" ... has what they're calling the 'Otto Cycle Engine'. It's a Four-Stroke Internal-Combustion Engine. It's small, lightweight, fast; it uses a gasoline-injected carburetor, and has this vertical cylinder. Let me tell you, brother, the size, speed, and efficiency of this engine's gonna change the world. Have you heard of what it's done to carriages as we know 'em?"

"It sounds mighty fancy, and no mistake," the gentleman chuckles. "And judgin' by the pictures will look smarter than this steam-driven velocipede. I just ain't convinced it's a safe way to travel."

The 'motorcycle' hisses. Nearby, there's a sandwich board advertisement for the machine they've got on display, as well as several pictures of the gas-driven contraption, which looks a little something like this.

"Couldn't be safer, my friend! Couldn't be safer. This little beauty can take you up to sixty-four kilometers per hour! Imagine what this new 'Otto Cycle Engine' can do. Imagine the time you'll save!"

Steam drizzles from the pipe off the back end of the 'velocipede'.