The Role of Speed

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7063, 24 January 1933, Page 3

The Role of Speed

Advance details of the 1933 models indicate that modification rather than radical changes in design will be notable in these machines. More attention lias been paid to details of design, and the natural result should in many cases mean an improved standard of reliability. The modern touring machine is speedy enough for all touring purposes; its maximum m.p.h. are seldom made use of on the road, .therefore, it does not seem at all necessary to evolve new motors with higher maximum speeds. This search for speed and vet more speed in standard machines must bo costly, and in the case of motor cycles built to a price must mean that other equally important details cannot bo developed to the extent that they might be. The m.p.h. question is the all-important item to be considered for speed work, and it is only natural that the machines built for that purpose should be developed in that direction. Where touring machines are concerned, pure speed should play a secondary part, and their evolution governed by such matters as reliability, accessibility, easy maintenance, etc. Therefore, it. is pleasing to sec that the manufacturers are at last apparently adopting this policy.