MOTOR CYCLING FOR WOMEN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 611, 14 September 1909, Page 3

MOTOR CYCLING FOR WOMEN.

(Now' Zealand , women liavo not taken'yet to 1 •■the motor cycle;- though in.one-of tho ..motor', - cycle;.tests of ;th'is'' ; yea'r,!a lady'-was;-a-i com: r • r' potitor.iThe '.'Queen,". speaking; of English . ■ exporionte,.. says :—''Somehow .'or , other;'. the. - 'much -W, ... lady riders// There Jare a. /few'enthusiastsicer-: ; .' tainly/ Who/never" lose; ari' opportunity of • pro-' : '. ■ claihiing ;: its,'merits; .but; even.' their/example/ . doei-. not'. bring .it into. /real/ popularity. '■■■:' No :- doubt vthis 'is '.due a good -deal'.to^-a/-fear -of skidding, or dislike of the dust and. oil that : . nidre often t¥4n not; manage.tO'get on :ta one'B '.. clothing;.' Tho motor bicycle, ."is, howevoK.'. not 'always given a fair .chance,' .for !■ people forget : to "noticc how much it lias , been improved, of • late. - Besides being considerably reduced in v weight' as vwell :as heing''acarly; noiseless, . most '; modern,''.motor,'; cycles are reliable enough to //triivel: longdistances', without ' heeding' repairs; ~ The use/of/magneto/ignition- has removed one' ': general' source of . trouble, -hence" ladies are; less, ' likely i-to/ be■;,pestered''with'■...unwelcome':atten- . fions during an - enforced/ halt. Motor' cycle, v I^es'alsp:'are.now/quite up.to/their:work, and /■',.', as. mechanical, troubles are j the. exception . there: is little can go wrong. To. enjoy-motor ~':' cydirig'.to/,;.its ; .utmost.'"the-.macliirie. should: be .''/' fitted .with-a] free.iengine. arid a' two-speed gear,'. ;.:'/ as -they. isaTe:, a/good .deal/of hard/work." And,/ ■'/'though '.one-cannot:, truthfully, say:;that/these/ 1 ■:'. 'machines/ : will /never//side-slip /:on; wet-, tram--lines ■'roads,f they, are,/ nevertheless,; sperfectly,-safe,:;if /used ,■ with'-.judgment.'.. And. /'. their advantages .in /lightness ' and; ecbrioiny. of running onght to recommend them to those . .who' : ':like.;,to ; :,be ./independent or, have.. little opportunity/-fof-'using.'.a motor-car.'/. If.- a trial •//'is, made/of suitable;machines;,,l/think-. motor ■"■■'. ' wilK appc'al /td /a Uarger / dumber/' of ' ladies than it has'boon able to-do so far, owing to (he weight of the earlier: types. : /■-.■' "