The 1904 Marshmotorcyclewas built by the Marsh brothers , one of the first of the legion bike manufacturers dotting America ’s Eastern Coast in the diligence ’s other sidereal day . Located in Brockton , Massachusetts , the Marsh brothers build a mechanized bicycle in 1899 , with regular output of motobikes start the next year .
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Unlike many other manufacturer , which used engines built by outside suppliers , Marsh made its own .
Like most powerplants of the day , it had a single cylinder with an intake valve open by sucking created when the piston was on its downward stroke ( hollo an " atmospheric inhalation valve " ) and a mechanically actuated side exhaust fumes valve .
The spark plug was fire by a " total loss"ignitionsystem , mean there was no author to reload thebattery ; when it proceed dead , it was recharge by an international source or supercede .
Though the first product engines farm less than twohorsepower , a racing engine offering six horsepower was build up in 1902 . The motorcycle it powered could reach out nearly 60 miles per hour , a blistering speed at the prison term .
In 1905 , the Marsh chum teamed up with Charles Metz and the result motorcycle were hollo Marsh & Metz , or just M.M.
Marsh & Metz was among the first ship’s company to offer a V - twin engine . It was a 45 - degree whole that arrived around 1906 . Two age later , a 90 - degree volt - twin appeared , which was take to offer up better internal balance .
But the pioneering manufacturer did n’t last long . Like many others of the era , M.M. folded under the exercising weight of slopped rivalry , closing its doors in 1913 .
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The 1904 Marsh was little more than a motorizedbicycle , but was nicely designed and one set up for racing could go 60 miles per hour .
