page_title: Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company
section_title: Two-stroke singles
hierarchical_section_title: Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company / Two-stroke singles
caption_attribution_description: English: Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company Sales Advertising and Administration people at a conference in March 1917.
context_page_description: The Cleveland Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, sometimes called Cleveland Motorcycle, was a motorcycle manufacturer in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1902 to 1905 and again from 1915 to 1929.
context_section_description: The first Cleveland  of 1915 had a 221 cc (13.5 cu in) displacement two-stroke single-cylinder engine with a longitudinal crankshaft orientation, necessitating a worm drive to turn the axis of rotation of the drive to the transmission by 90°. The transmission was a two speed with a sprocket turning a chain final drive. Besides driving the transmission, the engine's countershaft extended back to drive a magneto that hung in front of the rear wheel. In 1920, the motorcycle's weight increased from the addition of fenders, a larger fuel/oil tank, and in 1921 the seat was enlarged, along with a still larger fuel/oil tank, and a battery was added. The displacement was increased to 269 cc (16.4 cu in) to handle the increased weight of 195 lb (88 kg) from these changes. During World War I, US forces used the Cleveland as a base courier.
caption: Sales, Advertising and Administration staff at a conference in March, 1917.
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