■rM'B S.A.—FAVOURITE WITH MILT. DISPATCH RIDERS-AND I '• \VEY : It lias sometimes been said, with much' truth that the business test is the best' > test of any motor. War is.the grimmest business of, ■ mankind;: and the military motor-cyclist stakw/his life,. very often, ; uoon the reliability of his mount. Here s ifwhit Sergeant f£3, Schofield M.. I senior instructor of the .Motor-cycle Seo. tion at Aldersjiot, has to say :—"Nearly - every dispatch, rider that has pone to tha ' front hasipassed .through my hands, and I am therefore in a position to ■ judge hdiv the different makes of: machine ara iin favour. The B.S.A. is by far away ! the- favourite; and it has yet to happen that a B.S.A. has' faUed_to act up to its well-earned repute. .1 may state that . ' 50 per cent.-of. the machines here ara''" 8.5.-a/s/''' A .motorcyclist with .the Second Cavalry Division, British. Expeditionnry'Force, writes in a private letter: "The toads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is tho . eoodsii I never have' to touch, it. They oro the bikes, my boy. They knock the — and any other make you like to men- v . tion into a cooked hat." There are plenty of other letters from,the front, all to tho ' same effect. -We aw landing 20 of L tha latest model. B.S.A. s ex s.s. Marlborongh this week, and'can ptive immediate delivery. They are ideal machines for either eolo ,br side-car service,, and; their reliability is famous.; The li.p. is 4J, and the three-speed; countershaft gear is l foolproof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd ..Chris tchurch, Wanganui, Palmer#, ton North; Sutherland .and Rankine. Wellington ;■ Tourist Motor Co., Haftimm. Agenta for B.S.A. Motors.—Advt, "
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 4
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