MOTOR CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 237, 7 October 1930, Page 17

MOTOR CYCLING.

NEWS AND NOTES. SPORTS CLUB'S DOINGS. NEXT WEEK'S HILL CLIMB. The usual monthly meeting of the Sports Motor Cycle Club will be held this evening at the Chamber of Commerce. Hill Climb. To take part in the Cambridge hill climb on Sunday next, a party from the Sports Club will ride through from Auckland. They will assemble and leave from the Harp of Erin, Great South Road terminus. Those who wish io make the trip into a week-end run may leave with the North Shore Club from Newmarket next Saturday at 2 p.m. "Secret Destination" Run. Twenty members of the Sports Motor Cycle Club assembled at Western Springs last Sunday for the "secret destination" run. The run was mainly for the purpose of inspecting a short reliability course. The course was from Western Springs to Swanson, where a deviation was made from the main road to Panorama Heights. Here a "road" was followed towards the West. Coast, including "colonial sections" and frame testing sections. A water splash was then crossed, • leading into a large paddock, where a stop was made for lunch. Here

several amusing' incidents took place, including- "arithmetic" dancing by Messrs. Cairns and Treraain. The course was then continued on tojthe main road at Waitakere, and thence back to Auckland. The run was most interesting, as the course is a new one and presented many views of native bush and some fine 'glimpses of the harbouj-. For Amateur Mechanics. A carburettor with a tendency to perpetual flooding is most p/obably troubled with either a worn or dirty needle valve or a leaking float. To determine if 3t is the latter, petrol which has leaked in can usually be "heard" by shaking the float beside the ear. The leak can be located by immersing the float in hot water (not holding it near a flame!) and marking with a scratch the part which bubbles. If there is much petrol inside, the float should be left in hot water until the petrol has all evaporated. When the float is empty, the hole should be very neatly and carefully sealed with solder. The float must then be balanced, either by removing a little metal from the soldered side with a fine file, or by putting a corresponding blob on the opposite side. The correct balance can be determined by placing the float in water, when it should remain on an even keel. If the float is not balanced correctly it will tend to bind on the carburettor needle, and the flooding will continue. • ' - Oiling Chains. The best and most satisfactory way of thoroughly lubricating chains is to remove them, scrub and clean with paraffin and' immerse them in grease or graphite grease which has been melted down — not allowed to boil, or its lubricating properties will be lost. If time does not allow this the chains can be cleaned in situ by starting the engine on the stand and holding a paraffin brush against theni through a eliect of stiff paper or

XniilLL UilUUgli <h Diiucv Vi oi/iu cardboard, which will effectually stop splashes. It should always be remembered that when lubricating chains without removing them the oil or grease should he applied inside the chain, otherwise it will get thrown off without fulfilling its purpose. Removing Carbon. A lathe can often be put to good use outside its legitimate function. _ For instance, it can be successfully utilised to scour carbon from a non-detachable cylinder head. Obtain a metal rod of 6uitablo length, and attach to one end of it an ordinary pot scourer, obtainable for a few pence; this can be clone by drilling or flattening and notching the rod and wiring the scourer to it. Fix the other end of the rod in the lathe chuck, start up, and bring the interior of the head into contact with the revolving scrubber. Be very careful not to damage the bore of thb cylinder. By this method a very clean and wellpolished head can be obtained, particularly if it is of the domed variety.

Japanese Rugby Players. While Mr. Kay was in Vancouver lie saw a P.ugby match, Japan v. Vancouver. It was quite a good game, said Mr. Kay, but any of our senior teams would beat the Japanese. They know the game, though, and a feature of their play was tlie straight running and clever side-stepping of their backs. Although tbeir forwards dribbled well, were heady and quick of wit, they were far too light. Their main object was to keep the ball moving, and they took a delight in sending it along their line of backs. "Ice hockey is a highly popular sport over there," said Mr. Kay. "The game 3s played at night under strong electric lights, and as many as 11,000 attend. The average price of a scat is 5/." Cycling was on a good footing. Mr. Kay judged at one of the meetings, and said the riding was of a high standard. The Seattle-to-Vancouver road race, of about 140 miles, was covered in 7h 15m, a very creditable performance. One man 60 years old put up the remarkable time of 8h 45m. Soccer was popular, and drew good crowds, and the American football game also had its following. The object of Mr. Kay's visit to Vancouver was to start the dirt track game and put it on a sound footing over that way. Arrangements had almost been completed for the formation of a company when he sailed, and negotiations were on the move for the purchase of a suitable track. After the dirt track season in Auckland Mr. Kay proposes to go again, and he has hopes of making the game as successful there as it is in Auckland.