TOURIST TROPHY RACE, 1911
Undoubtedly the neatest test that any motor cycle has ever undergone, and one that included the most varied conditions, was the Tourist Trophy Contest, held on the Isle of Man, England, in Jiuly, 1911. The course wasa circuit of 37£ miles, covered five times, ia total of 187 miles. It was over (the"ordinary roads of the island, full., qf- turns and: kinks, with a surface imu'eh below the English standard. Besideis numerous ordinary grades, Snaefell Mountain, a climb of four nules, ■ with: a corresponding descent* was (surmounted on each circuit. For this great contest fifty-nine machines entered, itthe (best that .Europe .could produce, and in whose construction many months were consumed; and of these only twenty-eight survived, eloquent evidence of the immense severity of tihe task. Among the starterswere five "Indians," and not only <&£. • every one of the five finisn, but ifche "Indian" captured the first three places. Such a. performance is unprecedented, and the most wonderful showing ever miade hy any motor cycle. To cover this lone course without a felter at the .tremendous speed necessary for success; to survive the continuous .strain of rough roads and? hard driving without a single meehanieal failure; to cMmib _ the miles oif steep mountain; roads witihout a signof burning out, are demonstrations ,of efficiency, endurance and mechanical perfection that ihave never been equalled, and twill never be 'surpassed. Mr J. O. Bwington, of Masterton, Las secured the Wa&rarapa agency of the "Indian."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10658, 13 June 1912, Page 5
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244TOURIST TROPHY RACE, 1911 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10658, 13 June 1912, Page 5
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