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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

EVOLUTION OF THE MOTOR-CYCLE.

✪ T

HEAVIER SIDE-CARS.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1920

the designer, not to be outdone by the car maker, has gone in for a completely concealed hood and a screen of far greater compre- hensiveness than is to be found in most cars, costing something in the neighbourhood of £600. It The Times motoring correspon. might thus be said that when a modern combination takes the road the passenger goes out in a motor-car, whilst the rider ac- companies her on his motor-cycle.

dent writes:-

ment.

represents

DEFENCE AGAINST ROUGH ROADS.

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It has been said that, just as all cats look grey in the dark, sil side-cars look alike on the read, and it is only when one sees the various types and designs placed almost side by side, as at the Motor Cycle Show. that one re-doubtful whether any vehicle can In regard to comfort it is alizes the infinite differences between them. They vary in shape its capability of smoothing down compare with a good side-car in of body, arrangement of the seat, the worst of road surfaces, The position of luggage accommodat ion. construction of the frame Passenger may be subjected to a suspension, and indeed in every unicated from the engine, and certain amount of vibration com- quality in which they can vary may have to put up with a certain This is a somewhat peculiar state amount of clatter, but to him or of affairs, inasmuch as the side her all road surfaces are car, being a purely passive attach- billiard tables. It must be a

the simplest possible form of vehicle, and would severe bump indeed that can find seem, therefore, to be something system of defence comprised by its way through the quadruple quite easily standardized.

the pneumatic tyre, the Designers of motor-cycles have springing, the body suspension. scope to express much individual-, and, finally, the upholstery. One ity of idea in engines. transmiss- the other hand. there are those ions, gear-boxes, and so forth, and who are prepared to sacrifice it is only natural, in consequence, comfort for an that these machines difer from, raciness, and thus there is a one another considerably. so class of side-car, generally of that no one may put his hand slipper or torpedo shape. in which uson a single example and say, the body dimensions are reduced

This is the standard type,"

the minimum, "and" Yet it is a fact that in many passenger must sit ways motorcycles are more alike than side-cars, for all the outward similarity of the latter. A few years ago there were onl two makers of these attachments; to-day there are scores. Not only doas every single one adopt principles of design not employed by any other, but as a rule each maker turns out several types which are in themselves utterly different.

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the on rather than in it. Generally speaking, however, the standard of comfort is remarkably high, the weight is proportionately great and the windage resistance somewhat formidable.

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their effect upon the design of All these agencies have liad the motor-cycles which have to copa with them, and

as natural .result -the machine has tended rapidly to be- For instance, in the matter of rome more ponderous, elaborate. suspension, it is well nigh im. powerful. and not only more ex- possible to. And a couple of pensive to buy in the first in- attachments in which the same istance, but also more expensive ideas are followed. This

te run. There are many com will have the wheel rigidly fixed petent judges. among them to the chassis with the body Lieutenant-Colonel J. supported by long Cee springs, Moore-Brabazon, M.P., who holds. T. C. that one will incorporate a spring that this development, is in the axle and cantilever springs for wrong direction altogether, and

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that the scope of the inoter-cycle disagree as to how the suspension in its capacity of a purely solo shall be arranged, but they also machine is being sadly neglected. differ in respect of the type of They believe that if the right type spring that shall be used. As in of machine were produced the each case a large variety of women who are now.enthusiastic methods are open to them, the side-carists would probably be ruher ef possible permutations come equally enthusiatic motor- and combinations is immense, onerelists, and that the motor cycle. at all events, as is very evident, instead of competing with the there are more than enough to

light car. ought to be brought go round.

into more direct rivalry with the pedal-cycle.

In

the

who had the hardihood to ignore

this demand and to bring forward a new type of machine altogether aven supposing he could evolve one would simply be neglect ing his opportunities.

INCREASE IN WEIGHT.

There is undoubtedly much to The one poist upon which he said for this view; indeed, the agreement seems to have been

writer of these occasional notes reached is increase in weight. has frequently committed him-

d Pays side.

self to a similar opinion. thanks to the

Un- com-fortunately, farts are, stubborn paratively low power of 1 the mutor-cycles, to which they weight of to-day is the result of things. The cumbersome heavy were intended to he attached, rirongly marked demand on the were very light indeed, and the part of the public, and under pre- cane or wicker holy was general-sent conditions any mauufacturer ly used Nowadays the body is coach-tilt invariably, and fre- quently of an elaborate character. This is sensible enough, and per- haps to a large extent accounts for the increased popularity of! the side-cer, for it is a fact that i the basket-work affaiz even with the best intentions in the world could never be made wind-proof Another excuse for added weight relates to the carrying of luggage, though whether that interest will spare petrol, &c., for which the be more or less permanent ep- Folo-motor-cycle is adapted. pears to be extremely doubtful. The up-to-date side-car nearly in ordinary motor-cycles they always has a commodious locker definitely do not take a great for the latter and a big grid or interest, although, of cause, there platform for the former and in are a few exceptions. They look these respects conforins to motor-at the machine with the full car standards.

realisation of the fact that it is quite easy to manage and that it

THE MOTOR SCOOTER. To judge from appearances, ladies are disposed to take an interest

in

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scooters,

The same can be said of means of protection against the weather.

will give them a latitude and an, Obviously if you have a comfort-independence of travel that they' able coach-huilt body you must have never had before. But they have a hood and screen, and infallibly compare the saddle there are even instances in which and the handle bars, the mult-

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