{{Short description|Motorised scooter}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox Motorcycle |name = Autoped |image = frameless|upright=1.14|1919 Autoped Ever Ready |aka = Krupp-Roller |manufacturer = Autoped Company, Krupp |production = 1915–1921 (Autoped)<br />1919–1922 (Krupp) |assembly = |class = Motor scooter<br />Motorized scooter |engine = {{cvt|155|cc}} air-cooled single (Autoped)<br />{{cvt|191|cc}} air-cooled single (Krupp) |bore_stroke = {{cvt|56|×|63|mm|disp=br}} (Autoped) |compression = |top_speed = {{Convert|20|mph|abbr=on}} (Autoped)<br />{{Convert|35|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}} (Krupp) |power = {{Convert|1.1|kW|abbr=on}} (Autoped)<br />{{Convert|1.3|kW|hp|abbr=on}} (Krupp) |torque = |ignition = Flywheel magneto{{Sfn|Partridge|1976|p=70}} |transmission = clutch operated by handlebar column |frame = welded steel |suspension = none |brakes = |tires = {{Convert|10|in}} |rake_trail = |wheelbase = |length = |width = |height = |seat_height = |dry_weight = |wet_weight = |fuel_capacity = |oil_capacity = |fuel_consumption = |turning_radius = |related = }}
The '''Autoped''' was an early motor scooter or motorized scooter manufactured by the Autoped Company of Long Island City, New York{{Sfn|Johnston}} from 1915 to 1922.{{Sfn|Wilson|1995|p=22}}{{Sfn|Jacquet}}
The driver stood on a platform with 10-inch tires and operated the machine using only the handlebars and steering column, pushing them forward to engage the clutch, using a lever on the handlebar to control the throttle, and pulling the handlebars and column back to disengage the clutch and apply the brake.{{Sfn|Partridge|1976|p=70}}{{Sfn|Johnston}}{{Sfn|Wilson|1995|p=22}}{{Sfn|Jacquet}} After riding, the steering column would be folded onto the platform to store the scooter more easily. The engine was an air-cooled, 4-stroke, 155 cc engine over the front wheel.{{Sfn|Johnston}}{{Sfn|Wilson|1995|p=22}} The bike came with a headlamp and tail lamp, a Klaxon horn, and a toolbox. It was quite efficient, but was not widely distributed.{{Sfn|Johnston}}
A patent for the Autoped as a "self-propelled vehicle" was applied for in July 1913 and granted in July 1916.{{Sfn|Gibson|1916}}<ref name=AutopedUSPatent>{{US patent|src=uspto|1192514}}</ref> An early description of the Autoped described it as having a hollow steering column that acted as the fuel tank.{{Sfn|Windsor|1914|p=163}} However, the production version had a fuel tank above the front mudguard.{{Sfn|Wilson|1995|p=22}}
The Autoped went out of production in the United States in 1921, but was manufactured by Krupp in Germany from 1919 to 1922.{{Sfn|Wilson|1995|p=22}}{{Sfn|Wilson|1995|p=243}} <gallery mode="packed" heights="150px"> File:Autoped in Newark - historical photo - 1922.jpg|Historical photo of an Autoped in use by a traffic cop in Newark, New Jersey, 1922 File:Krupp-Motorroller.JPG|Krupp licence-built Autoped with seat File:Lady Florence Norman.jpg|Lady Florence Priscilla Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916 </gallery> {{clear}}
== See also == * List of motorcycles of the 1910s * Moped * Personal transporter
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == * {{cite web| url = http://www.scootermaniac.org/index.php?op=modele&cle=173| title = ScooterManiac – Autoped| work = ScooterManiac| editor-last = Jacquet | editor-first = Florian | publisher = Florian JACQUET, webmaster|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724144543/http://www.scootermaniac.org/index.php?op=modele&cle=173|archive-date= 2011-07-24|url-status= dead| access-date = 2010-08-28}} * {{cite web |title= America On The Move – Pope, Cleveland, Autoped, and Simplex|url= http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_54_2.html|work= America On The Move|publisher= Smithsonian National Museum of American History|editor-last= Johnston|editor-first= Paul F.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019160149/http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_54_2.html |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|access-date= 2009-05-17}} * {{Cite book |last= Partridge|first= Michael|year= 1976|title= Motorcycle Pioneers: The Men, the Machines, the Events 1860–1930|publisher= David & Charles (Publishers)|isbn= 0 7153 7 209 2|pages= 70–71|chapter= 1916 1{{citefrac|3|4}} hp Autoped Scooter}} * {{cite patent | country = US | number = 1192514 | status = patent | title = SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE | gdate = 1916-07-25 | fdate = 1913-07-26 | inventor-surname =Gibson | inventor-given = Arthur Hugo Cecil | assign1 = Auto-Ped Company of America}} * {{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Hugo|title=The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle|year=1995|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=London|isbn=0-7513-0206-6}} * {{cite journal| editor-first =H. H.| editor-last =Windsor|date=August 1914| title = New Power Vehicle Built on Unique Lines| journal = Popular Mechanics| volume = 22| issue = 2| page = 163| publisher = Hearst Magazines| issn = 0032-4558| quote = The engine, 2{{citefrac|1|2}} hp., is built in the front wheel, and the steering pillar is hollow, serving also as the gasoline-supply tank.}} * {{cite web| url = https://cybermotorcycle.com/euro/wikig/Imperial-Motor-Industries.html| title = Autoped Scooter by Imperial Motors}}
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Autoped scooters}}
Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of the United States Category:Scooter manufacturers Category:Motorcycles introduced in the 1910s Category:Personal transporters
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