RESULT OF THE MOTOR CYCLE RELIABILITY TRIAL (OPENCLASS).
Tho motor cycle triaj to R___i_" • Gorge, via Rakaia, returning via Hb.', rorata, resulted, as was to be ex.'. peered, in a sweeping victory for _*> all-British Triumph motor cy_© in open class. Tlio distance wa» ISO mßes, "~* and tho course was specially selected." . to test tho reliability of tlie motors."' 1 Twenty males of the road was unformed, with numerous unbrkiged -water " races, with tlie steep cutting combsout of the Rakaia Gorge. - _" S..R. Stedman. 3_ h.p. Triumph lsfa F. Howarth, 3_ h.p. Triumph ... 2_d"^ G. B. Brown, 3. h.p. Triumph ... &<_ ,' Further proof of the rG_u_b>3itT of • I tlie Triumph motor ia evidenow by,: J S. R. Stedman riding the Baste ma. -' chine in tlie trial on which, he bent *' the express _ between Dunedin «_.<_ *, Christchurch in the actual riding into * of 8 hours 57 mitjutes. Tn__ph motors aro undoubtedly the, ___. &$& are British-made tlrroughorrt. "We ea» deliver them from stock. Sote usota. Adams. Ltd., 138 and 140 High Btieet Christchurch. Q
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13096, 22 April 1908, Page 6
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