1500 MILES IN SSX DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. Some wonderful rides have been, accomplilbed on the modern motor cycle, but no performance has ever been recorded an. the col | oinlie& of Ikmg distance endurance riding that can compos, with,; Mr. Dendy'a. recent performance. On Momdiay, the 20th November last, Mr Dendy, a. Canterbury motor cyclist, started out on has record rum to cover 1500 ladle® in. six daps, and the musimium riding time in, each day not to exceed 12 hours. Tbie route choseni was 1 from Objistahuircihl to IniveroargiiE. .'•■'. Excitement grew very . intense when it was made known/that Dendy had covered 1110 miles up till 8 a;m. on IViday and at was argued by well' knowm critics, that to complete the 1500 mnJes on. Saturday's ru& oft twelve hours would mean that Dendy had to ride 390 miles at an average 6peed> of 32 miles an hour, a seemingly Enrpoesibllfe task* over raiicnintains, tussock roads, and through river beds> and water races. It os> onify first class material and workmanship that can. come through tests iike thepe with flying colours., and just as the dock was striking eight, dead on time, and in the presence of thousamdis' of spectators, Dendy arrived, tired, weary, and travel stained, having accomplished his great- nide without one mechanical stop or adjustment, +he onfly trouble experienced being one puntcfcu't'e. Dendy rode a. 191.1 model 3$ h.p. Premier motor cycle-• Immediate delivery can.be given <rf these famous macliiiieß. natrgfi stocks to choose from. TOURIST MOTOR CO., ltd., HASTINGS'. Sofc Agents for New Zealand. R. POOk, Mast<«rtora Acent.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10504, 16 December 1911, Page 5
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