T&E B S.A.—FAVOURITE WITH MILIJ TARY DISPATCH RIDERS—AND It has sometimes been paid, with much' truth, that the business test is the best test of any motor. War is the grimmest business of mankind, md the military motor-cyclist stakes his life, very often, mron the reliability of his mount. Hero Sergeant fc. E. Sehofield R E., senior instructor of the Motor-cycle Sew Hon at Aldershot, has to say' Nearly every dispatch rider that has (-Tone to the front has passed through my hands, and I fin theroforo in a position to judgs W- the different inake3 of machine are in favour. The B.S.A. is by far away (•Tio favourite, and it has yet to happen that a B.S.A. has failed to act np to its well-earned repute. ... I may state H,nt 50 Tier cent, of the machines here are BSA's A motor-cyclist with the Second' Cavalry Division, British Expedition- " . Vorce, writes in a private letter: "Tha rads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is tho roods I never liave to touch it. Tbey aro tho bikes, my boy. They knock tho . and any other make you like to mention into a cocked hat." Thero are plenty of other letters from the front, all to tho same effect. We aro landing 20 of the latest model B.S.A.'s ex s.s. Marlborough this' week, and can give immediate dfe> livery. They are ideal machines fo? either sob or side-caY service, and their reliability is famous. Tilt h.p. is 4}, an 3 tho three-sp-eed countershaft gear is foolproof ond wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Christchurch, Wanganui, Palmery ton North; Sutherland and Rankine, Wellington; Tourist Motor Co., Agents for B.S.A.—Advt. Mr. V. P. Corkill, New Plymouth, ho* •t, producing 'laxaaoki farm for nala.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2606, 30 October 1915, Page 4
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285Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2606, 30 October 1915, Page 4
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