THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT
B. S. A. MOTOR CYCLES gained the following awards in the recent English
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INTERNATIONAL 6 DAYS TRIAL
SPECIAL EXHIBITION MEDAL The B. 3. A. team on 3.49 h. p. models coinplotod the course without losing a single mark and were the only, team to complete the Trial with absolutely clean sheets.
ALSO MANUFACTURERS' TEAM PRIZE **
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Riders of B.S.A. Motor Bicycles also gained the following awards:
1 SILVER MEDAL
10 GOLD MEDALS.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1926
TRAMWAY EQUIPMENT.
Tower Waggon For Singapore.
PRIZE ROAD PLAN.
Competition.
Novel
Chicago, Nov. 2nd.--Motorists, Whatever rivalry exists be- who have always had their own tween tramoar and motor bus ideas of how highways should be operators, there is certainly one which serves as a useful ally to of expressing their views with the class of commercial motor vehicle built, now have the opportunity
the tramcar. This is the extend-chance of winning a prize. · · ing tower waggon used for the repair and maintenance of over- head tramway equipment, such
The Metropolitan Super-High-
1. Width of 200 fact. 2. Safety. Mu
3. Practicability..
4. Economical construction. 5. Separated grades for high- way and railroad crossings.
transportation.
6. Optional provision for rail.
7. Beauty of design.
utilities, such as gas, water, 8. Provision for all public
sewer, drain, lighting, oto.
9. Provision for fast and slow
city planning experts.:
Foundations!
ALBERT L. CLOUGH KEEPING DOWN CARBON DEPOSITS. The frequency with which the ONE CYLINDER MISSES.' cylinder-bead has to be removed Question The first cylinder and deposits scraped off, in order in it like a worn wrist-pin and it
of my
car has a knock to stop the engine from knocking, also misses explosions, although can sometimes be greatly reduced new rings and a now spark plug have been put in. Exports have by attention to the following tried three times to locate "the points: Maintain good fuel cause of this, but failed. What as was recently built by the Away Association of the neigh-vehicles. vaporization by'so controlling the you think causes this missing? scoiated Equipment Co for ser-bouring Illinois counties of 10. Soheme of gradual de
Answer: If the piston-ringavice in Singapore. cooling system that the water is
Several of DuPage, Cook and Kane, is offer-volopment from the present. con- aro properly fitted and the spark- these, types of A.E.C. vobiolos well warmed as much of the time plug cable to this cylinder is not have been ordered by various ing prizes amounting to $1,53000r dition, which is mostly farm pro- as possible. Give the carburetor short-cirouted, your trouble is customers, and the one referred such ideas. They want the most perty, to a thickly settled condi- and manifold sufficient heat at most likely caused by the ax- to bus an extending tower reach practical and ginal plan for tion with business.
haust-vaive holding open slighting a maximum height of 22 ft. all times, especially in cold ly. If this valve has a good from the ground. An iron scal. the construction of a superhigh,
Contest judges include many weather the leanost practicable seating, its faulty action is probing ladder is provided, and the way in the metropolitan area of well known road engineers and fuel mixture will leave the least ably due to its spring being weak ravolving platform at the top, Chicago. “ deposit and to secure this the or to its stom boing so rough that fitted with collapsible rails, will carburetor should be adjusted) it sticks in its guido. You bot-revolve in a complète ciralé, and (with the engine fully heated up) tor romovo this valvo, have the can be securely locked in any de- so that any further reduction in strength of the spring tested and sired position. richness will cause a decided if the stem is not clean and The vehicle, when the tower falling off of engine power. Oil smooth, have it draw filed or is extended to its full limit is of wall maintained body must be smoothed with emery cloth: | thoroughly stable, and although used to prevent too much of it While you are about it also check primarily for use ta connection from passing the piston and car up the inlet valve. In case these with overhead equipment of tram- bonizing. Therefore use the best suggestions do not help you, write ways and trolley bus routes, this oil and change it before it bo- us again. Whenever a cylinder type" of tower waggon can be re- comes too thin or dirty, Oils misses, there is likely to be a adily used in other spheres of that leave little solid residue, knock, if the moving parts are at work. when highly heated, should be all worn. used. It is difficult to select such A SQUEAKING. VALVE ails, but fairly high priced brands, Question: "The engine of my produced by distillers of ostab
car has developed a lished reputations, are the safest squeaking valve. The head has: to use. Correctly fitted piston boon removed and a new guide rings, capable of returning excess inserted, but the squeak is got- oil to the crankosao, aro an im-ting worse. I have olled the portant safeguard against car guide with ongine oil and special bonization And piston-rings penetrating oil, but to no effect: should occasionally be treated What can you suggest? with kerosene to keep them free Answer. This is a rather'un- to move in their grooves. Dust usual trouble. A valve that Fin the air, taken in through the sticks in its guido sufficiently to carburetor, is a large component squeak, would naturally be ex- of "carbon" deposits. A good pected to hold open and causo air cleaner will largely provent it missed explosions, particularly from entering the engine and at high engine speeds. You say should be used on all cars, you have replaced the guide, but particularly those operated on this would do no good, if the sandy roads. Almost any car can valve-stem is bent. You might be equipped with some one of the try a new valve. Are you abso- many forms of cleaners now onlutely sure that this is a friction- the market. The oporator canal squeak and not the hiss from a assist in the prevention of car-slight exhaust leak. We have bon accumulation by using the observed hissing, squeaks caused choke as little us practicable, by by exhaust escaping from worn avoidance of unnecessary idling exhaust-valve stem bushings, who need the automobile in- of his engine, by care in keeping around leaky spark-plugs and at engine oil fresh and clean and by faulty exhaust-manifold gaskets. never running his car engine The sound of such leaks is some- missing explosions.
times very misleading.
B."S. A. SUCCESSES.
Winning Laurels On
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The Dutch T. T. (350 cc. class) won by Mr. J. Moos on a B.5.A. 3.49-h.p. O.II.V. The distance this time was 260 km., which, Mr. Moos covered at an average speed of 53 m.h.p.
The Continent.
The third Czocho-Slovakian Riders of B. S. A. Motor 1,000 km. Reliability Trial, in Bicyclos have obtained outstand- which ten B.S.A.'s were entered ing successes in practically every and ten finished, losing no marke competition entered during 1926. and gaining ten gold medals, the B. S. A.'s have been particularly B.S.A. Silver Cup, and a special successful on the Continent, some Honour Prize for the most
of the more recent successes in meritorious performance by any cluding
one make of machine. In addi- The Austrian T. T. (350-c,ction, the B.S.A. team gained the class) won by Mr. A Strohmayer Team Prize.
on EL B.S. A.. 3.49-h.p. O.H.V..
model. Mr. Strohmayer complot-
Such successes prove that, in j
ed the difficult course of 340 km. B.S.A. Motor Bicycles, speed is
in 4 hours 4 minutes 49 seconds; combined with reliability-a com- an average spoed of nearly 53bination which results in an m.p.h., boating last year's record, ideal machine for all purposes,
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© 1926, WNY" HORA 'GENZEL, ME
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