THE B.S.A.—FAVOURITE WITH MILI- ■ TA/RY DISPATCH EIDERS—AND WHY. It lias soraotimos been raid, 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, upon the reliability of his mount. Hero is what Sergeant K. E. Schofield, H.E., sonior instructor of the Motor-cycle Section at Aldershot, has to say:—"Nearly overy dispatch rider that has gone to the front has passed through my hauds, and I mi 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 yot to hanpeu that a B.S.A. has failed to act up to its well-earned repute. . . . I may state that 50 per cent, of the machines here are B S 4.V A motor-cyclist with the Second Cavalry Division, British E-pedition-ary Force, writes in a private letter: "The roads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is the goods. I never have to touch it. They are the bikes, my boy. They knock the and any other make you like to mention into a cocked hat." There are plenty of other letters from the front, all to the same effect. We aro landing 20 of the latest model B.S.A.'s ex s.s. Marlborough this week, and can give immediate nolivery. They aro ideal machines for cither solo or siile-car service, and their reliability is famous. Thu h.p. is 4}, and the three-sp-jed countershaft gear is foolproof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, . Ltd., Christchurch, Wanganui, Palmers' ton North; Sutherland and Rankino,'Wellington; Tourist. Motor Co.. Hastingo, 'Agents for B.S.A,—Advt,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2607, 1 November 1915, Page 4
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271Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2607, 1 November 1915, Page 4
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