The California Motor Company was founded in San Francisco to produce the motorcycle created by Roy C. Marks formerly of Toledo, Ohio.
Roy C. Marks, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, created the first moto bicycle in the United States in 1896 in San Francisco.
In 1901 the California Motor Company was created for the purpose of manufacturing the Marks design of motorcycle.
In May 1903 George Wyman left San Francisco on a California Moto Bicycle bound for New York City.
The California was one of the first motorcycles to be imported into Japan Along with the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller, Thomas Auto-Bi and Mitchell it was influential in establishing the Japanese Motor Industry.