Steam motor cycle and front forks

Steam motor cycle and front forks

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Steam motor cycle, 1.5 h.p., made by Heinrich and Wilhelm Hildebrand, Munich, Germany, 1889. The frame, of approximately safety-bicycle form, carries a steel tube flash boiler of the Serpollet type between the two wheels fired by small coke. The boiler could also be fired by petrol. The rear mudguard is in the form of a semi-circular tank which holds about five gallons of water. A plunger feed pump driven by a small overhung crank from the left hand side of the rear wheel, supplies water from this tank to the boiler. control of the power output was obtained by varying the amount of water injected into the boiler tubes by means of a valve which was operated by the rider through a wire control. It is powered by a single- cylinder, double-acting, slide valve engine.

Details

Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
1940-4
type:
motor cycle and steam road vehicle
credit:
Southern Railway

Parts

Steam Motor Cycle, 1.5 hp

Steam Motor Cycle, 1.5 hp, c. 1900

Measurements:
overall: 1100 mm x 520 mm x 2080 mm, 83.5 kg
Object Number:
1940-4 Pt1
type:
motor cycle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Front forks from Steam Motor Cycle

Front forks from Steam Motor Cycle

Front forks from Steam Motor Cycle, 1940-4 pt.1

Object Number:
1940-4 Pt2
type:
cycle forks
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum