Amphibious motor-driven cycle

A two-wheeled amphibious cycle adapted for both land and water travel and comprising a frame, a vehicle steering front wheel unit supported by said frame and including (a) a ground-engaging front wheel and (b) means rotatably mounting said front wheel and supported on said frame for manual rotation about a steering axis for steering the cycle on land, a motor-driven ground-engaging rear wheel rotatably supported from said frame, a rigid, unitary floatation hull rigid with said frame to render the amphibious cycle buoyant in the water, seat means mounted on the assembly of said frame and said hull for occupancy by the driver of the amphibious cycle, and motor-driven water-engaging propulsion means for propelling the amphibious cycle in the water, said front and rear wheels being disposed one behind the other and protruding below the bottom of said hull for engagement with a ground surface during land travel to provide for motor-driven travel on land without requiring removal of said hull, said hull having a water-engaging bottom wall lying below the hull's water line and extending the full length of said hull, said bottom wall encircling and extending between said front and rear wheels to form two separate spaced apart apertures, said front wheel extending through one of said apertures, and said rear wheel extending through the other of said apertures, said hull being provided with spaced apart downwardly opening front and rear wheel wells which define substantially watertight continuations of said bottom wall at least below the water line of said hull, said front wheel being partially received in said front well and protruding below the hull during water travel, and said rear wheel being partially received in said rear well so that it also protrudes below the hull during water travel.