05 May 2009 - 17:12
Does anyone have any information on the first ever Motorcycle race?
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Edited by paulhooft, 05 May 2009 - 17:13.
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fines
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Posted 05 May 2009 - 20:44
The first ever (proper) automobile race (Paris - Bordeaux - Paris) had a class for motor cycles, two started and none finished. The start was June 11 in 1895, and if I recall correctly, by June 13 when the first car finished both cycles had already retired. The same year was a stand-alone race for "motocycles" in the USofA, however that was the name for cars back then in the States. The first real stand-alone race for motor cycles was September 20 in 1896, but seven of the eight starters were tricycles, as would be the norm for several more years.
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Posted 05 May 2009 - 20:52
So that was the race that Emile Levassor won if I am not mistaken, I will research about the Motorcycle entries as I am very interested.
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Posted 05 May 2009 - 21:36
I can help you, the two starters were:
- #14 Georges Osmont on a "Petrolette" which was actually a Hildebrand & Wolfmüller built in licence, entrant probably Duncan, Suberbie & Cie., a bicycle with 2½ hp 2-cylinder engine of 1489 cc, disqualified after 446 of 1175 km due to missing the time limit, actually completed ca. 580 km.
- #42 Félix Théodore Millet on a Millet bicycle with a 5-cylinder "star" engine in the front wheel, retired after 118 km for unknown reasons.
Another bicycle of unknown make and a De Dion-Bouton tricycle did not start, and a couple of steam cycles (#33 and #41) of unknown make did not appear, and two more entries also failed to appear, including probably one more De Dion-Bouton tricycle (½ hp 1-cylinder engine of 137 cc).
- #14 Georges Osmont on a "Petrolette" which was actually a Hildebrand & Wolfmüller built in licence, entrant probably Duncan, Suberbie & Cie., a bicycle with 2½ hp 2-cylinder engine of 1489 cc, disqualified after 446 of 1175 km due to missing the time limit, actually completed ca. 580 km.
- #42 Félix Théodore Millet on a Millet bicycle with a 5-cylinder "star" engine in the front wheel, retired after 118 km for unknown reasons.
Another bicycle of unknown make and a De Dion-Bouton tricycle did not start, and a couple of steam cycles (#33 and #41) of unknown make did not appear, and two more entries also failed to appear, including probably one more De Dion-Bouton tricycle (½ hp 1-cylinder engine of 137 cc).
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Posted 07 May 2009 - 19:38
Wow, Thanks a lot. So were they like a bicycle with an engine on one of the wheels?
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fines
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Posted 08 May 2009 - 10:07
The Millet was (see http://patentpending....llet_moto.html), although I was wrong - the engine was in the rear wheel, not the front!Wow, Thanks a lot. So were they like a bicycle with an engine on one of the wheels?
Ahh, memory! How DO I miss thee...The H & W was different: http://www.cybermoto..._wolfmuller.htm.
Btw, both these links were the first ones that came up, without any fuss and within seconds, when I simply put the words in an internet search engine - not trying to patronise you, but a budding journalist should perhaps posess some research prowess...
Edited by fines, 08 May 2009 - 10:09.
