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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1930.

MOTOR CYCLING MATTERS.

[By Kenneth Fraser.)

U. S. A: MAN INVENTS

HEAVY: SPENDAES

American tourists spent a total

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KEEPING ROADS CLEAR.

The joy of fine weather riding If a can of petrol was ignited

Other makes report umuding increairs of is very great; the sun acis upon when being poured into a tank, 19 to 15 more." one's spirits in a way that no las in the "circumstances I have Mr. Critchlow offer to send 1 to intro-

Juce. He ao want Country and Stat artificial tonic or dope cati ever mentioned above, It is tremendous Agencies everywhere, to make 1950 to $1,000 hope to; tha smile of the country-odds on both people being most per month. side upon a summer's day is re-terribly burnt. The Hquid will flected in one's inner conscious not ignite, we know, but the. ness. And yet what joy, there is vapour from it will do all that is on the road on an autumn day!necessary, and though they say I The appearance of the sun beis possible to plunge a lighted tween clouds, gleaming on a wet cigarette into petrol and road, catching some distant range tinguish it, I fall- to see how of hills, turning greys to alcontact with the vapour can be glorious gold, the keen zip of the avoided. It is an experiment air past one's face, freedom from shall never try. the worry of traffic-there is much to be said for thin, .........

I have often wondered why a good many motor-cyclists--and] others for that matter-scom to be afraid of the winter. Of course, there are beastly days "when not even a dog" should be out of doors; but there are scores and scored

look of days which horrible from the inside, but are thought to be divine by those out- nide. Ág, a matter of fact, weather affects us all in different) ways; but it is very easy to allow oneself to be adversely affected by what is supposed to be bad weather, and to get into the habit of fighting shy of anything but an obviously fine day.

I think town-dwellers are more affected by "bad" weather than we, country folk. In a sense, a town is an artificial thing, and, cold winds, rain, and grey akies" are out of place. They produce mud and discomfort. and a drear- Iness of the soul on that account. The town-dweller looks out of his breakfastroom window. and scen the bleak pavements and the overcast skies, and he thinks of draughty trams and wet feet dripping umbrellas, and Home- body's claz'a raincont claminily dripping moisture over his kult. But in the country, rain and shine are taken as they come; one goes In and out without regarding them unduly, and soon comes Lo that familiarity with the more un- friendly elements that breeds epn-l tempt.

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As soon as one becomes an all- weather motor-cyclist one forgeta to be affected by the weather, Lakes out the bus whatever the state of the skies and gets asi much joy from one kind of day as another.

Worst Ride.

This leads me to think of grisly: experiences. It is interesting to look back and pick out from one's memory the really worst ride one ever had, when the weather really was a bit over the odds.

I think the worst ride 1ever had) was a trip from London to Hast ings in 1906. In those days one hnd to ride feet up, since it was Impossible to touch the ground, and my mount at all events had no footrests. It rained and rained, and the road was simply one long greasy rink. There was little traffic in those days, and so on? could slither and slide over the greater part of the road. It was absolutely unsafe to relax grip on the handlebars for an instant or allow attention to wander from the road for a split second.

I arrived dead beat. plastered with mud from head to foot, and with my raincoat in ribbon, from getting it caught in projecting parts every time I fell. I passed just one other motor cyclist on the whole journey. We grinned at one another for a second and floundered on, That ride was

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Another beastly. Journey 1. had| was on a very dai.. night with a lighting outfit none too good on a strip of road down which a lorry had passed some short, timo be fore. From this lorry had been dropping baulks of timber Home six to eight feet in length. My lights allowed me perhaps top yards, warning of each baulk, and 1 way in a desperate Hurry. Broadsiding! I reckon did ten miles out of fifteen aldaways on. And I never caught up the lorry!

Petrol Dangers.

One gets so used to handling petrol that its potential, destruc- Live powers get forgotten. The other day I saw a bike being alled up from a can, The rider was leaning over it with a cigarette in his mouth and his pillion passen- ger was standing just as clonu, also smoking. It is possible to do this perhaps a hundred times, andi on the hundred and first there will be a flare.

Those who have never seen a petrol fre should spill a little somewhera, say, where the weeds want killing on the drive, and drop & match on it. They will then get an idea of the fierceness of the blaze that will result from a very small quantity.

The American Automobile Aizo- ciation estimated that more than 100,000 miles of main roads in 86 states will be kept open and free from snow this winter. This work will cost about $6,500,000.

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