RESULT OF THE MOTOR CYCLE RELIABILITY' TRIAL (OPEN CLASS).
The motor cycle trial to Rakaia j Gorge, via Rakaia, returning via Hororata, resulted, as was to bo expected, in a sweeping victory for the ail-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 unform- | ed, with numerous unbridged water races, with the steep cutting coming out of tho Rakaia Gorge. S R. Stedman. Z\ h.p. Triumph Ist F. Howarth, 3i h.p. Triumph ... 2nd G. B. Brown, 2>\ h.p. Triumph ... 3rd Further proof of the reliability of the Triumph motor is oviaenoed by S R. Stedman riding the same ma--1 chine in tho trial on which he beat ( the express between Dunedin and j Chriatchiirch in the actual riding time jof .8 hours 57 minutes. Triumph motors aro undoubtedly tlie 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 13112, 11 May 1908, Page 7
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