MOTOR CYCLING NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 230, 29 September 1931, Page 14

MOTOR CYCLING NOTES.

SPEEDWAY FOR ROTORUA.

OPENING LABOUR DAY.

NEXT YEAR'S T.T,

The dirfc track now under construction at Rotorua will be opened on Labour Day, October 26. are being invited for the premier meeting on that date, and a number of Auckland riders have already announced their intention of competing. Some of the prominent riders from southern centres are also expected to lend a hand in introducing cinder-track racing to Rotorua. The opening meeting will be held under the supervision of Mr. Jack Kay, track manager of Western Springs Stadium, who has also agreed to act as handicapper for the Rotorua centre. The New Zealand Auto Cycle Union has already granted a track license for the course, which is of the regulation length, one quarter of a mile round. T.T. Plans. The New Zealand Auto Cycle Union

has advised the Auckland Sports Club that all intending competitors for the next Islo of Man T.T. must enter for the New Zealand event before any application will be considered. The union has also written that at least a dozen entries will be forthcoming from the South Island for next year's race. This will be held, as was last year's event, on Waiheke Island, probably over the same course, which cyclists from overseas have declared as good as any road circuit anywhere' in the world. Rules for the event will be discussed at the next monthly general meeting of the club, to be held on Tuesday, October 6. Club Notes. At next Tuesday's general meeting of the Auckland Sports Motor Cycle Club, Mr. Stevens will give a lecture'on "Oil,"' with lantern slide illustrations. The route of last Sunday's run was altered bv mutual consent when the riders met at Western Springs. The

party followed the concrete road to Henderson, and, after a run through the bush, returned early. The club intends to hold a one-day trial at an early date, but at present no particular route has been chosen for the event. A route will probably be surveyed during one of the forthcoming-week-end runs.

The motor cycle film sent out from England to the A.C.U. arrived in Auckland yesterday, and is to be screened shortly in local theatres. It includes scenes of T.T. races, hill climbs and reliability trials, and should prove of considerable Interest to local cyclists.

Next Year's Mounts. For many motor cyclists the best of the year is yet to come. Fortunate men with holidays ahead of them are looking forward to the most ambitious trips of the year; to new discoveries, to fresh adventures. For the motor cycle manufacturer, however, interest in this year is a thing of the past. His thoughts are with his 1932 models. For months past he has been experimenting with them, and the designs with which he hopes to capture the fancy of the public next year have been settled. "We expect that next season will see an enormous increase in the number of utility models of small size .and very! low price," says "Motor Cycling." "The British Government's 15/ tax concession has already borne considerable fruit. Manufacturers have been quick to seize upon their opportunity: the public; has been no less quick to take advantage of it. The crop of machines of 150 c.c. and under will certainly be a rich one, though these little mounts must not be compared with more orthodox motor cycles. They are rather substitutes for the bicycle for the business user. "Amongst larger machines, particularly • those of sporting characteristics, the general tendency will follow that of the past couple of seasons, in the direction of greater refinement. The general depression under which the world is suffering will, naturally, tend to retard the development of the luxury machine, but, nevertheless, a considerable market will be open to it next year. Those manufacturers who have pioneered the multicylinder engine will, too, find their furrow somewhat less lonely in 19;;2. "There will, also, be inevitably a great demand for low-priced models of goo r l performance and having complets equipment."