RESULT OF THE MOTOR CYCLE RELIABILITY TRIAL (OPEN CLASS).
The motor cycle trial to Rakaia Gorge, via Rakaia, returning via Hororata, resulted, ac was to be expected, in a sweeping victory for the all-British Triumph motor cycle in the open class. The distance was 130 miles, and the course was specially selected to test the reliability of the motors. Twenty miles of the road was unformed, 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, 31 h.p. Triumph ... 2nd G. B. Brown, 3} h.p. Triumph ... 3rd Further proof of the reliability of the Triumph motor is evidenced by S. R. Stedman riding the same machine in the trial on which ho beat the express between I>unedin and 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.. Sole agents, Adams, Ltd., 138 and 140 High street Christchurch. 6
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13104, 1 May 1908, Page 7
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