“MERE MATTERS OF DETAIL.”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 256, 16 October 1911, Page 3

“MERE MATTERS OF DETAIL.”

There’s nothing on earth more likely to get a man into trouble,-be he politician, banker, journalist, clerk, bricklayer, or a reader of gas-meters, than 1 faculty for overlooking little matters of detail. Details at times assume big importance in the scheme of things, and nowhere are they so important a: 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 comfort 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. Grit and dirt in the magneto have spoiled the record foi reliability of many an otherwise sound machine. The “ B.S.A, ’ magneto is yutirely covered in a dustproof and waterproof aluminium case. Throughout the machine you will find little refinements like that, lhey don’t appeal to amount to much, but they save a lot of time and trouble, and make foi a lot of comfort. The Tourist Motoi Co., Ltd.. Hastings, are prepared t< demonstrate the capabilities of this grand machine to those interested..