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What if, rather than jumping on the bicycle craze bandwagon (or in addition to it) the Wright Bros. had become fascinated by examples of early motorcycles and developed their own design in the early 1890s?

Would profits have increased, decreased, or been roughly the same compared with OTL and is it feasible for their aviation development to have hastened considerably with the increased speed and improved motor provided by a motorcycle?

Might early airplanes have more resembled the motorcycle?

Discuss.
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