"Although usually thought of as early automobiles, the original vehicles of... and Karl Benz are a part of the history of cycle development. Each produced, independently... a gasoline-engine-powered cycle in 1885. Daimler's was a two-wheeled vehicle—a motorcycle—while Benz's machine was a large tricycle with wire-spoked wheels, the single front one being... steerable..."
January 1, 1970
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catalog_of_the_Cycle_Collection_(Smithsonian_Bulletin_204)