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aircraft powerplant, one of thirteen engines listed in the May 1908 "Aerial and Cycle Motors" catalog. The engine weighed 150 lb (68 kg) and was offered for US$ 1,200 but it did not sell, in spite of the engine's notoriety from the speed record. An eight carburetor version of the Model B-8
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1907 Curtiss V-8 / Faster Than a
Speeding Bullet: Glenn H. Curtiss
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Hell-Rider to King of the Air: Glenn
Curtiss' Life of Innovation
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Exhibitions | The Art of the Motorcycle (1868-1919 models)
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327:The record setting V-8 motorcycle is now in the
842:Guilford, Connecticut: The Lyons Press, 2007.
879:Vintage Motorcycles & Antique Motorcycles
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204:: 2 ft 3 in (0.7 m)
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613:Glenn H. Curtiss - 100 Years Ago
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332:National Air and Space Museum
321:Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle
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361:Motorcycle land-speed record
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780:The Art of the Motorcycle
752:"Curtiss V-8 Motorcycle."
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341:The Art of the Motorcycle
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344:exhibition in New York.
209:: 3 ft (0.9 m)
178:26 in (660 mm)
884:Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
804:Curtiss OX-5 V-8 Engine
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618:Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
468:Motorcycle, Curtiss V-8
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57:Speed record challenger
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581:House 2003, p. 40.
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535:, January 22, 1907
532:The New York Times
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16:Type of motorcycle
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68:Curtiss B-8
20:Curtiss V-8
961:Categories
894:2013-03-22
819:2014-11-05
789:0810969122
483:2013-03-22
377:References
336:Guggenheim
293:White Wing
277:carburetor
265:dirigibles
258:air-cooled
246:motorcycle
193:Dimensions
151:Frame type
72:carburetor
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421:March 22,
316:Tom Swift
244:-powered
242:V8 engine
184:Wheelbase
99:Top speed
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108:Power
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