THE B.S.A.—FAVOURITE WITH MILITARY DISPATCH RIDERS—AND WHY.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2490, 17 June 1915, Page 4

THE B.S.A.—FAVOURITE WITH MILITARY DISPATCH RIDERS—AND WHY.

It has sometimes been said, with much • truth, that the business test is the test test of any motor. War is the grimmest business of mankind, and the military motor-cyclist stakes' his life, very often, upon the reliability of his mount. Her* is what Sergeant K. E. Sckofield, K.E., 6onior instructor of the Motor-cycle Section at Alder6hot, has to say:—"Nearly every dispatch rider that has gone to th» front has passed through, my nand6, and I am therefore in a position to, judge how the different makes of machine are in favour. The B.S.A. is by far away, the favourite, and it .has yet to happen that a, B.S.A. has failed to act up to ita well-earned repute. ... I may slate that. 50 per cent, of the machines hero are B.S.A.'s." A niotov-cyclist with the Second Cavalry Division. British Expedition, ary Force, writes in a private letter: "Tho roads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is tlia jioods. 1 never have to touch it. They are the bikes, uiy»boy. They knock tlia and any other make you liko to men- f tion into a cocked hat." There avo plenty, of other letters from the front, all to the same effect. We are landing 20 of the latest model B.S.A.'s ez 6.5. Marlborough this week, aiul can eive immediate de- i livery. They aro 1 ideal machines for either solo or side-car servico, and their reliability is famous. The h.p. is 4J, ar.d the three-speed conntcrslinft gear is fool, proof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Christohurc.b, Wauganui, Palmerston North; Sutherland and K-ankine, Wei. linstoh; Tourist Motor Co., Hastings, Atents for B.S,A. Motors.—A4vt,