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Wild Bill Gelbke
American motorcycle designer
William "Wild Bill" Gelbke (–, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin) was an American engineer and motorcycle designer.
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He is noted for having designed and constructed large motorcycles powered by automobile engines, particularly the Roadog[2] and the Auto Four, the latter a motorcycle intended for mass production. Roadog was intended to be featured on an episode of The History Channel's Modern Marvels, however the bit was cut from the episode.[3]
Gelbke worked for McDonnell Douglas and other US Government contractors during the s, most notably on guidance systems for surface to air missiles, however he quit when he was disallowed from viewing the complete plans for the missiles themselves.[3] He then opened his Chicago-area motorcycle shops and began designing and building Roadog and, subsequently, the Auto Four.
In , Gelbke owned a semi-trailer truck as a means of earning income and was suspected by poli