INSTANTANEOUS; SUCCESS OP THE TRIUMPH AT CHHIST- . cHuucn. The first shipment of the raw 1911 model "Triumph" motorcycles, consist, i.ng of forty-fiight standinl 4-h.p> threespeed machines, arrivod in Christchureh oh Thursday last. By 1 p.m. oh Ha'.imk.v ■ no less thafl twenty-three hast been sold, and aiders nro still flacking in. We had been led to expect something jif especial mSrSt in the 1914 model, "but the ■ .reality lws swrpassMl both our own exon*. tations and tlio.Se of- our clients The Tinmirsß of the new 4-h.p. model is a perfect tev'elivtion, even <0 those ivlio hrid experience of tho flexibility and ready ft. sppnsS to control of the IDK) ihrce-speei! 'Triumphs." The' increase., in engine power provides a very big reserve of power for the suje-cay user, ana excellent as.tho 3i'li.i)> "Triumph" was as a side-car machine, the 4-h.p. model is still letter. As ft s«so mehiuo it retains nil til® virtues of the lower-powered models, and embodies several improvements, while it is ftlso capable of a higher Speed. Of "Triumph' quality in general we need say nothing. It lifts been proved-in open competition in New Zealand on scores oE occasions* the. latest of which was tho winning of- the North Island Fifteen Milos Championship Baca,' conducted under the auspices of tho Manawatu Motor Cyclists' Cliib 011 .Taiuiary 22. Wo can .give immediate delivery of the littl 4-h.p. "Triumph" fitted with tfio colebra ted Sturiwey-Arclier three-speed rear, and also of the famous "Canoelet." slrjeoaf. Adam*. Ltd., A tents for "Triii iivph 1 ' Motor-cycles. High Street, Christehufflh. Depots "at. Wanganut and Palmerston. Aeencjes, Sutherland r.nd Uankine,. Wellington. and Tourist ilotor Coj, Hastings
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 6
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270Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 6
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