THE B S A —FAVOURITE WITH MILITARY DISPATCH RIDERS—AND WHY. It lias sometimes been «id, with much truth", that the business test is the best ,test of any motor. War is the slimmest business oE maftkind. tnd tne military motor-cyclist stakes his life, very often, upon the' reliability of lus mount Here is what Sergeant R. E. Schofield, R.TI., senior instructor-of the Motor-cycle Sec Hon at Aldershot, has to say:- Nearly every dispatch rider that has uone to the front hn9''passed through my hands, and I mi therefore m a position to judge how tho different makes of machine are in favour. The U.S.A. is by far away H,p fnvmi-ite, and it has ye t to happen tint a B S.A. has failed to act up to its well-earned repute. . . . I may stato Hint 50 ner cent, of the machines hero are t> q A V' A motor-cyclist with the SecnmV Cavalry . Division, British Expeditionjorcc, writes in a private letter: "The roads are hellish. . . • My B.S.A. is tho Sis I never have to touch it. They ore tho bikes, my boy. They knock the all d any other make you like to menHon into a cocked hat." There are plenty nf other lettets from the front, all to the came effect. W e , "} r0 landing 20 of tlio latest model B.b'.A. s ex s.s. Marlborough this week, and can give immediate <ieliverv. They are ideal machines for either' solo or side-car service, and theii reliability is famous. The h.p. is ■!}, and tho three-sp-Jed, countershaft gear is foot proof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Chfistchurch, Wanganui, Palmers' ton North; Sutherland and Rankine, Wpt lington; Tourist Motor Co., Hastings, Agents for B.S.A.—Advt.
For Bronchial Coughs and Colde, Wood' Great Peppermint Curs, la, 61
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2592, 14 October 1915, Page 4
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291Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2592, 14 October 1915, Page 4
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