MOTOR-CYCLING.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18236, 21 November 1924, Page 6

MOTOR-CYCLING.

NOTES., To-morrow the Ashburton MotorCycle Club holds a -''rodeo-'' in the Ashbarton Domain, and it esiends' a cordial invitation'-to pioneer' Club riders to attend. A well-varied programme of noveltv events has been • organised, and tha "day- stculd provide excellent sport.

- 8.5.A.. has bad a busy • week-end. Last Tuesdav morning a- 2£ and a 2-J sucoeeded in"climbing almost hali : way up the Heathcote Bridle Track. ■ .No attempt- was made to 20 any further, as a big natch of boulders —many or them as big as the 2i—barred t-ho wav, and Friday morning was too warm to "carry stones. On Sunday a visit was paid to Diamond Harbour on the 21. The trip was made on less than three-quarters of a .gallon of petrol, despite the many hills. The roads are in fairlv good condition, although several pot r hok?s have been getting bigger and bigger for weeks past.

Production of the first cord balloon tyre for motor-cycles is announced by .a"well-known tyre Company. While tho amount of inflation necessary for the new tyre will vary somewhat witli the weight of the machines, it is said that the new balloon casing in ceneral can he run at 15 nounds pressure for the front wheel, riding solo. For machine with side-car attached. 20 pounds in front tvre and 20 pounds for side-car tyre, and 2o pounds in rear tyre. Probably tho most important feature about this new tyre is the development of a special improved clincher bead. Tests with this "head have proved that at eighty miles on tho straiehtaways, and in°6everal tests at 78 miles on curves, the tvres could not bo thrown. Tests conducted on machines used bv the Goodyear tyro people show conclusively that tho new tyre cuts down the wear and tear on the motor-cvcle's mechanism, because vibration is reduced. The tyre, like all balloon tyres, gives easier riding, and test riders report that the tvres" take the fatigue out of all-day riding.

Motor-cycle- track racing is to receive a boom in. Australia this season. Four of America's best known track men arrived in Australia on November Ist by the Maunganui, under contract •to rack at the new motordrome shortly to bo oDened in Melbourne. These men, Paul Anderson, Ralph Hepburn," and Davies, aro all well known on the tracks in the State, and all ars Indian riders.

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