The stately Pierce boasted advanced design and quality construction.
1910 Pierce Pictures
The 1910 Pierce motorcycle outshone the competition with its four-cylinder engine, but it was an expensive bike to build, and reportedly cost more to make than its retail price. The Pierce company folded in 1913.
The 700-cc flathead four was of T-head design, with the intake and exhaust valves on opposite sides fo the cylinder.
Pierce's shaft drive was a first for American-made bikes.
The Pierce carried its fuel in the top and rear frame tubes and its oil in the front tube.
