Two Frenchmen designed this motor tricycle in 1898 and quite a few were made and one of them even ran in the famous Paris to Bordeaux race in 1899 clocking an average speed of 28 miles per hour.
These tricycles were pretty hard to start as it has to be powered by pedal to start it. But once these machines kicked off they were capable of cruising at a reasonable speed of 20 mph which was quite fast at those times. Considerable amount of skill was required to corner these tricycles. The rear axle has a differential gear and no clutch was provided. It is powered by a single cylinder, four-stroke, air cooled engine which generated about 2.5 hp.

