“MERE MATTERS OF DETAIL.”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 255, 14 October 1911, Page 2

“MERE MATTERS OF DETAIL.”

There’s nothing on earth more likely to get a man into trouble, be he politician, banker, join tialist, clerk, bricklayer, or a reader of gas-meters, than a fac’ultv for overlooking little matters of detail. Details at times assume big importance in the scheme of things, and nowhere, are they so important as in the make-up of a motor-cycle. A shipment of the new model “ 8.5. A.” motor cycles has arrived in Hastings to exemplify this point. Motor cyclists know that the difference between coinfort and discomfort on a machine is often merely a matter of the position of the foot-rests. The new “ 8.5. A.” foot-rests are adjustable to any angle and any position, tint and dirt in the magneto have spoiled the record loi reliabilitv of many an otherwise sound machine.' The “ 8.5. A.” magneto it entirely covered in a dustproof and waterproof aluminium case. Through out the machine you "ill find little refinements like that. They don’t appeal to amount to much, hut they save a lot of time and trouble, and make for a lot of comfort. The Tourist Motoi Co., Ltd.. Hastings, are prepared ty demonstrate the capabilities of this grand machine to those interested..