THE B.S.A—FAVOURITE WITH iIILI. TARY DISPATCH EIDEES-ANQ WHY. : ' . It has sometimes been said, with much' truth, that the business test is the beqt test of any motor. War is the grimmest business of mankind, and the military, motor-cyclist stakes his life, very often, upon the reliability of his mount.; Here is what Sergeant R. E. Schofield. K.E., senior instructor of the Motor-cycle Section at Aldershot, has to say:—"Nearly every dispatch rider that has gone to the front has passed through my hands, and I am therefore in a position to_ judge how the different makes of maohine aia in favour. The B.S.A. is by far owaj\ the favourite, and it has yot to happen that a B.S.A. has failed to act up to its well-earned repute. ... I may state that 50 por cent, of tho machines hero arn B.S.A.'s." A .motor-cyclist with the Sso-i ond Cavalry Division, British Expedition, ary Force, writes in a private letter: "The roads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is the goods. I nover have to touch it. They ore the bikes, ray boy. They knock tha .— and any other make you like to mention into a cocked hat." There are plenty, of other letters from the front, all to tha same effect. Wo aro landing 20 of the latest model B.S.A.'s ex b.s. Marlborough! this weok, and can give immediate, delivery. They are ideal machines for either solo or side-car service, and their reliability is famous. The h.p, is 4}, and the throe-speed countershaft gear is foolproof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Christohuroh, Wauganui, Palmerston North: Sutherland and Eankine, Wclj lington; Tourist Motor Co., Hastings/ ifx E.SA Mfltoru-.Ad.vi, "
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 4
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272Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 4
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