Steam bicycle, or is it a Motorcycle? Minimal Guzzi content

[johnr]

Trundled out to this annual affair earlier in the year in my pommie mates huge Landrover.

There were things of beauty;


There was Guzzi Content (also a thing of beauty)


There were things fondly remembered


Things Old


Quite a lot of them, including the one newly birthed on the left.


Other displays of various types


And then there was this!


Better detail


Neither old nor beautiful, but very interesting.
Someone simply has too much time on their hands.
It worked just fine incidentally.

It was a hot day.

[oldbike54]

 Kiwis are very inventive 

 Dusty

[johnr]

Changed the heading to more accurately indicate the 'direction of travel' as it were.

[beetle]

Sticking your arse over a boiler? Not this little black duck!

[ITSec]

A steam powered cycle would clearly be an engine-cycle, as they are steam engines, not steam motors! 

[johnr]

A steam powered cycle would clearly be an engine-cycle, as they are steam engines, not steam motors! 

As you say Sir. 

[johnr]

Sticking your arse over a boiler? Not this little black duck!

Similar comments were heard on the day.

[Chuck in Indiana]

What could possibly go wrong? 

[azguzzirep]

I didn't know "Gerry " made it so far south!

The RR is beautiful 😊

[MGPilot]

Might be an application for a Stirling engine.

Interesting, fun design.

[Triple Jim]

A steam powered cycle would clearly be an engine-cycle, as they are steam engines, not steam motors! 

But then we use gasoline engines, not gasoline motors.   

[ITSec]

But then we use gasoline engines, not gasoline motors.   

You are correct, sir - and sadly, we are all both currently and historically inaccurate.   

Then again, back when 'moto-cycles' were first created and named, most people had never seen an electric motor! 

[Triple Jim]

Well, "motor" comes from the Latin "moto", meaning "I set in motion", so maybe everyone is accurate and correct.   

[Tom]

I ride and own "Italiano moto".    "enginecycle" doesn't sound right.

[johnr]

You are correct, sir - and sadly, we are all both currently and historically inaccurate.   

Then again, back when 'moto-cycles' were first created and named, most people had never seen an electric motor! 

And the first one was steam driven, if it was actually built.   I went looking for a pic and didn't find one. Found a plethora of other stuff about steam bicycles though.