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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1927.

THE B.M.W. TOURING MOTOR CYCLE

WHICH WON THE ITALIAN TARGA-FLORID RACE, 1927

12 B.H.P. MODEL

MODEL R42 500 c.c.

The new B.M.W. Touring Model represents the latest and most progressive form of engineering development applied to motor cycles.

*In designing the R.42 model, it has been the maker's endeavour to procure with all possible expedicney," every step of technical progress and every item of riding experience for the benefit of a wide, circle of clients.. The outcome of this endeavour has been to produce--

The most modern Touring Motor Cycle of the highest quality ever put on the market.

A FEW NOTABLE FEATURES Engine entirely water and dust proof. Double Frame throughout.

Increase of engine power to 12 bráke horse power. Rims suitable for normal. or balloon tyres.

All gearing effectively enclosed in oil-tight casings, The universally recognised advantages of shaft-drive. Bosch head and rear lights-Speedometer-Horn. All spare parts in stock in Hongkong

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May we give you fürther details of this super-motor_cycle"? If you are interested in the most luxurious two-wheeled machine in the. world, please call or write for full specifications and particulars,

REDUCED PRICE H.K. $830.00

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THE EIFEL NURBURG RING.

Europe's Most Difficult Motor-car Track.

By B. von lengerke, Managing Director of the Avus Co., Berlin,

The German motor-car industry Ring can bear comparison with and the German motoring clubs only one other racing road in jhad long felt the need for Europe. That ather read is the diffiepit, and "varied road track on Track Madonio in Sicily. But the which they could, at all times, test Madonic has nothing like the road their cars and other manufactures serface possessed by the Nurburg in order to proceed to further im Ring. The difference between the provements. It was seen that

twa la palpably evident from the Isach track would give an fact that the highest average speed impulse to the German motor-car attained on the Sicilian track only business and would provide, at slightly, exceeds 70 km. per hour, whereas the average on the Nur- the same time, work for theburg Ring already surpasses 100

km. unemployed.

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Consequently, such a track was The track, was begun in August, constructed in the Eifel,-a fine 1925, and finished in June, 1927. mountain region to the west of. There were, also constructed, dur- re- the river Rhine. The district is ing this short period, ronde

the enormous poor and sparsely inhabited; the quisite to carry track itself is unmatched in the traffic coming and going during whole of Europe; it is, indeed, a the races; so, too, were gigantie undertaking, particulars enormous stands and refreshment | ef which it is the purpose of this rooms etc., the promenades, and a jarticle to enumerate."

gigantic concreted starting place; with room for 60 vehicles and their The Nurburg-Ring is a tarred drivers etc. All the roads which macadam racing-track kept con-meet the track have been bridged tinually in thorough condition.over, so that there is not a single With its 28 kilometers, its 170 crossing throughout its entire curves and its variations in height course. This meant building 17 renching 650 metres, it constitutes bridges, for which purpose 11,000 an unrivalled truck for all kinds of cubic metres of concrete were re- vehicles; nowhere else is it posquired. For the building of the sible to find a track so suitable for truck itself 210,000 cubic metres the practical testing of automobiles of loam, 150,000 cubic metres of by forced long-distance running. bricks and 30,000 cubic metres of

The Norburg-Ring has through blasted rock had to be shifted.. out'a useful breadth of 8 metros,

For the surface of track 125,000 expanding to 10 metres or more cubic metres of road metal were the occasionally somewhat banked needed; it was obtained from the curves. Its variations of rise and adjacent basait quarries of the fall are adapted to the moun-Eifel Mountains. The track tainous formation: They are, in furnished with the most up-to-date sume cases, as much as 17 per cent, installations. and are so rapid that cars runningi

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over the track at forced speed It is obvious that such subject every partion of their gigantic project, could not be car- structure to the severest strain, ried out with private means or The use of such a testing "ground with the funds of local authorition: i is bound to lead gradually to a the sums requisite for this highly marked improvement in the useful enterprize were provided by qualities of The vehciles. Ithe treasuries of Prussia and of is clear, therefore, that the the German Reich. Nurburg-Ring pussesses far more than merely, local importance; as a matter of fact, it has already acquired an international standing in sporting and technical eireles,

Owing to its mountainous and picturesque situation, the Nurburg-

MANY LOSE LICENSES,

New York State's motor vehicle commission has revoked more than 4,500 drivers licenses up to August.1 this year, most of them because the owners were convicted" of driving while intoxicated or for reckless driving.

With their help, a motoring.romi has been built whose ideal charac er offera automobile racing such possibilities of development that it will attract, not only Germans, but foreign also yast crowds of tourists,

MAINE IS FIRST.

Maine leads all New Englan! states in road mileage. The state has 20,765 miles of surfaced roads,

EIGHT OVER-PASSES.

The city of Pittsburgh now has eight over-pass streets, as a par Lial solution to its traffic problem.

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Motorists everywhere

are trying and buying the new World" Morris

THE

HE new Morris "World" models were introduced just twelve months ago. Dur-"- ing that short time they have fully proved how well they filled a long felt need. For this is a car typically British in workmanship, in per- formance, and in economy. And in its design are embodied those features essential for uni- versal motoring. The" World" radiator com- bines handsome lines with ample cooling power; the re-designed chassis spells strength with comfort; the Dunlop "buttressed" tyres add to that comfort and ensure big mileage. In the "World" Morris you buy a car that will do 30 miles per gallon of petrol; 1,000 miles per gallon of oil; that will give you ten years honest service, and this year still better bodies, still more models, still greater value.. Is it any wonder that motorists everywhere are trying and buying the "World" Morris ?

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NEW MOTOR LEGISLATION.

Home A. A. Urges Drastic Changes.

In view of the possibility of new fair advantage so often enjoyed by legislation governing the use of the Prosecution).

motor vehicles. the Automobile 14) The present period of seven Association intends to impress days allowed for the lodgment of upon the Government through notices and other preliminaries to every available channel the urgent an appeal to be increased to four-"

(Serious difficulties need for certain drastic changes. teen days,

are frequently experienced by per

The recently published draft sons wishing to appeal, ewing to of the new Road Traffic Bill fore-the shortness of time at their dis-, shadowed certain alterations, but]posal).

not

in the opinion of the Automobile Association, this DI dous

(5) That it be a definite offence provide for several important punishable by heavy penalties for legislative reforms which, with any person to drive

or tamper

the rapid progress of motoring with a motor vehicle without the during the past twenty years, are authority of the owner. of vital importance to all who own or use mantor vehicles. -

The main features of the A.A. campaign for up-to-date motur law are as follows:-

(1) The speed limit abolished.

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(6) All vehieles to be adequate-

ly lighted, front and rear, after dark.

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(7) Failure immediately to pro- daco the driving licence

on tie- be bemand shall no longer

offence providing the licence is pro- duced to the Police Authorities

(2) Penalties for dangerous within three days. driving to be, increased, but Courts

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Séveral other proposals are be- to be allowed complete discretion as to the suspension of the driving Road Traffic Bill, but apart from ing made by the Association on the licence, or the disqualification of actual legislation, it is the inten- (drivers.

tion of the Association to urge (3) In

case of serious that the necessary pressure be offences such as dangerous driv-brought to bear upon the Authori ing the summons when served ties to give effect to the view ex- shall be accompanied by a state-pressed by the Departmental Com- ment showing the details of the mittee (Ministry of Transport) charge which the defendant has to on the Taxation and Regulation of meet. (The motorist is often at Motor Vehicles-that It is un- a great disadvantage when his desirable to increase the number first notification of an alleged of purely technical offences, and offence is

service of a that when instituting proceedings, summons some considerable time due regard should be paid to the 'after the date of the alleged object of the Regulation, and the offence, and it is the view of the fact that the mere breach of the Association that there is a strong Regulation should not necessary case, for the removal of the un-be an offence in itself,

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