THE B 6.A.—FAVOtnUTE WITH MILI. Tm DISPATCH EIDERS—AND WHY. llt It has sometimes been seid, with mnch truth, that the business test is the best test of any motor. War is tho grimmest business of mankind, tnd the military motor-cyclist stakes his life, very often, upon the reliability of his mount. Hera is what Sergeant B. E. Schofield, E.E., -(,-nior instructor of the Motor-cycle Sec* " Aldershot, has to Bay:-"Nearly every dispatch rider that has gone to tho front has passed through roj- hands, and I an therefore In a position to judge hnxr 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 B.S.A. has failed to act up to its well-earned repute. . . . I may stats that 50 P® r of the Machines here ar» BS A V A motor-cyclist with the St©, ond' Cavalry Division, British Expedition, arv Force, writes in a private letter: "The roads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is the roods. T never have to touch it. They ore tho bikes, my boy. They knock the -— and any other make you like to mon. tion into a cocked hat." There are plenty of othor letters from the front, all to the same effect. We are landing 20 of tho latest model B.S.A.'s ex s.s. Marlborough this week, and can five' immediate de. livery. They aro ideal machines for I either solo or side-car service, and theii reliability is famous. Thu h.p. is 4}, and t.hn three-sp-eed countershaft gear is foolproof add wonderfully efficient.. Adams, Ltd., Christchurch, \Vaneanui, Palmers' ton North; Sutherland ana Rankine, W«l* lington j Tourist Motor Co., Hasting* Asffflts for 8.5.A.-Advt* •
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2620, 16 November 1915, Page 4
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280Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2620, 16 November 1915, Page 4
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