1500 MILES IN SIX DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. Some wonderful rides have been, aocomipllied on the modern motor oydle, {rati no peatformaaice <ha«' ever been, recoifd'ed <m the eo3omie& of long dlistance endurance riding that can compare wiithi Mr Dendy's recent performance. .; - : . • .., ' On Moai/dtiy, the. 20th, November Bast,, Mr Denuy, a Canterbury jnotos: eydaist, istwrted' out on' Qua record rah to covetr 1500 Miles an. six days', and lllie ttniaxdmai'mi xidfimg time in eaoji day not/to exceed 12 hours,. The route ahiosieiii (from Oiristchtu-cihi' to Imveroargiilll'. Excitement grew very intense wflieih a* was made known tihat Dendy toad! covered 1110. mifef^up 1 till 8 u'.m. ton Friday night, and at nvas argued iby welL knowni critics that to luompfote die 1500 mliles on Saturday is' ruim of twelve hours would meaai iliat Dendy had 1 to ride 390 miles at am average- speed' of 32 milles an ifooTi/r, a seemingly fimpossiWlfe task, over aniaunitaiin<s, tussock roads, and through river 'beds aand water races. It fe ortly first class material and workmanship that can come through tests like ifchepe with flying coTmw-s., and just a« the clock was striking eighit, dead on time, and im the presienioe of thousandls' of spectators, Dendy tired, weary, and! travel .stained, Hmving accomplshed Mis grea* aiUlc withoiitb one mechiaaiical stop ior adjustment., the onfliy trouble experienced .being one punlc■bivre. ]>endy <rpd© a 1911 model 3J- Ji.p. Premier motor cycle. .•'.,.' immediate delivery can' ibe given of these fiamoiuis. machines. Largo stocks itot chloose from. TOURIST MOTOR CO., Ltd., HASTINGS. Solle Agenta for Now Zealand 1 .. R. POOK, Masteittow Agent.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10491, 30 November 1911, Page 5
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