For your amusement, some gennuine tips for motorcyclists, circa 1903: When filling or emptying your tank be careful to keep all your friends who are smoking at a good distance. Neglect of this has caused more than one flare-up, the principal cause of danger, being, of course, a lighted match. Even those old cyclists who are thoroughly practised at repairing the pneumatic cycle tyre are somewhat non-plussed when dealing with the motor cycle type for the first time. Owing to the petrol, accumulator and lubricating oil, to say nothing of the weight, the machine cannot be turned upside down. In lieu of having portable jacks fitted, such as McCurds arrangement, a good length of stout wire should always be carried, and with this the cycle can be slung up to some handy projection such as the branch of a tree or gateway, when the repair can be made. Many motor cyclists, however, consider it is quicker and far less trouble to remove the wheel entirely from the frame. With the approach of colder weather the careful driver will don heavier clothing than he has previously been wearing. The evenings now are extremely chilly, and heavy clothing is necessary to avoid a chill. In these days of police traps, and for other reasons, it is useful to be able to see behind one. Gamages sells a device termed a Retro-opticon, which is an adjustable mirror to be fitted to one end of the handle-bar. The rider can without turning round in the saddle see what occurs behind him. The writer had occasion recently to be thankful for the fitment, for he perceived in the mirror a figure in blue step into the road behind him and signal ahead.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:48:46 +0000
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