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Revenge of the Motobike- Motobike Fever - All Motobikes Please Stand Up!

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So, my question is, does the term Moto/Motorbike, only refer to a bike with a straight middle bar, or does it apply to any bike from the 10’s/20’s with 28” wood or metal rims?
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This 1927 Schwinn, Excelsior has 28” wood/steel lined clincher rims.
But does it qualify as a Motobike?
 
For some, the context may include only the original 28” motorbikes, from the teens and twenties; for others perhaps also 26” balloon tire motorbikes with the double drop bar frame; many manufacturers continued the use of the term (or similar) for their semi-streamlined or streamlined bicycles with curved tubes.
I would call the arch bar bikes - curved truss frame roadsters, yet include them in the greater motorbike “era” (even though they were closer to the ToC for the original designer).
 
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