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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1441, 6 December 1917, Page 12 (Supplement)

A PHENOMENAL RIDE WITH A | Harley=Davidson Motor Cycle and Side Car | Establishing a fresh Record from CHRISTCHURCH TO HANMER AND BACK. I 174 MILES IN 4 HOURS 44 MINUTES. g This Picture was taken on the ar- Lg rival in Christchurch of Messrs. H. t f rO and W. H. Jones after their sen- v. t J ~ sational ride from Christchurch to || 'tjMl IMI 0... S Hanmer and back, when they estab- H 181 w| . ' wf IMF N lished a record, which, although re- ;||*t : lS HR 1111 JIMi % Hf 1111 H 3 peated attempts by all the leading M • M B S machines have endeavoured to break, IMSI. iII.J 1 i P' P I f , [n the record still stands to the credit wWWW ■ (I M : WS? x .^Km of the HARLEY DAVIDSON. MMMMMM MMHMIMift. ® [n The performance of the HARLEY nJ DAVIDSON is all the more remark- jMNgL p able when it is remembered that the . P riders, within eight miles of Christ- 11 1. *“* >. -jjWMj rO church on the return journey, had bMM| - WMr 1 A S the misfortune, while negotiating a IKW',• 'W' \ 3 sharp corner, to be overturned — M machine and all —into a six-foot ditch. Wfe ( Lq Half an hour was lost in getting the ™™ Ul ' ,JI machine out; fortunately there were ** xSfe?~ "' HKfll • no breakages and the HARLEY »••*.• . ■■"■'.< « Mlwlw ■. K DAVIDSON finished the journey W. ' 'gß •.- »» ' under the most adverse circumstances k VV: |j ■W, • '' Cl without a mechanical stop of any Il iff .W N description. | " v ' # J': 5 P The existing record to Hanmer was ..jfc. ’P's H smashed by over half an hour, show- H IFT N ing the exceptional speed at which ; , j< I “’f *' & p] the riders were travelling, yet the nJ return journey would have been even WltsW -W| S faster had it not been for the accident. S ’ As it was the ride was phenomenal, [n judging from the fact that although s; [}! half an hour was lost, the record still X, JF ' P stands unbroken. jjJ The HARLEY DAVIDSON also , ffi holds the Australasian Championship, wmm■■■■■■■ ■" H in which Mangham, the Harley rider, nJ bewildered the spectators by clearing right away from the other competitors, eventually winning by over half a mile. H] The performances of this World-famous Motor Cycle in Beach Racing stamp the HARLEY DAVIDSON as the Greatest Machine on the market, h] having secured almost every Fastest time and as recently as November 3, R. Bennett, a private owner, secured First and Fastest Time in the 40- L] mile handicap, in which the limit was 13 minutes. , S Intending purchasers will do well to inspect the “Ever Consistent” HARLEY DAVIDSON. Write for Catalogue. Lg QDHQ I frl sole new Zealand distributors, H JVINE.O DIUJO., LIU., Manchester & Lichfield Streets, CHRISTCHURCH. g|