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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1926.

B. S. A. MOTOR CYCLES

gained the following awards in the recent English

INTERNATIONAL 6 DAYS TRIAL

SPECIAL EXHIBITION" MEDAL

The B. S. A team on 3.49 h. p. models completed the course without losing a single, mark and were the only team to complete the Trial with absolutely clean sheets.

ALSO MANUFACTURERS TEAM PRIZE

"B"

CLASS

Riders of B.S.A. Motor Bicycles also gained the following awardi:

10 GOLD MEDALS

1 SILVER MEDAL

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MOTOR NEWS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

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Special Roport to the Hongkong Telegraphy.

By "R.A.C."

A newcomer to the Wolseley the world distributors. is rogards and touring car, has been reduced range is a 14/45 h.p. six-cylinder home prices, the 11 h.p. Clyne in the humo market by £20 model, the enge of which runs touring car shows a reduction of

S very smoothly at road spoede £17-10-0, while the 13 h.p. four The announcement of the Mor varying from five to sixty miles cylinder model of the same makeris programme for 1927 has an hour. The model has been shows a reduction of no less than caused quite a sensation. Not thoroughly tested in France, over £40 and the four-door saloon of only is it now possible to buy a the mountains into Spain and £48. The Hillman Fourteen." complete Morris Cowley two- among the passes of the Alps and chassis is only being modified for seator in England for 6140-10:0.1 has thoroughly proved its sult-1927 in respect of minor details. and a fully equipped two-door! ability for oversous conditions. The bodies have, howover, been soloon with four-wheel brakes for There are six brakes in all, the ro-designed to give more comfort $195, but the chassis has boon!. four-wheel system being operated and better value for money, des altered and improved in many? by pédal The semi-elliptic pite which the price of the stand-respects, springs are of unusual length and,

in conjunction with shock absor bors front and rear, give very comfortable running.

The 16/40 hp. AC, though not a new production, calls for re- mark, inasmuch as the home price of the 2-3 seater has recent

395. This has resulted in a very big demand, the whole production being now booked up for some weeks ahead.

In view of the near approach od, the whool drop is considerably. of the Olympia Motor Cycle Show less. Moreover, any vertical (October 4th to 9th) details of movement on one rear wheel manufacturers' programities are results in only half that move-ly been reduced from £495 to beginning to be made public ment being transmitted to the Those show that for 1927 a large chassis frame. number of minor improvements likely to appeal to Overseas

During the last month "Motor buyers are to be included In Transport" has published details any cases a new type of front of no less than four six-wheelers brake will be introduced which it of different British makes A hp. model, Armstrong Siddeley's is believed will remain effective particularly interesting example are now producing a new six- under all climatic conditions and is a six-wheeled pneumatic-tyrueylinder vehicle known as the will secure quick and safe double docked bus with covered

In addition to their older 18

retardation. Further improve-top deck supplied by Guy Motors Long Eighteen, in which the ments in frame and fork design Ltd., 19 the Wolverhampton whool track has been increased are being introduced and also Corporation, Orders for Guy to 4 feet 8 inches and the wheel better arrangements for easy vehicles of similar type have been grousing of all cycle parts. The placed by the Corporations of base to 10 feet 9 inches. The question of silent running is also Morocambo, Birmingham. Oldham result is a very commodious Car receiving needod uttontion, Atland Norwich. The Wolverlamp accommodating six or tho 1920 Show nearly three ton vehicles have six-cylinder hundred exhibitors will display sleeve valve engines and are people in comfort and thoroughly: their products in three miles of found to give exceptionally nagy suitable for oversouE (190, exhibits and every British fanu-riding on rough roads.

braking system is now.

represented...

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facturer of importance will be! I gather from "Motor Trans-brake drums measure over soven The Triumph Company are in- port" that pneumatic tyres are teen inches in diameter and thoro troducing a new two-valve Twinow being tried on covered-in are six-brakes, in all. The home Port" speed machine embodying Birmingham.

double ducked A. E. C. 'buses at several new features. Its single-Daimler Company, which is a

The Associated Price of the chassis is C450. cylinder engine has a displace comb nation of the Associated

Firms which specialise in the mont of 498 c.c., the bore and stroke being 80 by 90 m.m. The Equipment Company with the production of low priced vehicles overhead valve oporating gear is Co., has recently sent out a fifty-themselves

commercial side of the Daimler naturally continue, to dovoto totally enclosed and is autom-]

to four-cylinder two seated covered-in 'double atically lubricated.

The power decked A. E. C. omnibuses on a models. In this group there is ä unit is mechanically lubricated and the aluminium platon fa of demonstration covers over nine price reduction, rendered possible long tour, in Europe. The noteworthy tendency towards special design.

hundred miles by road and in-by, increased, output which, in cludes such places as Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzing and Vienna.

The new Matchless" models for 1927 include 350 c.c. and 500 c.c. side-valve machines and an interesting new 500 cc, overhead valve Super Sports" model. The side-valve machines are

in

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turn, is largely due to increased export, Ore may take, for ex ample, two well-known makes of

general appearance similar to the 1927 is to be a six-cylinder year just now taken possession of their I read in "The Autocar that which Mogers. Rootes, who have popular 246 c... lightweight and certainly the advance parti-

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Matchless" but of more substanculars that have recently come to magnificent new Showrooms at tial build. The engines of both hand from many leading manu Devonshire House, London, are have aluminium pistons and facturera confirm this view. Thus,. railer big end bearings. Trans-for instance, the latest Humber mission is through roller chains production is a 20/55 h.p. six- and three-speed gear. A shock cylinder car, the design of which absorber is incorporated with the has many points of interest. The clutch. The front chain is completely enclosed and autom

engine itself follows Humber atically lubricated and the rear valves on the side and, the inlets practice, having the exhaust chain is protected by a substantial overhead, the rocker geur for the guard.

Comfort is ensured by latter being lubricated under pros spring forks with built-in twin sure. The lubrication system of frictional shock absorbers.

the engine is inusual. A com- The "Super Sports" model has pound gear pump is employed, an enging of 495 c.c. capacity one element supplying oil at a with large inclined overhead valves operated by roller bearing which the connecting rods dip, low pressure to troughs into overhead rockers. The rocker and the second pump supplying. gear and push rods are totally at high pressure to the main onclosed and positively lubricat-journal bearings on the crunk and od. Engine Jubrication is by a Duplex mechanical oil pump with valve gear and timing gear. The cam-shafts and to the overhead sight food. Transmission is along braking system is such that the normal lines. The machine is front wheel brakes are operated priced at only £62-10-0 in the in conjunction with the transmis- hoino market.

The new model in the A. J. S.brakes to a pair of drums on the sion brake. The side lever applies range is of 4.98 h.p. and is known rear wheels. as the "H: 9" standard side-valve

touring machine. It is in effect The latest addition to the Beah a side-valve edition of the cxist-range is a 18/50 hp. six-cylinder ing 438 h.p. overhead valve model built specially with a view sporting model and has been to export trade, all such, features. primarily designed as a fast touring Bolo or sidecar machine. ground clearance, and so on

as springing, cooling, wheel track,' It is worthy of..note that during having been considered from this the first seven months of this point of view. The ongine has yoor A. J. S. machines have overhead valves operated by push gained upwards of four hundred rods fitted with a very neat ad- awards in races and trials, in-justment on the rocker arms. The cluding fifty-eight Gold Medala cylinder head and valve gear con and thirty-six trophies and cups. be removed complote without dis- One of the chief performances was turbing the timing. Lubrication that of the machine which broke is pressure fed, the pressure being all records for spoed in the Senior adjustable. The drive is through Tourist Trophy Races, covering a single dry-plate clutch, four- two laps at over seventy miles speed gear box and spiral bevel an hour

SIXWHEELED BUSES.

gear to the back axle. Four- wheel braking of the Porrot-Servo system is provided. A pedal ap- The use of six-whooled chassis plies: large internal expanding for motor omnibuses seems to be brakes on all four wheels, while coming along very rapidly. a hand lever operates a pair of Karrior Motors, of Huddersfield, brakes on the rear wheels only who were the British pioneers of Adjustmont of the four-whee this typo, have received orders brake ast is affected rapidly by from the Salford Corporation for the movement of one wing nut, six-wheeled buses of various an additional adjustment being sizos, some baving a capacity as provided for the front whoal small as twenty seats.

brakes, The chassis is marketed

The Atting of pneumatio tyres at home at the moderate price of bas hitherto been almost com £365. plofely confined to single decked

buses, many licensing authorition The latest Sunbeam is a six, objecting to their use on double cylinder model rated at 25 h.pl docked vehicles on the grounds and having an engine of unusua that deflation would dangerously power, giving splendid accelera affect stability. This objection tion and wonderful accessibility: losos weight in the case of rigid The chassis is made in two whosl six-wheelers of suitable design, base lengths, of approximately 11 since the tyres on the four rear foot and 11 foot 6 inches respod wheels can be of smaller section tively. It has been very thorough than would be needed if there ly tested and is now well in pro- were only two driving wheels duction; so that immediate de- Thus, if one tyro becomes deflat livery can be given.,

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