THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
THE SIX FEATURES
THAT MAKE B.S.A. MOTOR CYCLES SO POPULAR IN EVERY COUNTRY
POWER
B
SILENCE
S
SPEED
ECONOMY
027
SAFETY
A
RELIABILITY
This is why a record sale of 7 machines was registered during the week after arrival of the new shipment.
Lave
1820
Follow the discriminative purchasers and choose a B.S.A.
THE SINCERE CO., LTD..
SOLE AGENTS.
522 FIAT
THE NEW 6 CYLINDER
HAS ARRIVED AND IS SELLING AT A REMARKABLY
LOW PRICE.
Most brilliant on hills and in acceleration thanks to generous engine power
and limited weight.
...Hydraulic brakes ...Silent_third
...Speed over 62 miles per hour
...Low slung frame
...New body lines
Each car equipped as follows without extra charge-Wire wheels--two spare wheels and tyres-leather upholstery-safety glass-special lights ou mudguards---stoplight, driving mirror and windscreen wiper.
ARRANGE AN EARLY DEMONSTATION!
AGENTS:
A. GOEKE & CO.
For Service:
FIAT GARAGE: 360, Hennessy Roud. Tel. 24821.
SPARE PART Department:
CHINA BUILDING.
Tel. 22221..
Showroom:
FIAT GARAGE: 350, Hennessy Road, Tel. 24871.
MOTOR TOURISTS.
Decrease From United States to Canada.
YACHTING INCREASE:
Vancouver, B. C. Automobile tourist traffic Into British Columbia during 1931 was slightly below that of the previous year but a sharp increase in the number of privato yachts from American waters visiting porta in the province was noted. In 1931, a total of 170,942 motor vehicles visited British Columbia, accord- Ing to the provincial bureau information, as compared with 185,418 for the previous year. The collector of customs at Skiney issued 685 permits to yachta from American walers as compared to 308 in 1930, or an increase of 72 per cent..
of
About three-fourths of the total vehicular trame into the province came by coastal highways, which include the Pacific and Hunting- den. Douglas, Boundary Bay, and Aldergrove. A total of 127,191 ears, or 10.812 less than the pre- province vious year entered the through ports on the constai high- ways.
already
entering Valle Foreign rars couver Island, exclusive of those catered Canuda that through ports on the 'mainland, numbered 8.069 in 1931 as vom- pared to 9,174 the previous year. Trafic entering Canada by the two Okanagan Valley ports was down slightly, as was also that while West by East Kootenay. Kootenay trafle was steady at figures approximately the same as the previous year.
TYRES & GEAR RATIO.
Interesting Explanation of Puzzle.
Motorists are sometimes poizzled. to whether the size of the ear wheels of a var alleets the gear ratios. For the benefit of those who are not quite clear on the matter it may be if interest to explain that the gear rutio, as the with Ruggests. is simply the speed ratio prowish-list the gearing. In top gear there no change of speed in the gearhus, no that the eatic thea is simply that which is provided by the piu
Th
F
15
REE Firestone
STANDARDIZED
BATTERY SERVICE
1. Test battery with hydrome-
ter.
2. Add approved water if need-
ed.
3. Clean top and terminal
posts.
4. Tighten and grense termi-
mals.
5. Inspect and check cables.
6. Tighten hold down clamps.
7. Check generator charging
rate.
It is easy to neglect a battery until it givestrouble, but this la costly and danger- ous practice. You carry nospare battery and should protect the one you have.
Firestone
Tires - Batterion • Brake Lining
THE
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1932.
ion at the end of the driving shaft and the crown wheel. This is often 6 to 1 (the crown whool having times: as many tooth as the driving pinion), and the rear wheela then rotate at ong-Afth of the spood of the engine crank-shaft. Bimilarly, if tho necond-spoed gears in the gear-box give a ratio of 8 to B, and the same back axle reduction holds good, the speed of the rear wheels will only be one-eighth of the engine speed when second gear is engaged.
Neither of these ratios is affected by changing the size of the rear whoels, but engine speed is affected at a given road speed. For ox ample,, on a top-gear ratio of ¿ to 1,
in. tyres will give an engine speed of 1800 r.p.m. at 20 m.ph, wherons with 32in. tyres the engine revolu tions will be reduced to 1050 at the same rond speed.
DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. 33, Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley. Teichpone 30825,
FOR ALL CLASSES OF
MOTOR
Insurance
WRITE
FOR
OUR
PROSPECTUS
China Underwriters, Ltd.
HEAD OFFICE Hongkong Bank Building,
Ja Des Voeur Roud Central.
Tel. 28121.
RIDE CONTENTEDLY ON MICHELINS
Distributors:
A. GOEKE & CO. 4th Floor, China Building.
Depot FIAT GARAGE
Tel. 22221. Tel. 24821.
MICHELEN
REDUCE
STARTING RESISTANCE
WITH S.K.F. BEARINGS
瑞
典
行
The co-efficient of friction for S.K.F. Bearings is practically Thus the torque re-
constant.
quired to overcome friction is the
same when starting as when
running at full speed.
This fact is of particular impor- tance with machines which work intermittently, or those which have a very low starting Torque
A. B. THE SWEDISH TRADING CO. China Building. Hongkong.
SKF
The truck with no extras to buy
MORRIS COMMERCIAL
"RE"
TYPE
Nett load 30 cwt.
Principal Chassis Dimensions
lift. zin. Wheelbare Track...4ft. 8in.
Overall length. 15ft. 9in. Overall width, 6ft. 11in.
1
Turning circle...42ft. (approx)
Body weight allowance with Bo-cwt. load. 8 cort. Nett weight....24 cwt. (approx).
Agents:-
30
CWT.
*
A.P.B. 9.
Novar in the history of the Truck industry has such vehicle been offered. It represents the ideal truck for service in conditions which demand quality and robust-
THE NEW MIDDLE-WEIGHT
CHAMPION
We are here to prove these claims to you. and would gladly help you with your transport problems.
MORRIS-COMMERCIAL
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
And at Canton.
Queon's Building.. Hong Kong.
A.F.B. 11.