Motrice_Pia

Motrice Pia

Motrice Pia

Type of motorcycle

The Motrice Pia was an early three-wheeled vehicle, introduced by Italian Enrico Bernardi, and credited as the first motorcycle by sources such as the Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.[1] The exact year of introduction depends on which one of the following milestones one considers: the demonstration of a gasoline engine in 1882–1884 (first used to power a sewing machine),[2][3] the application of the engine to a child's tricycle in 1884,[4] the application of this engine to a motorized tricycle (or low cart) in 1893,[2][5] or the mounting of the motor behind a bicycle on a one-wheel trailer via chain drive creating a "motorcycle" in 1894.[2]

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Specifications

Specifications in the box accompanying the article are from Museo Nicolis and refer to the 1884 tricycle.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    E.F., "Bernardi, Enrico", Encyclopedia Italiana (in Italian)
  2. [2]
    "Review of Heinlich and Shube's Traction Drives", History of Automobiles and Early Transmissions
  3. [3]
    Terry Welshans (August 2013), A Brief History of Aircraft Carburetors and Fuel Systems, Aircraft Engine Historical Society
  4. [4]
    "Motrice pia" 1882, Verona: Museo Nicolis, archived from the original on 2012-06-23, retrieved 2014-05-26
  5. [5]
    Italian automotive chronology (PDF), Politecnico di Torino, 2004

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