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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1924.

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**Tha weather was simply ap paling pchure waæxorrential raing aud the pot-boler were tull water-I was blinded with spray) ant hurled from side to sida by a the tornado which blew across track. Solo and sidecar machines| | were equally difficult to steer

WONDERFUL RECORDS MADE UNDER UNFAVOUR- ABLE CONDITIONS." erhort La Vack, who now

It was suggested to Le Vack holds the world's récord for upred that he has probably spent much on a motorcycle, is a very m «lost time in preliminary tusing, ad- ann; but as the only British justing the cruretter to suit the rider in the recent French spoed Climate, and so forth, but he as- Itrial, in which he broke this serted that ho made his record record, over a nono too perfect runs riding each machine for the course und in abominable wea-first time, and nevor wuched the ther, he in justly proud of bis carburettor at all. This speaks great achtovement. He ban add well-for-bo-mannor-in-which the ed another race to the history of¡J A P. star keeps his machines, the motor cycle movement.

Le Vack's duscription of tho By a strange coincidence, bla‹ffect of his performance on tho' w.rid's record spood-which is emotional French crowd was the average of two attempts taken amusing, "First of all," he said in both directions-ever the fly- I para yeed them with Lerror. ing kilometre was 11361 m.pl. You ago, the crowd was-- very exactly equal to Temple's British Close to the track : no any thought r-cord, which was only a oneway it safe to ride in such weather, rub. Moreover, in ono direction' and as I rode by at a goodly speed, Le Vack, on the 996 c.o. Brough [sic] the women were moved to Superior, envered a flying kilo, tears, and an official keeping the meire at a speed of 1:448 mph,1 road cluar your the time keeper at FUEL CONSUMP--which is the fastest officially the finch fell over backwards. recorded speed yet made on a When it was all over they hardly motor cycle, and is being claimed realised what I had done TION THEL EAST, British record.

Un he subject of the machine Le Vack war interviewed by a ho rode in puiting up the new representative of The Afotor Cycle, world's records in Classes E. and on the u' ject of his remarkable, G. La Vack said: "I used the feat. Duscribing the enurse, he'same engine you described in said it WIN straight road The Motor Cycle of October 25th. through the forest af Senart. not11923, which is a standard pro- too wide and with a pot-holed sur-duction that anyone may pur- fano not nearly so good as that of class for about £30. Wo do- the Avenue des Acacias in the scribe the supper-sports siduvalvo Champs Elysecs. There was an engine us developing 8-30 p. obelisk one at end of the course and but we are calling this overhead- a monument at the other. Thore, valve unit an 8-45 h.p., ongi o. Wo none too much room for kuow it dovolop 50 b.h.p. but how oither start or finish. The weather much more we don't know, as was bad, and Rono Thomas, the aftor developing that it wrecked. Dolago star driver, rufused to the testing plant! It is fitted in a

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"Soma eighty thousand people nud the course, " he added" and 49 all had paid for admission grumbles of discontent were he ard on all sides when Thomas' to fusal to run was announced. This mado mo think it would be a good plan to try and give them somo thing for their money.

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Brough Superior frame, which is practically standard except that the engine has been lowered two inches. When takon down for examination the engine found to be perfectly clean and the graphite still on the valve

atoms.

Was

"It may intorost you to know that the 250 c.c. engine was doing 6,300 r.p.m. with a 5% to 1 gear at 87.3 m.p.h., and the 1,000 e.e. engine 4,69) r.p m. with a 34 to 1 gear at its maximum specd." Le Vack attributes the wonder- ful speeds he has attained to "hard work, good workmanship and material, the skill of ouri dusignors Mr. V. Pago, and the guidance of Mr. J. A. Prostwich."

The equipment of the machine was as follows

Castrol oil, K L.G. plugs, Pratte motor spirit, Hutchinson tyres," Hartford shock absorbers, and Coventry chains.

Le Vack's 996 c.c. engino is called an extra-super sports! model." It has overhead valvos actuated by push rods, and light reciprocating partz are used, with ball or roller bearings throughout. It is oxictly as doscribed in the issue of The Motor Cycle referred to, except that a JA.P. mechani. cal oil pump has now been fitted. The 248 cc. Now Imperial- J.A.P. used in the successful at- tempts on Class A world's rocords employed an ongino with an over- hoad camshaft, very similar to the 350 c.c. overhead-camshaft J.A.P. engine used by the samo rider last year.

Too much credit cannot bo paid to J. A. Prestwich and Co, to the makors of the Brough Superior, or to Le Vaok for the 1,000,c e. performances, although it is hard to say which of the throo fonts is the most noto- worthy. First, Lo Vack put up the 250 c.e world's reened by 9.22 mp.., then mado the world's record spoed for a motor cyalo,] and finished up' by breaking the 1,000 cc. sidecar by 4.01 in.p.h. In the course of the latter at- tempt ho had great difficulty in finding a pasangor, moat peoplej hoing too frightened to accept the offur, and Roally he carried an 11-stone mechanic.

By hi remarkablo fonts Le Vack has brought great erodit to the British motor oyelo industry in a foreign land. and thie Association Moto-Cyolocariste do France owes him debt of gratitude for spreading abroad the fame of its rolatively un- important meeting on the 27th uit.

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