THE B S A.—FAVOURITE WITH MILITARY DISPATCH RIDERS-ANJ) WHY. . , . ... w It .has sometimes been scid, with mwh (•ruth. that the business test is the best test of any motor. War is the grimmest business of mankind.* nd tae. miliary motor-cyclist stakes his lite, very often, upon the reliability of ln| mount. He. , is what Sergeant % E. Sohoßeld, R.E, ■. senior instructor of tho Motor-cjclo Section at Aldershot, has to say:- Nearly, every dispatch rider that has (tone to the front has passed through my hands, and I i % 2ii therefore in a position .to judge how the different makes of machine are in favour. The B.S.A. is by far away the favourite, and it has yet to happen thit a B.S.A. has failed to act up to its well-earned repute. ... I may state that 50 per cent, of tho machines here are ffo A A motor-cyclist with tho Sec-, oiid Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary X ? oroe, writes in a pnvato letter: The roads are hellish . . . My is the I never havo to touch it. Iney. nro tiie bikes, my boy. They Icnock the an( l any other make you like to mention into a cocked hat." There are plenty, of other letters-from the front, all to thesame ctfect. Wo are huidihg 20 of tho latest model B.S.A.'s ex s.f. Marltorough I ( liia week, and can gjvo immediate delivery They are Meal machines for either solo or side-car service, and their reliability is famous. Tho h.p >s i\. and ! tho three-sp-:ed countershaft gear is loolproof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, . Ltd.. Christchureh, Wanianui, Painterston North; Sutherland and Rankine, Weilington; Tourist Motor Co., Hastings, for B.S.A.—Advt. t
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19151001.2.65.3
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2581, 1 October 1915, Page 6
Word Count
273Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2581, 1 October 1915, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.