THB B S.A.—FAVOTTRrrE WITHMILfc TART DISPATCH EIDERS—AND WHY. . . It has sometimes been teki, with mock' truth that the business test is the best test of any motor. War is tho grimmest business of mankind. »nd tie military motor-cyclist stakes his Hie, very often, upon the reliability of his monnt. fTer« is ivhat Sergeant R. E. Schofield R E., conior instructor of the Motor-cycle Seo« Hon at Aldershot, has to say flverv dispatch rider that has gone to th« front has passed through my hands, and T am therefore in a position to judge how the different makes of machine are in favour. Tho 13 F ttwa J the favourite, and it has yet to happen that a B.S'.A. has failed to act up to if* well-earned repute. ... I may stat« fhat GO P®r cent, of the machines here ar# B S A's. A motor-cyclist with the Sew ond' Cavalry Division,' British Expedition, arv Force, writes in a private letter: "Th« reads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is the goods. I never have to touch it. They ore tho bikes, my boy. They knock the and any other make you like to men. tion into a cocked hat." There are plenty of other letters from tho front, all to the same effect. Wo are landing 20 of tha latest model B.S'.A.'6 ex s.s. Marlborough this week, and can givo immediate do. livery. They aro ideal machines foi either solo or side-car service, and their reliability is famous. Tlu h.p. is 41. and thn three-speed countershaft gear is fool" proof and wonderfully efficient. Adamst Ltd., Christchurch, Wanganui, Palmers' ton North; Sutherland and Rankine, Wel« lington; Tourist Motor Co.. Haatinefc Ajtentf fox B.S.A.—
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2645, 16 December 1915, Page 4
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