The Johnson Motor Wheel was a snappy bolt-on engine for bicycles, crafted in the late 1910s by the same imaginative team behind Johnson Outboard Motors. Designed in 1914 and Patented in 1919. They wanted to turn everyday bikes into speedy contraptions, and boy did they succeed! Before boat engines captured their attention, the Johnson Brothers’ passion for inventive transportation shone through with this zippy device.
They also produced the Johnson Motor Bike—a motorized bicycle from the ground up. Known main models included the original Johnson Motor Wheel and the Johnson Motor Bike, sometimes called the “Johnson Motor Bicycle.” Despite early popularity, the company ultimately switched full focus to outboard motors, which took the marine world by storm. By the mid-1920s, the bike motors were history, but they remain a fun glimpse into the Johnson Brothers’ unstoppable creativity.
The Johnson Motor Wheel Co. was located in South Bend, Indiana at 912 E. Sample St.
Hazel Alice Patent Art Prints
This is Art. Created by us. We don’t use flimsy white paper pretending to be parchment. Nope. We make these prints on 110# Natural Vellum Parchment, custom-made just for us. It’s thick, luxurious, and has the timeless weight and feel of an art museum piece—because that’s exactly what it is.
🚫 No Crushed Dreams, No Rolled-Up Regret 🚫
Unlike others who treat your art like a poster from 1997 (shoved in a tube, never to fully uncurl again), we treat it like the masterpiece it is. Each print is:
✅ Shipped Flat. Always.
✅ Sealed in an archival-grade plastic sleeve
✅ Sandwiched between sturdy corrugated sheets
✅ Packed inside a heavy-duty, flat cardboard box
