MOTOR CYCLE NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 214, 10 September 1935, Page 16

MOTOR CYCLE NOTES.

ACCIDENT INJURIES. CRASH HELMETS SUGGESTED. MOTORISTS' RESPONSIBILITY. While they admire Cass Goodwin as a. tuner of machines and as a racing rider, many Auckland motor cyclists repudiate him as a spokesman, when he says, as lie did in last night's "Star," that "half of the accidents in which motor cycles were involved were the fault of the rider." This is debatable. A host- of motor cyclists will come forward to declare, from their experiences, that they Ho not receive fair consideration from motorists on the road. "In more than half the accidents in which motor cycles are involved, the motor cyclist certainly comes off worst," remarked one rider to-day, "but that does not mean that he is necessarily in the wrong, though it certainly does give point to the suggestion of Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., which Cass Goodwin rightly supported, that every motor cyclist would bo well advised to wear protective head covering. ".The motorist who is involved in a collision with a motor cyclist is unlucky if he suffers so much as a cut from a splinter of broken glass, while the motor cyclist usually goes to the hospital with* concussion. Most motorists know that, and a few take advantage of it. They have the weight on their side and they are inclined to act the bully on the roads' against the man on the motor cycle. A favourite trick of isomo motorists is to pass as closely as they can to a motor cycle that they are overhauling. Sometime a projection on the car will just touch the handlebar of the machine, and over it goes into the ditch. Rarely is any one seriously hurst by such a spill, but it is a spiteful trick which shows the attitude towards motor cyclists that some motorists adopt.'" Duties and Privileges. "In my opinion every young rider should be schooled in the best use of his machine," said Mr. Goodwin yesterday. He should belong to a club or some similar organisation, where he could be taught soTnething about a motor cycle. If he wants to speed let him get out on a beach or somewhere, where he can harm only himself if he meets with an accident" This statement will be endorsed by all sano motor cyclists. The motor cycle clubs have at all times impressed' on their members that they have duties as wfll as privileges, and that a few reckless riders on a few noisy machines can arouse public hostility to all owners of motor cycles, which may result in irksome regulations. The Auckland Motor Cycle Club's unflagging campaign against noisy machines lias been very effective. The club has always run its trials at reasonable speeds and has penalised competitors for not making proper signals. Ixion Cup Points.

Riders in the Ixion Cup trial on Sunday next will start from the Auckland Motor Cycle Club's rooms in Grey's Avenue at 9.30 a.m. The route will be via Mangere, Papatoetoe, the Razorback and Mercer to Rangiriri, where a stop will be made for lunch. In the afternoon, the riders will return to Auckland via Mercer, the Pokeno deviation, the Razorback and Tnkanini. Brake tests will be carried out on the Razorback on the way home. Points will be assessed more on riders' ability than on the reliability of their machines and competitors will be penalised for not making traflic signals, exceeding speed limits and other breaches of the regulations. Hill Climb. Suggestions for the venue for the holding of a hill climb this month are being invited by the Auckland Motor Cycle Club. No such event has been held by the club since the one at Mount Wellington towards the end of the last year, which proved very popular and was keenly contested.

Wrestling Teams

The following matches have been arranged between the representatives of the Hamilton and Auckland Motor Cycle Clubs at the latter's club rooms next Saturday night (Hamilton names first):—W. Shattoek v. R. Douglas, C. Store v. F. Zambucea, C. Shannon v. J. Dale, K. Hesha v. H. Jordan, J. Vitas v. L. Abraham, A. Hart v. O. Sigley, O. Barr v. V. Young, J. Toombes v. K. Scott. Two professionals, A. Newton, of Hamilton, and Billy Edwards, of Australia, will give an exhibition bout.