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FOR COMFORT. A Few Useful Hints.

By Israel Klain.]

Body builders are improving the seating of the automobile with better arrangement of springs, for the greater comfort of the pas sengera,

But the springs below the body, and the tyres, remain the essential foundations of comfortable riding. Attention must be given them re gularly if touring is to be easy and enjoyable.

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As efficient shock absorbers, the tyres depend on the amount of air pressure in them. It was for their high shock-absorbing qualities. that balloon tyres were introduced.

The principle of balloons is not the resiliency of their thin walls, as opposed to the stiffer fabric walls of the former type of tyres. It's the lower air pressure that. makes this type of tyre the better shock absorber.

It has been discovered, however, that the extremely low air pres- "sure of 22 pounds average, as first advised for balloons, is too low for efficient riding. It wore down the tyres too soon. Now as high as 36 pounds. pressure is suggested for comfortable

with riding balloons,

If high pressure tyros are used on your ear, air pressure may be reduced for comfortable riding only at the cost of quicker wear on the casings.

Springs TRake

shock good absorbers, provided they are kept well lubricated. Otherwise. rús: hetween the leaves will cause them to stick and then suddenly snap apart, causing a jerky motion that's far from comfortable.

Graphite greuse is the best lubricant for

This springs. should be forced between the leaves by means of a thin blade. or screw driver. The leaves may be tried apart easily when the car is jacked up so that the weight of the body and axle will pull the leaves apart. The jack, for this purpose, should be put under the spring pad, or frame."

The grease will wear out soon, but the graphite will remain as a good lubricant between the moving

parts. Oil may be applied to the

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9 Times in 10 Are Just Dry Chassis Bearings or Springs

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sides of the springs at Intervals: have been compressed under the then check the rebound by the The movement of the leaves will weight of the car, that a leaf may slow expansion of the air or oil, due to the almost total exclusion work this oil. between them and snap.

shock absorbers of the outer air in the first place, Therefore, keep them free from rust.

generally are designed to check and to the viscosity of the oil in

rebound. Both the second. Dry, rusty, neglected springs are this upward linble to break easily when the carpneumatic and hydraulic shock goes over a rough road.

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It is absorbers cushion the downward Well-kept" springs, properly in- on the rebound, after the springs motion by the compression, and flated tyres, application of shock

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Don't over-grease the springs, or they'll become too lively and bounce the car out of the control of the shock absorbers.

Police Cordons Driven Through.

NIGHT CHASE THRILLS.

Two men, barefooted and clothed only in pyjamas and dressing- gowns, took part in a motor car chase of a gang of thieves along the roads between Sevenoaks, Kent, and London in the curly hours of the morning recently.

Lightweights.

(By Kenneth Fraser.]

Present discussions amongst motor cyclists as to the possible advent of the £20 motor-cycle brings to the fore the subject of the lightweight and its compare- tive advantages and disadvantages. There are two schools of thought

cach diametrically opposed,

of which is quite convinced that it The lightweight ridor The fugitives' motor-car, a four- is right. seator, was driven so fast-it cover stresses auch matters as the great- ed 20 miles in 33 minutes, more er ease of handling, the smaller than 47 miles an hour that al running costs, and so on, whilst though the police were called out the heavyweight man points to along its route with the utmost comfort in all weathers, greater promptitude to form cordons across staying power, and the ability to the road they wore powerless to stop go anywhere on the heavyweight it, having neither road: barriers. to

The prospective purchaser of his. lower nor motor-cara or motor-first motor cycle is apt to be con- blcycles with which to pursue it fused, and if he is possessed of The number plate was not illumin only little knowledge and experi- ated.

ence may, make a blunder, all motor-cycles seeming much the same to him. The lower price of the lightweight appeals to him, na~.

The thieves were discovered in the garage of the Polhill Hotel, Hal- stead, near Sevenoaka, about 2 a.m. by the proprietor, Mr. E. G.turally, and he may quite possibly Peasley. He heard a clatter, and buy, expecting his machine to pull from his window saw a motor-car a heavy aidecar and indulge in. outside with the engine running and strenuous touring work in all two men in the lighted garage. One parts. was inspecting the englans of a car, and the other, apparently, was about to dismantle the garage equipment. The men, and a third who was at the driving-wheel of the waiting car, were all roughly dress-

ed.

Of course, there is no need for. any argument as to the relativo advantages of heavy and light motor-cycles, because they are in- ended to fill two distinct purposes. The heavy is for the man who may wish to go anywhere with a side- Mr. Pensley shouted, and the men car, complement of passengers, and rushed from the garage into their baggage; the medium-heavy is for car and moved off. He telephoned the same sort of work, only ridden to the Knockholt police, two miles solo; the lightweight is more for away, and roused one of the hotel what may be described as jaunts, menservants and ordered him to or for town work. Not that the get out a fast car from the garage.lightweight is any the less rejiable, But before the two men, who did for any the less possessed of sound not wait to put on clothes or slip-quality, than its more ambitious pers, started on the pursuit, the brother. But, obviously, it is pos- escaping car had passed throughsible to ask a lightweight to do

too much. Knockholt. A

The police officer at Knockholt sent on the alarm to Bromley, seven miles away. When it was received- 12 constables were in the police station changing night and morning shifts, and they went to the market place at the double. This part of Bromley is a bottle-neck an ideal position for a road barring, as has been sugested in The Daily Mail:

The £20 Motor Cycle.

It is open to doubt whether the. £20 lightweight would be a success, and I base my doubts on this fact, that the man who is likely to want such a machine is just the type who normally wants a passenger outfit.

The sporting solo rider, who takes no heed of bad- weather, The dozen police officers had just and thinks nothing of distance, begun to erect a barrier with some goes out for the medium-weight This is especially important in road-repair equipment when the solo; the lightweight is not his wanted car drove up at a speed csmount; he demands power and a of comfort, and certain degree the case of light cars.

timated at not. less than 50 miles neither of these can be got in the an hour. The constables formed a

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line across the roadway, but the lightweight. I do not mean to say Associate Membership of the

that lightweights are uncomfort- car was driven straight at them at able, but heavy going and long dis joven faster speed.

As they scattered, several police-tances aboard them is not conduc- men fell and were grazed by theive to comfort. They simply are

not designed and built for it.

wheels.

One policeman. threw his trun- The sporting solo rider, there- cheon at the car and it struck with fore, will not get what he wants. such force that it rebounded and. for anything in the neighbourhood. But the average, more. fell in the road. Only the driver of £20. land one passenger. were visible easy-going motor-cyclist. wants a afterwards, and it is believed that passenger machine, one, that will, one of the men was hit and sank to take him and his passengers and the floor.

their baggage on any reasonable touring route. And,he will not get what he wants for the 'money either."

Another cordon of police from Catford was waiting for the car at Southend Pond, and the constables carried.red. lanterns to suggest to the driver that he was running into a traffic obstruction, The ruse fall ed, the car turning to the left off the main road into Beckenham lanc, 30 yards from the cordon.

It passed through Beckenham and Penge. At both places policemen attempted to stop it, but it dashed recklessly through their ranks. The car was next sighted at Crystal Palace-parade and at Tower Bridge, E. C. but from there all further trace of it was. lost.

HEAVY TAXES ABROAD,

In

Most parts of Europe look on the automobile. still as a luxury. fact, the ownership tax rises to as high as 50 per cent, of the car's original cost..

HARRY

it seems as though you just can't go joyriding without someone you running into

know.

It would appear, then, that the demand for such a lightweight. would come from an indeterminate. class of motor-cyclists; those who use machines for business purposes, either for going to and from their offices, or for covering a fairly wide. district in and about town where calls have to be made. stance, they may perhaps use them for running out to tennis or golf, or for comparatively short runa in which the object is solely the run and the pleasura to be derived therefrom."

-For-in-

If a man is in the happy posi- tion of being able to keep two machines, then, of course, there is no argument; but the would-be rider who wants to obtain general utility with the least possible out. lay has to consider all these things. 1 As for bringing new recruits into the ranks of motor-cycling, certainly the £20 machine would be very useful indeed. But I cannot" help thinking that it would almost invariably be in the manner of a stepping-stone, the new recruit finding after a senson at the most that, he wanted something more powerful, whether for solo vork or not. In any case, however, the lightweight at this price would serve a good purpose to motor-cycl- ing. When it will come is another matter.

In a recent article I entered on the subject of the limit of lowness in price, suggesting that that limit was practically reached to-day. If I am wrong, and manufacturera can still farther cut cost without' appreciably lowering, standards of quality, then, of course, good luck' to them.-Ex.

GARAGES INCREASE.

Four out of five houses built in the United States last year had a garage to accompany it, reports the

A U. S. Department of Labour. large number. of the garages, were of the multiple variety, to go with apartments. They cost an average of $22 each.

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