To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Monterey Auction event, 13 - 15 August 2026.

$120,000 - $150,000 USD A very rare surviving example of “The Vibrationless Motorcycle,” the first American-made four-cylinder production bikeDistinctive tube frame with internal fuel and oil tanksAcquired by the Manns from the famed Otis Chandler CollectionA fascinating and refined machine; an ideal complement to a collection of Pierce-Arrow automobiles Pierce-Arrow’s metamorphosis—from a producer of home goods including, famously, birdcages, in the years following the Civil War, to a bicycle-builder, to a manufacturer of some of the world’s finest automobiles—is a well-known, and well-loved, part of the marque’s legend.

Somewhat more obscure is its foray into motorcycles, which lasted from only 1909 to 1914.

The Pierce Cycle Company was established as a two-wheeled subsidiary of the larger Pierce-Arrow concern in 1907, and it was led by Percy Pierce, son of Pierce-Arrow founder George Pierce...