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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1941, 26 December 1913, Page 6

SUCCESS 01" THREE-SPEED i "TlUUJirilS" in SIDE-CAR I TRIALS. There used to be a notion, rot so very ; lons ajjo, that lite standard single-cylinder 3i 1 ! p. moior-evc'tc- was not powerful onou'-h tor side-car work. Th® iutroduc--1 lion "of t.lsn "Triumph" thrrs-spped gear : did o great doal to dispel notion, and 1 the fallacy must have received its deathli|o«- in the side-car ti'i.ijls i?onduct«d by t'jiu N.C..M.C.C. over the Akaroa-Christ. church course on Anniversary Day. Tlio route is full of sleep hills, and tho soul? was made heavier than usual % r®eent rains. Bofote ths sto.rt it was coniKlciiily , prophesied that, tho sinsie-eyliiider lna* chines would never see t'l»> end of tho jourwv. To the surprise of everyone not ! in the know the single-cylmder machines, ' of which llvcro were thirteen, behaved on ; tho avm;,'« as well, if not hotter ' U- I ,'' 1 ■ the seven bis twin-cylinder machines with , onriiiM of up to double tho horsepower. Eqieeiallv meritorious was tho flcrlorm- ! mice <rf t'ho three' Speed "Triumphs/ Ono of these machines. driven In* 1. KawoitH. ■ w ono of tho five which mured full marks for reliability, while it *as only • beaten for first plate by a twin-cylinder ) machine on oiw point. on condition- as this only meant that Uio "Triumph had an extra splasil of snud or an oxlra d,op f 0 oil adhering to the ong no. .t detracted 1 untiling from 'be practical value of the - "Triumph's" fanUWs jiwformanco. ]Tt - should be mentioned that f there was »o handicapping. - 1 - 1 r* - , cl ie stWl on its mvn merits, irrespoe--2 Uveof" power. Tim 'Jrininph was coupled to a "Cancele. suU--ear, tl.o s strength, daintiness , nlul s which, created much favourable tcivimru. „ 'J'ho firm of Adams Lwnite.has now se. eured the solo agency ior (W* popular ' side-ears, ami a shipment of fifty is »ow 0 en route for Kcw fcealaiul. Call and wo 0 tho new three-sneed "Triumphs, which, in addition io being perfect side-car machin"- are economical in rumusia. and (, equally suitable.to; sdo work, whic.li h 'i more than ean ua honestly sanl of most of thfl Wg twins. Adams, Ltd., Christ- " church, faltncrsten Kerlh, and Wanganui. A cents, Sutherland and l?»ukino, ■ Mercer Street, Wellington; Tourist Motor > Co'.,'tiaMings; Skcates and White, Aficfcj land.—Advt.