RESULT OF THE MOTOR CYCLE RELIABILITY TRIAL (OPEN CLASS).
Tho motor cycle trial to Rakaia O-orgo, via Rakaia, returning via Hororata, resulted, aa was to bo exPS 0 ™ -J.- 1 , 21 £ ? W «-Pin£ victory for th© all-British Triumph motor cycle in the open class. The distance was 130 miles, and the course was specially selected to test tho reliability of the motors. Twenty miles of the road was unfornv od, with numerous unbridged water races, with the steep cutting coming out of the Rakaia Gorge. ° S R. Stedman, 3J h.p. Triumph Ist F. Howarth, 3J h.p. Triumph ... 2nd G. B. Brown, 3J h.p. Triumph ... 3rd Further proof of tho reliability of the Triumph motor is evidenced by S. R. Stedman riding the same machine in tlie trial on which he beat the express between Dunedin _uid Christchurch in the actual riding time of 8 hours 57 minutes. Triumph motors are undoubtedly the best and are British-made throughout. We can deliver them from stock. Sol© agents, Adams, Ltd., 138 and 140 High street Christchurch. 6
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13098, 24 April 1908, Page 7
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