THE "TRIUMPH" MAKES GOOD AGAIN.
There are athletes "land iumseis, • yes, and motor .cyides/thait have their ted days and their good days. W!h<en aM the _ conditions are ■•just right.;bhey caii put up a vary fine .performance. iWdth the man and the Horse this -wall always be the case, burt -wei surely ihiave a,- right to expeot ia little more consistency from a malciune., We claim that the "Trinnpih" .is a consistently reliable motorcycle, and in proof of that coßstfsbeney we don't have to go further back or any further afield than, the beach races conducted ia this diafcrieb during the season opened a few weeks ajgo. At every one off theise meetanjgs, the "Triumph" has to be to the fore, and Saturdays events iwere no exception- to the ru'lie. In the .10 mile event, P. Haworth, on a "Triumph," eHtalbfliLsihed a fresE single-cylinder opeteord for ' the! distance,' travelling at a. rate of over 54 miles an hour. If the 50 Mm event * ii ■ F' u' e"s * 14-« tone a-ideor, on & tully equipped roadster " Tri-umtoh" weighing 212ihs. J .iw«s first, and H E J>o.uglas, also on ia two and a ha! years old Triumph/ broke th© 50 mile record by 5 .manutes, ,mabin/g t(he fastest time in toe naoe, and ibeajtiug tfa& fowlmcylinder maichmes and running seioond. We might .wemiark that tihe dhaMentre issued" by the" ■well-kmawn "TWumlph" ridor, Mr G. B. Brown, mm® tianeago to undertake a-"hill iclimibinig icoan/petition agaiiust any machine of any power an eithw tlhe Paebabariki Hfll Morih. Island) jot Summer Hill (South feliarad), tor £10, the sum to 'be given to some charity, has not yet been laocepsted. This is an lndiaation that the " Triumph" lf M Just as consistent and reliable on hiMs as on the flaffc. The new " Tniumph." sells as follorwe: Fixed engine £70 • (free Tn£ in% £B?> three-sPGed 3 £85. Adams, JL/wi., tne Avenue, Wanganui.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 12 December 1912, Page 4
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313THE "TRIUMPH" MAKES GOOD AGAIN. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 12 December 1912, Page 4
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