THE B S.A.—FAVOURITE WITH HILIJ MY DISPATCH EIDERS—AND WHY. ~ ... ' It has somotimes been ecid, with mucft truth, that the business test is ,tho best test of any motor. War w tho grimmest business of mankind, rnd_ tho military motor-cyclist stakes his life, very often, upon the reliability of his mount Here 'is'wliat Sergeant E. Schpfield, oenior instructor of the Motor-cycle Section at Aldershot, has to say: every dispatch rider that has gone to the front has passed through my hands, and I am therefore in, a position to judge how tho different makes-of machine are in favour. The B.S.A is by far away tho favourite, and it has yet to happen that a U.S.A. has failed to act up to its well-eanied repute. • ♦ • 6^a '° that 50 per cent, of the machines hero are B S A's " A- motor-cyclist with the Second Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary Force, writes in a private letter: "The roads are hellish. ... My B.S.A. is tho eoods 'I never have to touch it. They aro tiie bikes, my boy. They knock the an( i a ny other mako you like to mention into a cocked hat." There are plenty of other letters from tho front, alt to tho nine effect. Wo aro landing SO of tho latest model B.S'.A.'s qx s.s. Marlborough this week, and can givo immediate delivery. They aro ideal machines for either'solo or sidc-car service, and their reliability is famous. Tho h.p. is and tho throe-speed countershaft gear is foolproof and wonderfully efficient.' Adams, Ltd., Christchurch, Waneanui, Palmerston North; Sutherland and Rankine, Wellington: Tourist Motor Co., Hastings, Agents for B.S.A.—Advt. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and oolds povsx falls. ls.fid,*
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2570, 18 September 1915, Page 4
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277Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2570, 18 September 1915, Page 4
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