TPTI USA -FAYOTTUITE WITH MILITARY DISPATCH EIDERS—AND been scid, with much (•ruth that the business test is the best test of any motor. War is tho grimmest business of man kind, .md the military motor-cyclist stakes his life, very often, nnnu tho reliability of his mount. Hero is what Sergeant R. E. Schofield, R E., crmior instructor of tho Motor-cycle Sectton at AMershot has to say :-<«Nearly every dispatch rider that has gone to the front has passed through my hands, and T rou therefore in a position to judge how the different makes of machine are in fnvotir. The B.S.A. is by far away the favourite, and it has yet to happen flint a B.S.A. has failed to act up to-its woll-earned repute. • ■ • I may state rn per cent, of the machines here are not ■/" A motor-cyclist with tho Second Cavalry Division, British Expeditionarv Force, writes in a private letter: "The roils aro hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is the «»ds I never have to touch it. They fro the bikes, 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 fro'it, all to tho samo effect. We are landing 20 of tho latest model B.S'.A.'s ex s.s.'Marlborough this week, and can five immediate delivery. They are ideal machines for either solo or side-car service, and theii reliability is famous. The h.p. is 45, and tho three-speed countershaft gear is fool' proof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Christchurch, Wanganui, Palmerston North; Sutherland and Rankinc, Wellington: Tourist Motor Co., Hastiiije, Agents for 8.5.A,-Adrt.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2604, 28 October 1915, Page 4
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266Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2604, 28 October 1915, Page 4
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