RESULT OF THE MOTOR CYCLE" RELIABILITY TRIAL (OPEN CLASS).
The motor cycle trial to Ralau* "' Gorge, via Rakaia, returning via Ho. ' ~l rorata, resulted, as was to be-ex«~ v. pected, in a sweeping victory for the all-British Triumph motor cycle in the * ", open class. Tho distance was 230 mike," ; and tho course waa specially selected to test the reliability of the motors. ' Twcntv miles of the road was unfonn- "1 ed, with numerous uubridged water -.<] races, with the steep cutting coming \ ] out of tho Rakaia Gorge. >
S R. Stedman, 3 J h.p. Triumph Ist . z > F. Howarth, 3J h.p. Triumph ... 2nd G. B. Brown, 3_ h.p. Triumph ... 3rd ,_- Further proof of the ' reluiMity of /ct tlio Triumph motor is evidenced by ",;£ S. R. Stedman riding the samo machine in tho trial on which he beat .& the express between Dunedin and .<& Christchurch in. tho actual riding timo Vi« of 8 hours 57. minutes. Triumph ~-fs-. motors aro undoubtedly the best and yv"s are British-made throughout. We can '■£& deliver them from stock. Solo agents, -4" Adams,' Ltd., 138 and 140 High street :-| Christchurch. : -6 ".jT'j"
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13109, 7 May 1908, Page 6
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