The Motor Cycle in 1911.

Progress, Volume VI, Issue 11, 1 September 1911, Page 806

The Motor Cycle in 1911.

In this year men have discovered, Avhat they have long suspected to be the case, that the motor cycle is everywhere and in the hands of everybody for both business and pleasure. The fact Avas noticeable

before, of course. But in 1911 it has acquired by persistent and general practice the force of a revelation. Merchants, office men, mail carriers, the clergyman on his way to the sacred offices of his sacred caking, the medical man hurrying to the bedside of a patient, the traveller in search of orders— all have their cycles and all are keen cyclists. The first thing this' universal use signifies is the reaching oy too machine of a stage of reliability and a, standard of comfort very different to the earlier experiences. The type is heavier in 1911 therefore.

An improvement greatly to be commended in many of the types of the year is more room for petrol and lubricators, which means longer journeys and less work at Lie tanks. And there is a new style of spring forks. Nor has transmission been forgotten. AVe read of an improved roller chain and a waterprooftanned leather belt, which have reduced transmission troubles to a minimum, and are very popular among the cyclists of the States.