General Information

Serial #

26238

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TUBULAR STEEL FRAME/ METAL PARTS/ LEATHER SEAT/ RUBBER TIRES, HAND GRIPS/ GLASS HEADLIGHT LENS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

223.0 cm

Width

63.5 cm

Height

104.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Motorcycle vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cleveland

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Cleveland

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, sometimes called Cleveland Motorcycle, was a motorcycle manufacturer in Cleveland, Ohio from 1915 to 1929. An advertisement for the Clevand promoted it as an "economical transportation" with "75 miles to the gallon of gas" and "15,000 miles on tires!" (Ref.2)

Function

GENERAL TRANSPORTATION

Technical

The first Cleveland of 1915 had a 220 cc (13 cu in) displacement two-stroke single-cylinder engine with a longitudinal crankshaft orientation, necessitating a worm drive to turn the axis of rotation of the drive to the transmission by 90°. The transmission was a two speed with a sprocket turning a chain final drive. Besides driving the transmission, the engine's countershaft extended back to drive a magneto that hung in front of the rear wheel. In 1920, the motorcycle's weight increased from the addition of fenders, a larger fuel/oil tank, and in 1921 the seat was enlarged, along with a still larger fuel/oil tank, and a battery was added. The displacement was increased to 270 cc (16 cu in) to handle the increased weight from these changes.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STAMPED INTO ENGINE CASE REAR CENTER IS: `26238'/ ON HEADSTOCK LEFT IN CAST RAISED FIGURES IS: `[027]'/ STAMPED INTO ENGINE ON REAR RIGHT IS: `93549'/ IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON FOOT RESTS IS: `CLEVELAND'

Missing

ALL MFR PLATES, DECALS ETC/ NO INSTRUMENTS OR INSTRUMENT PANEL ?

Finish

FRAME, FENDERS, WHEEL RIMS, FUEL TANK, TOOL BOX ALL PAINTED (MILITARY ?) TAN/GREEN/ WORN TAN COLOURED SEAT/ BLACK TIRES

Decoration

N/A