ipim —favourite with mxliDISPATCH RIDEKS-AND sometimes been said, with much truth* that the business testis the best test of any motor. War is the grimmest business of mankind,, and the military motor-cyclist stakes his life, verv often, mvin the reliability of his mount. Her* is what Sergeant R. E. Schofield 8.E., senior instructor of the Motor-cycle Seetion at Aldershot, has to say:-. Nearly prerv dispatch Tider that has cone to the front has passed .through, my hands, and lam therefor© in position to judge hrtw the different -makes of machine are in favour. The B.S.A. is by far away the favourite, and it has yet to happen that a B.S.A. has failod to act up to its well-earned repute. . . . I may .state that 50 per cent, of the machines here are B S i.V' A .motor-cyclist with* the Second Cavalry Division, British Expedition«rv Force, writes in a private letter: "The roads are hellish. ... My B.S.A. is the jroods. I never have to touch it. They are the hikes, my boy. They knock the and any other make you like to mention into a cocked hat." There are plenty of other letters from the front, all to the 6ame effoct. We are landing 20 of the latest model B.S.A.'s ex s.s. Marlboroueh this week, 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 three-speed countershaft gear is foolproof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Christchurch. Wanganui, Palmerston North i Sutherland and Eankine, Wei. lington; Tourist. Motor Co., Hasting*, Agents fcr B.S.A, Motors.—Advt,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2537, 11 August 1915, Page 4
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267Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2537, 11 August 1915, Page 4
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