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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1940, 24 December 1913, Page 4

SUCCESS OF Til It HE-SPEED "TKIUMPHS" in SID&CAIt TKIALS. Thcro used to be a notion, not so my leu* ago, that tho standard singlo-cylinder 3J *h.p. motor-cycle was not powerful enough Cot side-car work.. 'flio introduction "of tlio "Triumph" three-speed gent did a irrcat fed to dispel that notion, and tho fallacy must have received its deathblow in the side-ear trials conducted by the K.C.M.C.C. over the Akaroa-Clirist. church coureo en Anniversary Bay. -Tlio I'otilo is full of steep hills, and the goiaiK was made heavier than usnai by recent rains. Before the start it was confidently prophesied I hat tho machines wotild never see tlio end of tho journey. the surprise of everyone not in the know the single-cylinder machines, of which there were thirteen behaved on tho average as v, : olt, if v;oi; bolter tluui, the seven ui(t twiiwsyliwltr machines with eivgiHcss of up to double the lwrse-wivcr. Especially meritorious was i«» performance of. tho three-speed ''Trnimphs.' One of these machines, driven by 1 1 . llawofil). was one of the five which secured full niflrlK for reliability, while it, was only beaten for first place by a twnifjdnmer machine cm one point, oa conmiwn., as this only meant that the lrnmijih had an extra splash of imul or an extra diop Of oil adhering to the <.» a iac. it (Je ' r f ac f l ™ nothing from the practical \ahie of the "Triumph's" faultless should be mentioned lhat in t11 "' there was bo hr.ndfrappmsr. J > ?'? machine stood on its own merits, irre-peo-til; of powr. JrHimph was coupled to a "Canaolct, «uc-ecn,_ the strength, daintiness ami hditness m winch' created mucli favom'ab o The firm ef Adams Limited has new socared the sole afrcMy fof the*? W'tfaT sidecars, and a shipment of in! y is now en "o'itc for Now Slealimu. Call and see the" new three-speed "Triumphs," which, in addition to l.vh-.i: perfect sidebar machines- mo economical in TtmuiiMt, and eciualh - suitable for solo 'Work, which is more than <xm ho honestly raid of most 0 { tin big twins. Adams, Ltd., Christchureli, P'alnierston North, and Wansami;'. Ajtents, Sutherland aftd Ranlcine, Mercer Street, Wellington i Tourist Motor Co., Hastings; Skeatcj and White, Auckland—Advt.