Popular Science Monthly 



With the ever-ready motorcycle, hills are not necessary adjuncts to bob-sledding. This machine 

 develops between sixteen and twenty horsepower and is capable of hauling a hundred men 



The Motorcycle Becomes Popular for 

 Sledding Parties 



THE horses on the Adirondack and 

 Swiss lakes, who earn their oats during 

 the winter months by pulling long bob- 

 sleds of pleasure seekers over the ice, stand 

 a fair chance of resigning in favor of the 

 motorcycle. 



The illustration shows thirteen men 

 enjoying a ride on the power exerted by one 

 motorcycle. If there were forty men on 

 the bob-sled instead of eleven the motor- 

 cycle wouldn't say a thing but would speed 

 along possibly at increased rate to show 

 its capability. The machine develops 

 between sixteen and twenty horsepower, 

 and through the reduced gear could pull 

 as many as a hundred men with compara- 

 tive ease. A chain on the rear wheel is the 

 only concession which is made to the ice. 



There is one record of where a motorcycle 

 pulled a five-ton truck with sixty-two full- 

 grown and healthy Americans aboard. Of 

 course this record was not made on ice. 



Turning a Motorcycle Into a 

 Motor Ice- Sled 



WITH the frozen Hudson River stretch- 

 ing away in the distance like a broad 

 ribbon of smooth glass, Michael Cimorelli 

 couldn't resist the temptation to make a 

 motor ice-boat out of the motorcycle that 

 was standing idle in the garage. 



Accordingly, he took his machine apart 

 and by using the engine, rear wheel and 

 accessories made an ice-boat which covered 

 a mile and seven-eighths in two minutes. 



Part of the frame of the motorcycle was 

 anchored in the fore part of the ice-boat 

 and the rear wheel was carried in the forks 

 to propel the boat. Tire chains gave trac- 

 tion over the ice and the rear rudder, 

 steered from the wheel, guided the boat. 

 The gasoline tank was placed in the extreme 

 rear behind the driver's seat as shown in 

 the illustration below. 



The boat is capable of speeding over the 

 ice in record time, or of navigating the city 

 streets during weather suitable for sleighing. 



Part of the frame of the motorcycle is anchored in the fore part of the ice-boat and the 

 rear wheel is carried in the forks to propel the boat. The gasoline tank is in the rear 



