1897 · Motor Tricycle with High Speed Engine · Werk 253 von 1.871

A De Dion-Bouton motor tricycle on an open road: a bicycle-type tubular frame with one steered wheel at the front under the handlebars and two wheels at the rear on a common axle, a small single-cylinder engine hung behind and below that rear axle between the two rear wheels, its finned cylinder upright and its exhaust pipe clearly visible, pedal cranks at the front as on a bicycle, the rider seated on a saddle above the pedals, three wheels touching the ground.