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Ducati Condor motorcycle, originally built for service in the Alps with the Swiss Army.
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An early motorcycle, c. 1900. American motorcycle racer Ray Weishaar, winner of a 100-mile (160-km) race in Norton, Kansas, October 22, 1914.
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touring motorcycle The 2004 model of the Harley-Davidson Sportster, a road bike introduced in 1957. A 2005 Triumph Rocket III motorcycle. brake rear shock absorber
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Ducati Condor motorcycle, originally built for service in the Alps with the Swiss Army.
An early motorcycle, c. 1900.
American motorcycle racer Ray Weishaar, winner of a 100-mile (160-km) race in Norton, Kansas, October 22, 1914.
touring motorcycle
The 2004 model of the Harley-Davidson Sportster, a road bike introduced in 1957.
A 2005 Triumph Rocket III motorcycle.
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rear shock absorber
Motorcyclist rounding a turn at the Tourist Trophy races, Isle of Man, England.
Tour Harley-Davidson's factory and see how a motorcycle is built along an assembly line
Discover the mechanics of Vincent Black Shadow
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution