1500 MILES IN SIX DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. Some ■wonderful rides have been, accom/plUhed on tins modern motor cycle, tout no performance lias ever been recorded in the oo3onie& of Long, distance endurance riding that can compare with. Mr Demdy's recent performance. On Monday, the 2Qth November last, Mr Dendy, a Camterbuiry motorcyclist, sttarfced' out on his record ram to cover 1500 miles in. sis days-, and tihe maximum riding time in each! day nob to exceed 12 hours. . The route chosen was' from Ohri&tckureibt to IniveroargiiE. Exicitement grew very intense wGien it was made known that Dendy had covered 1110 up till 8 a.m. on Friday night, and it was argu'ed iby . well known: critics that to complete the 1500 miles ou Saturday's' run of twelve hours would mean that Dendy had! to ride 390 miles at am average jspeed l of 32 mflee an 'how, a seemingly fimpoesiblk task, over mounitaiaifi, tussock roads, amd thioiigh river beds and water races. It ai& omly first class material and workmanship that can comfc through tests like these with flying coikyuiT'S, and juist as the clock was striking eight, dead on tome, and mu the presence of thousands of spectators, Dendy arrived;, tired, wffiary, and travel stained, having accomplshcd Ms great ride without one mechanical stop or adjustment, the onWv trouble experienced being one pumctUDendy rode ia 1911 model 3J h.p. Premier motor cycle. . Immediate delivery oan be gaven or these (famous machines. Laa-go stocks to- chbose from. ____ TOURIST MOTOR CO., Ltd., HASTINGS. SoJe Agents for New Zealand. R. POOK, Mastenton; Agent.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10498, 8 December 1911, Page 4
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