When Motorcycles Mattered by Armand Ensanian There was a time in Western civilization when the motorcycle was accepted as an important innovation to serve society. ‎The marriage of the bicycle and small petrol fueled internal combustion engine in the late 1800s launched an exciting era of affordable personal transportation. Even though automobiles were common at that time in Europe and the US, they were far beyond the means of the average working family. Most were hand c