THE BS.A.-FAYOTJUrrE WITH MIM. TAEY DISPATCH RIDERS-AND WHY. ~ .. ... .. It has 6omefamo6 been eoid, with mncb truth that the business test is the best test of any motor. War is the grimmest business of mankind. _.nd the military motor-cyclist stakes his lice, very often, ucon the reliability of his mount. Here fs P °hat Sergeant t B. Schofiold RE., senior instructor of the Motor-cycle Sec Hon at Aldershot, has to say:-"Nearly ovorv dispatch rider that has gone to the front 'has passed through ray hands, and T ran therefore in a position to.judga w the different makes of machine at* jnVvoii*. The B.SA. is by far „wa, tlio favourite, and it has yet to happen that a B.S.A. has failed to act up to its : woU-earned ropute. . . . I may state that 50 per oent. of the machines here ore BS A V A motor-cyclist with tho Sew ond' Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary Forco, writes in a private letter: "The reads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is th» ooods I never have *° touch it. They ore tho 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. Wo are landing 20 of tho latest model B.S.A.'s ex s.s. Marlborough this week, and can givo immediate de. livery. They are ideal machines for either solo or side-car service, and their reliability is famous. Tlk h.p. is 4J, and tin three-speed countershaft gear is fool' proof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Christchurch, Wanganui, Palmers' ton North; Sutherland and Hankine, Wol'[ington; Tourist Motor Co., Hastings, JVfients for 8.5.A.-AdTt,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2619, 15 November 1915, Page 4
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274Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2619, 15 November 1915, Page 4
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