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- Curtiss Motorcycle, circa 1910 - Today Glenn Curtiss is best remembered for his pioneering work in aviation, but he built and raced motorcycles from 1901 to 1913. Curtiss personally set a speed record of 136.36 mph with a 40-horsepower V-8 racing motorcycle in 1907. This circa 1910 production model is powered by a gentler single-cylinder engine good for about four horsepower.
- circa 1910
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Curtiss Motorcycle, circa 1910
Today Glenn Curtiss is best remembered for his pioneering work in aviation, but he built and raced motorcycles from 1901 to 1913. Curtiss personally set a speed record of 136.36 mph with a 40-horsepower V-8 racing motorcycle in 1907. This circa 1910 production model is powered by a gentler single-cylinder engine good for about four horsepower.