Orient tricycle

The Orient tricycle was an early motorized tricycle (classified as a motorcycle under some definitions). It was manufactured by Charles H. Metz's Waltham Manufacturing Company in Waltham, Massachusetts and advertised in 1899 as a "motor cycle", the first use of the term in a published catalog.^[1]

Orient tricycle

Orient tricycle with a trailer
Manufacturer	Waltham Manufacturing Company
Production	1899–c. 1901
Class	Motorized tricycle
Engine	20 cu in (330 cm3) water-cooled de Dion-Bouton gasoline or naptha fuel single
Bore / stroke	2+15⁄16 in × 3 in (75 mm × 76 mm)
Top speed	50 mph (80 km/h)
Power	2.75 hp (2.05 kW)
Related	De Dion-Bouton tricycle

Orient converted to quad configuration

Orient advertised that the single-person tricycle could be converted to a two-person four wheeled "autogo" in five minutes.^[2] A 1900 Orient appeared in The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition at Guggenheim Museum in New York.^[3]

Specifications

Specifications in infobox to the right are from Garson,^[1] and from Krens.^[3]