MOTOR-CYCLING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22592, 23 December 1938, Page 14

MOTOR-CYCLING

PIONEER MOTOR CLUB

FIXTURES January 14 and 15—Camp at Le Bon’s Bay. January 22 —Motor-cycle and car social run. February s—Ashburton motor-cycle

rally. February 11—Road hill-climb cham pionship meeting.

With the exception of Christmas Day, the club-rooms will remain open throughout the holiday period, a special invitation being extended to visiting clubmen to call at the rooms. A large number of members and their friends have already signified their intention to attend the club’s camping week-end at Le Bon’s Bay on January 14 and 15, and a record attendance is anticipated. An even larger programme than before has been drawn up, including a wide range of both sporting and social events, and the transport of camping and other equipment will be undertaken by the club. A dance on the Saturday evening at Le Bon’s Bay will be one of the social highlights of the camp, and a sports day will be held on Sunday. Ample time will also be left for bathing.

A large social run for both cars and motor-cycles will be held the following week, Sunday, January 22.

CANTERBURY AUTOCYCLE CLUB

Fixtures January 15—Picnic. January 28 —Sports afternoon, February s—lnter-club rally.

The first event on the next halfyear’s programme will be a picnic to be held on January 15. These picnics always prove very enjoyable, and a popular spot with bathing facilities wiH be selected. The full programme for the next half-year has not been finally arranged, but will be announced early in the New Year.

CORSAIR MOTOR CLUB Fixtures December 31, January 1 and 2—Motor camp at Leithfield Beach. January 29; —Excursion to Greymouth

and Punakaiki. February s—lnter-club5 —Inter-club rally, Ashburton.

Full arrangements have now been made for the motor camp to be held at Leithfield Beach. On New Year’s Eve a campfire evening will be held, finishing off with a fireworks display. Camping facilities are of the best and those interested are asked to communicate with Mr C. A. Frost,

HOLIDAY MOTORING

CARE OF THE ENGINE

Holiday motoring usually -imposes * greater degree of strain and wear on motors than normal running. and car owners who contemplate holiday tours are wise to take precautions against conditions which often are inimical satisfactory engine maintenance. For instance, it is frequently impos sible, after a long day s run, to find suitable night shelter for the car. It often is necessary to leave the car unhoused and uncovered throughout the night, unprotected from the effects of rain, dew, and changing temperatures. The consefijuence is that the engine must necessarily cool lently, with the result that the conditions in the morning are practically equivalent to “winter starting. vJU has hardened and cylinders operate stiffly, with consequent friction and racking. Especially is this so during the critical starting up period before the engine has had time to warm and

Motor-cyclists! Bad driving, not bad luck, causes accidents. —Combined Clubs’ Safety First Campaign.

loosen the consistency of the oil. During the first momentum of the engine, the crankcase oil is too imperfectly distributed to be of much use for lubricating the engine, and the result is that disastrous "dry starting,” which does more harm than many motorists realise. This condition, however, is easily capable of remedy. There are numerous upper-cylinder lubricants for the purpose. Indeed, several have the upper-cylinder lubricant mixed with the fuel—scientifically blended to achieve the best results. This blended fuel is valuable at all times, and especially under holiday conditions of long-sustained engine operation and constantly-changing

temperatures. Being introduced with the petrol the oil enters the cylinders at the first throb of the engine, m the form of a fine spray which is very penetrative, and immediately reaches every moving part. An important point to remember is that this upper lubricant spray enters the cylinder above the pistons, and so acts far more quickly than crankcase oil. With thousands of motorists subjecting their engines to hard wear and perhaps unfavourable conditions during the holiday season, it is timely to mention the importance of upper cylinder lubrication.