RESULT OF THE MOTOR SYCLE RELIABILITY TRIAL (OPEN CLASS).
. £ '. Tiie motor cyd« trial to Rakaia 1~ t Garge, via Rakaia, returning via Ho- ' forata, --resulted, as w,as to lie ex:.""pccted, ; in a sweeping victory for the "-,. all-British Triumph motor cycle in the *-. ..open class. The distance -was 130 miles, -' -end.the course was specially selected ■I - io-twt the reliability -of the motors. }:v.Tventy miles of the road waa_unform- / " «1, with numerous unbridged water ."' : lactej with the steep cutting coming \ -but of-the Rnkaia Gorge. '•'•'B E. Stedman. 3>l h.p. Triomph Ist 4 '~ F.Howarth, 3i h.p. Triumph ... 2nd S.rG. B. Brown, 3J h.p. Triumph ... 3rd .' *-, I'urtber proof of the reliability of i , ''tW- Triumph mo,tor is evidenced by •' S. , R. Stedman riding tho same mai \ chine in. the trial on which he beat" "- ■ the express between Dunedin and r in the actual riding time !-tf°ol r ß hours 57.. minutes. Triumph 'motors are undoubtedly the best and 1c ' «ro British-made throughout. We can V" ddiver them from stock. Sole agents, t, 'Adams, Ltd., 138 and 140 High street I-. : -/ Chriatchurch. 6
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13100, 27 April 1908, Page 7
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