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1897 French Leon Bollee Voiturette motorcycle
900 cc 3 5 hp top speed 40 mph The Voiturette is an ancestor of both automobiles and motorcycles Early gasoline powered mototcycles are descended from three wheelers such as this The machine was very successful and the first three vehicles across the finish line of the 1896 London Brighton Emancipation run were Bollees Both H c rolls and Sir Henery Royce raced one and stated that the Bollee was the original sports car
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