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The Motor Cycle 1910 Jan-Jun

Accident to a Motor Cyclist, A Fatal, Sup. Feb. 14th
Accumulators, Charging, 333
— Discharging Quickly, 249
— Double-purpose Accumulator, 570, 621
— Repairing, 188
— Sending by Rail, 68
— Storing, 420, 578
Acetylene Filters, 264
“Across the American Continent on a Motor Cycle,” by S. Bowmar, 178-181, 198-200, 244-246
— Border, by [[Allan Phillip, 20
Advertisers of Second-hand Machines, A Hint to, 306
Advice to Young Clubs, 401
Aeroplane Catalogue, The first, 124
Affiliation Question, Northern Clubs and the, by Geoffrey W. Liddle, 335
Africa, How Natives Transport a Motor Bicycle in (ill us.), 95
— Lady Motor Cyclist in Central, 94-96
Air Intakes, Suggestion for, 102
— Tubes, Another Reinforced Inner Tube, 78
Air-cooled Engine : How Long will it Run ? Sup. Feb. 28th
Alfreton and District M.C.C., Sup. March 14 th
All-weather Machines, Finish for, 111, 166, 230, 256, 282, 306
— Riding, 76
Smart Runabout for (illus.), 524
Tricycles for, 51
Aluminium, A Simple Process for soldering, 23
Amateur Camping Club, Sup. March 21st
— Records, 79
Amateurs, Prizes for, 586
America, “ Across the American Continent on a Motor Cycle,” by Stanley Bowmar, 178-181, 198-200, 244-246
— American Riders and their Amateur Status, 251
— British Magnetos in, 196
— “ Flying Squadron,” A Motor Cycle, Sup. Jan. 17th
— Largest Motor Cycle Factory, Sup. Feb. 21st
— Motor Cycle Design, Some Features of,
— Records, Sup. Jan. 24th, 31st, 146 193, 282, 308
— Reliability Trial in, 304
— Slight Tribute from, Sup. Jan. 17th
— Two-stroke Engines in, 114
— World’s Speed Record Claimed by, Sup. Jan. 3rd
Amman Valley and District M.C., 4»5
Amersham, A.C.U. Quarterly Reliability Trials, Scenes on the Test Hills, Rectory and Dashwood (illus.), 367
Amulree, Contour Section of, 85
— End-to-end Run, Sup. Jan. 17th, March 14th
— Hill-climb, 15, 53
— Kenmore Side, on the End-to-end Route, 275
— Six Days’ Trial, 125, 185
Anarchist, Motor Cyclist Taken for, Sup. Feb. 28th
Antananarivo, Madagascar, Racing on
— Motor Cycles at (illus.), Sup. Feb. 7th Apparel, Riding (illus.), 228, 229
Arbuthnot, Capt. Sir R. K., Signing the Sheet before Leaving Exeter (illus.), 269
— Winner of the Jarrott Cup, 301
Army, Motor Cyclists in the, Sup. Feb. 7th, 566
Aston Hill, Tring, Herts County A.C. Open Hill-climb, Sup. March 7th, 375
Aspatria College M.C.C., Cumberland, 350
Association of Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders, The, Sup. Jan. 24th
Attachments, Coupling, 71
— Respecting a Passenger Attachment, 163
Atlantic to the Pacific Coast by Motor Cycle, Sup. Feb. 28th
Atomiser, The De Beers, 196
Australia, High Prices for Motor Cycles in the South of, Sup. Jan. 24th
— Motor Cycle Condition in the Australian Bush, 89
— The Motor Cycle in the South Australian Bush (illus.), Sup. Jan. 3rd
Australian Record, Attempt on an, Sup. Feb. 7th
Austrian Motor Club Reliability Trial, 522
Auto Cycle Legion, Sup. March 7th Union, Affiliated Clubs and, Sup. Jan. 3rd
— — — Affiliations, Sup. Feb. 21st, 268, 350
Amulree and the Six Days’ Trial, 185
— — Congratulations to the, 413
— Decision to Limit Twin-cylinder
— Engines in its Competitions to 670 c.c., Sup. Jan. 3rd
— — Early Fixture of Principal Trial Dates, 9
— — Election of New Officials, 323
— — End-to-end Trials, 566, 587
— — Entries for the, Sup. Feb. 21st, March 7 th, 607
— — Entries for First Quarterly Trial, Sup. Jan. 24th
— Hill-climb, 268
— in the Isle of Man, 399
— Inter-club Championship, Sup. March 7th, 611
— — Its Formation and History, 40-43 Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s
— Trial, Map of, 612, 613
Lecture by Capt. C. Battine, 300
Legal Department, Sup. Feb. 28th*
Auto Cycle Union, London Centre of the, Sup. March 14th
— Metropolitan Centre of the, 454, 514i
Midland Centre, 280, 326, 354
— New Committee elected, 296
— News, Sup. Jan. 10th Notes, Sup. Feb. 14th, March 7th, 397, 568
— Nottingham and District Motor Cycle Club, Sup. Feb. 7th
— Provincial Clubs and, 16, 3Q •
Quarterly Reliability Trials,'Sup.
Jan. 10th, 31st, Feb. 21st, March 7th, 93, 124, 132, 140, 141, 147, 165, 195
— Entries Analysed, Sup Feb. 7th, 325
— First Competitive 1910 (illus.), Sup. Feb. 7th, 81 V (illus.), 333, 367, 36 370, 3£
— ? — Judges’ Report, Suj, Feb. 14th
List of Marks a Official Awards, 406, 407
More Light on tl Sup. Feb. 28th
New and Old Patten Machines in, Sup. Feb. 7th, 352
Official Report a Results, 97, 98, 124, 144, 399
Quartette of Competitors in First (illus.), Sup. Jan. 31st
— — — — — — Regulations, 1
Results and Report 97, 98, 124, 144, 3
— Spring, The, 444
— Tuning-up for the, li
— — Uxbridge to Banbu and back, 369-372
— Records, 124
— Second Quarterly Trial of 191 3C
Seventh Annual Dinner, Sm Jan. 24th
— Six Days’ Trial, The 1910, 9, 614
Amulree and the, 125
Entries for the, 537 Preparations for ther 262, 263
Route Fixed, Sup. March 7 th
Special Permits, 268
— Suggestions for Hill Tests, 599
Trials, The, 264
Curtailment of Suggested, 238, 259
Automatic Carburation, 413
The Motor Bicycle and, 339
— Carburetters (see “ Carburetters ”)
A.O.I.V. Springs, 360
Automobile Club, Tenth Anniversary of t.h£~ 1,000 Miles Trial, 325 /
Auto-wheel, The, 419, 490
Auxiliary Exhaust Release, Sup. Feb. 21st, March 7th, 157, 256, 282, 306
Aviation Conversazione and Ball, Sup. Feb. 21st
Ayr and District M.C.C., 247, 280, 429, 564, 618, Sup. Jan. 24th, Feb. 28th
— Hill-climb, 429

Backfire into the Carburetter, A, 188
Back-rests for Motor Cyclists, 24, 89, 103, 546
Back Wheel of a Tricar, 265
Balanced Twin, 624
Balloon Expedition, Sup. March 14th
Barnes, F. W Accident of, 567
Vl8le of Ma11’ Snaefell Mountain Hili- climb in the (illus.), 528
on bis 3 4 h.p. Zenith Grachia (illus.), 4 25
Bath Cs'cling Club, .Affiliation to the A.C.U., 350
— — •- — Assembled Outside the Blath- wayt Arms (illus.), 619
—- — — Proposed Cycle Section, Sup.
March 7 th, 619
Pattery Ignited and Magneto Machines, j IIoxv to Prevent Explosions in the
/ Silencer, 118
z Battine, CapL C.. Lecture on “The Rose or the Motor Cycle in Campaigning,”
Belt or Chain, 185, 569
Belts—Belt Jumping the Pulleys, 154, 409 — Care of 12
— Chain Belt, A New, 334
— Cure for Stretching of Leat her, 510. 578
— Detachable Belt Fastener, 460
— "Dressing for Leather, 334
— Fastener for Round Twisted, 246
— Fasteners, 67, 192, 246, 16. 460, 491, 516, 547, 600
- “ Gru- ” ra.dener, The, 192
;MV to Keep Dry and Clean, 109, 166 -leather and Rubber Canvas. 127
- Lightweights, 16, 32. 89, 145
- Novel Beit Tip, A, 145 Other Topics and, 357
— Remover and Puncher, An Excellent, 334
— Return to Flat, Sup. Feb. 28th
— Rubber and Canvas r. Leather, 83, 156
— Sidecar and Other Matters, 307
— Stretching and Breaking, A Cure for, 329
— Tensioring Device, A, 309 Tight, 56
— Tightening, 84
— Twisted Belt on Lightweight, The, 9
— Leather Belt, The, 50 Wear of Canvas and Rubber, 356, 393, 600
— Bennett. A. E., Lecture on “ Magneto Ignition,” Sup. Jan. 10th erizol. 359
- as Fuel, by J. Bellerby, 63, 81, 231
Berriedale Hill, Contour Section, 88
Bideford, Showing the Famous Bridge over the River Torridge (illus.), 315
Biggleswade, A Secret Check near (illus.), 277
Birmingham and District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 10th, 24th, Feb. 7th. 21st,
March 7th, 21st. 173, 281, 302. 326, 354, 378, 380, 404, 430, 482, 593, 616
— Hill-climb, Competitors Comparing Watches at the Top of the Hill (illus.), 378
— Members at the Opening Run (illus.), 302
— Reliability Run to Lincoln and back, Competitors Assembling at the Starting Point (illus.), 515
— Exhibition at, 301, 334
Bishop Auckland, Darlington, and District M.C.. Sup. Feb 14th, 143, 173, 202, 303, 593
Black Enamel far all Weathers, 28
Board of Trade Returns, 424
Bohbett’s T.re Grip, 103
Bolton and District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 24th 31st, 247, 326a, 455, 564. 565, 616
Boeder Bridge, Berwick-on-Tweed (illus.), 20
Bore-Stroke Ratio and Efficiency, by James L. Norton, 17, 47-50, 77, 90, (00, 131
Bosch Magneto, The New Ball Bearing, 67
Bournemouth. Centenary Fetes Sup. Feb. 21st, March 21st, 351
Boy Scouts, Inspection of. on Southsea Common (illus.), J 4 t
— — Searching a P. and M. Motor Cycle (illus.), 141
Bradbury and Co-, Ltd., Messrs., Successful 1916 Model, ID 1
' ford-E d inb urgti and back Open Trial,
607
460
‘elt Rim, 580
Bradford M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 21st, 143, 326, 404, 45-3, 538b, 618
Annual Open Hill-climb, 530 — Snapshot of, 570
—- — Ono of the Competitors in the 200 Miles Trial for the N.S.U. Cup (illus.), 444
— — to London and back 24 Hours’ Run,
590 599 B ram son’s Folding Sidecar fitted to a.
Two-speed V.S. (illus.), 80
Bramson Home Garage Sidecar, The, 80 “ Breakdown ” Competition, A Motor Cycle (illus.). 113
Brewster, Accident to. 4 79
Bristol Bicycle and Motor Club. Sup. Feb 7th, March 14th, 326, 379
— Route to, 409
— to Bournemouth, 518
British Empire, Largest Indiarubber Manufacturers in the, 544
— Exports, 424, 567
— Isles, Contoured Motoring Map of the. 334
— - Machines, Exports of, 324, 424, 567
— Magnetos in the States, 196
— Motor Cycle Racing Club, Sup. Jan. 31st, Feb. 7th, March 7th, 173
— Affiliation to A.C.U., 268
— — — Brooklands Meeting as seen by our Artist (illus.), 425
— — .... First Members’ Meeting,
240, 241, (illus.) Sup March 21st Fixtures, Sup. Jan. 24th
— — _ Meeting .at Brooklands, 374
— Open Race Meeting, 538 — Programme, The, 351
— Second 1910 Meeting,
298, 326a, 342-344 — — — — Year of the, Sup. Feb. 21st
- Third 1910 Members’ Meeting. 376, 414, 415
— Success, 544

California, Orange-growing m, 245
Callander from the Bridge, Showing Beu
Ledi in the Background (illus.), 86
Cambridgeshire Motor Cycle Club, 281
— Opening Meet (illus. h 357
— Petrol Consumption Test, 455
Cambridge University M.C.C., Sui . Pel>. 11th, March J 4th
— Winners of the Inter-’Varsity Contest
— at Brooklands (illus.), 611
Camera and the Motor Cycle, 192
Canadian Roads, Motor Cycle for, 383
Canvas and Rubber Bolts. Wear of, 83, 307, 356
Cap, A Novel, 550
Capabilities and Possibilities, 385
Carbide, Economy in, 112
— Porous Bags for, 410
Carbon Brush, A Broken, 332
Carburation, Automatic, 339, 413
— .Lubrication and, 309
Carburetters, Adjusting and Testing, 36, 130
— Adjustments, Mints on, by B. H. Davies, 294, 295
— — Simplified, 44
— — Timing of Spark, 458
— — Tip, A, 297
— Air Intakes, 283
— Automatic, 264, 297, 308, 327, 356, 365, 387, 395, 420, 472. 490, 525. 547
— Backfire into, 188
— Blow-backs in the Carburetter, 233
— Dripping, 493
— Experience, A, 366
— Faulty Carburettor Adjustments, 249
— Flooding, 28
— Jet, De Beers, 196
— Petrol Gauge, 550
— Pistons, Jamming of, 517, 548
— Query, 333
— Replacing. 56
— Semi-automatic, 472
— Short Inlet Pipe and Standard Carburetter, 26
Cardiff M.C., Sup. Feb. 7th
Car Licence Covers a Motor Cycle, 411
Carn Brea., Redruth (illus.), 60
Carriage Tax, 621
Carrier. Suggested Toolbox and, 53
— Taking a Passenger on the, 83
—- Use of, 30
Caserta, King Bomba’s Pal#m° ae alius.), 389
Castle Hill and Dinham Bridge, Ludlow’ (illus.), 138
Cattle on the Road at Night, Disinterested View of the Situation, 532
Centaur Redivivus, The, .345
— Roadster Model, The New Pattern 3i h.p. (illus.), 436
Ceylon, Cost of Petrol it., 90
Cham Belt, A New, 334
— Drive, An Appreciation, 517
— or Belt, 185, 569
“ Chains tor Power Transmission,” by Alec S. Hill. 350
Checking in Reliability Trials, by Felix Scriven, 122. 151, 169, 194, 575, 576
Cheshire, Police Tactics in, 532
Chester Historical Pageant, 350
“ Clean ” Counties. 83
Cleanliness, 516
Climbing Abilities, Test of, 191
— Hills “ in less than no time,” Sup. Feb. 7th
Club Competitions, 230
— Life, 75, 109
— Problem, A, 283
— Secretaries, Notes for, 162, 518
Clutches, Dressing for, 334
— Fit ting' a Free-engine Clutch, 12
— Mabon Clutch, A Tip for the Users of the, 11
— Oiling, 56
— Uses of- 359
Clyde Motor Bicycle, The New, 118
Clyno. 6 h.p.. Twin-cylinder, with Stevens M.O.I.V, Engine (illus.), 155
Cockshoot Lane, near Skipton (illus.), 593
Coils, Consumption and Dry Battery Ignition, 266
— Sparking at the High Tension Terminal
— Instead of at the Plug, 266
Coleshill and Water Orton, Constable Stationed at, 351
Collier, H. A., Interview with, 477. 478
Collier’s Choice for the T.T., 324
— Monoplane, 196 .
Colonies, Machines for the, 25, 251, 361
— Two Types of Machine in the, 20
Coloured Magneto Diagrams, 559
Combustion Heads, Detachable, 29
Comfort of Riding, Increasing the, 189
Competition Programme, The 1910, 57
Competitions, Long Distance, 586
— North of England, in the, 397
Compression, 170-172, 318-320, 409
— Absence, 493
— Curious Loss of, 188, 247
— Leakage of,. 266
— Loss of, 12
— Ratio, Variable, 311
— Restoring, 292
— Suggested Device for Varying, 550
Continental Touring, 594
Continent, Proposed Tour on the, 154
— Through Great Britain and the, by Dr. A. M. Webster, 462-465, 496-498
Contour Map, A New, 334
Cost of Running a Small Car, 55
County Council Regulations, Portable Sheds and, 540, 579
Coupling Attachment, Licence for the Use of, 12
Coventry and Warwickshire M.C., Sup. Jan. 24th, Feb. 7th, 14th, 21st, March 21st, 281, 326a, 355, 403, 455, 483, 538b, 565, 593
— Members Outside the Residence of the President (illus.), 281
— Military Motor Reconnaissance, 376, 398, 399, 426
North Wales, Run to,- 538b
— Winners of The Motor Cycle Cup (illus.), 584
Cowey Speedometer, Experience of the, 623
Crank Cases, Draining of Dirty Oil, 163 Heated, 189
— — Oily, 490
— — Swilling the, 28, 126
Crank Pins on Racing Machines, 580
Crankshafts, Ball Bearing, Sup. Jan. 3rd
Crowsley Spring Wheel Sidecar, Arrangement of (illus.), 596
Croydon, Alteration in Position of Ten-mile Speed Limit Signs, Sup. Jan. 10th
Cubical Capacity and Horse-power, 115, 131, 165

CURRENT CHAT—

Abbots Bromley, 586
Accessories and Equipment, Sup. March 14th Addresses Wanted, 351
Aeroplane Catalogue, The First, 124
Affiliations to the Governing Body, Sup. Feb. 21st, 350
Air-cooled Engine, How Long will it Run ? Sup. Feb. 28th
Amateurs, Prizes for, 586
America Claims World’s Speed Record, Sup. Jan. 3rd
American Records, Sup. Jan. 24th
America’s Largest Motor Cycle Factory, Sup. Feb. 21st
Amulree, Condition of, Sup. March 7th
Another Tourist Trophy for Twins, 533
Anything and Everything for a Motor Cycle, Sup. Jan. 24th
Association of Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders, Sup. Jan. 17th
Atlantic to the Pacific Coast by Motor Cycle, From the, Sup. Feb. 28th
Australian Record, Attempt on an, Sup. Feb. 7th
Auto Cycle Legion, Sup. March 7th
— Union, Affiliations, Sup. Feb. 21st, 28th, 268, 350
— Annual Dinner, Sup. Jan. 3rd, 10 th, 17 th
— General Meeting of the, Sup. Feb. 28th, 124
— — — Private Members, Sup. March 7th
— Report and Balance Sheet, Sup. March 21st
— — — End-to-end Trials, 566, 587
— Entries for First Quarterly Trial, Sup. Jan. 24th
— Hill-climb, 268
— Inter-club Championship, Sup. March 7th
— Lecture, 300
— Legal Department, Sup. Feb. 28th
— London Centre of the, Sup. March 14th
— . Notes, Sup. March 7th, 397
Nottingham and District
Motor Cycle Club and the, Sup. Feb. 7th
Quarterly Reliability Trials,
Sup. Jan. 10th, March 7th, 124
Auto Cycle Union Quarterly Reliability
Trials. Entries Analysed,Sup. Feb. 7th r Results, The, 124
— Second Quarterly Trial of 1910, 301
Seventh Annual Dinner, Sup. Jan. 24th
. Six Days’ Trials, 614
Special Permits, 268
Auxiliary Exhaust Release Holes, Sup. Feb. 21st
Aviation Conversazione and Ball, Sup. Feb. 21st
Ball Bearing Crankshafts, Sup. Jan. 3rd
Battle of the Cylinders, 586
Benzol as Fuel, 81
Birmingham to Coventry Road, State of, 397
Board of Trade Returns, The, 424
Bolton and District M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 7th
Bore-Stroke Ratio and Efficiency, Sup. Jan. 10 th
Bournemouth Centenary Fetes, Sup. Feb. 21st, March 21st, 351
British Exports, 424, 567
— Motor Cycle Market, Sup. Feb. 21st Racing Club, First Members’
Meeting (illus.), Sup. March 21st
Meeting at Brooklands, 374 7 Programme, 351
Brooklands, Events, Sup. Feb. 21st
— Hill-climbing Certificates, Sup. March 7th
— July Meeting, 614
— Meeting, 447
— Test Hill Record Beaten, Sup. Jan. 10 th
— Whitsun Meeting, 397, 424
Brussels Motor Show, Sup. Jan. 17th
Butter-maker, An Up-to-date, Sup. Feb. 21st
Buying Petrol in Small Quantities, Sup. March 14 th
Chains for Power Transmission, 350
Champion Tennis Player and Motor Cyclist, 423
Chester Historical Pageant, 350
Climbing Hills ‘ ‘ in less than no time, ’ ’ Sup. Feb. 7th
Clubs, Three New Projected, 124
Cobham’s Illumination, Sup. Feb. 21st
Collier’s Choice for the T.T., 324
Collision, An Unfortunate, 301 Comment Needless, 532
Commonsense Reform, Sup. Jan. 10th Convert, A New, Sup. Jan. 3rd
Correction, A, Sup. Feb. 21st
C.T.C. Defends a Motor Cyclist, 532
Cubical Capacity Tables, 567
Daily Press Again, The, 480
Dangers of Cattle on the Road at Night, 532
— of “ Hanging-on,” 32 5
Defence, A Novel, 351
Disinterested View of the Situation, 532
Donation to the Douglas Hospital 566
Doncaster, Warning to Ride Considerately Through, 614
East Sussex M.C.C., 503
Echo of the Edinburgh Run, An, 503
Electrically-propelled Bicycle not far off (?), 81
End-to-end Lightweight Record, 533
— Sidecar Record, 446
— Trial, The 1910, Sup. Jan. 17th Entries, Sup. Feb. 7th, 423
Engine Features Criticised, Sup. Jan. 24th
— Sizes, 268
Engines, Real Multi-cylinder, 586
Essex Motor Club, Renewal of Affiliation to A.C.U. for 1910, Sup. Jan. 17th
Exchanges Offered for Motor Cycles, Sup. Feb. 21st
Excursions to the Isle of Man, 480
Exhibition in Birmingham, 301
Exports of Britt . Machines, 324
Filey Speed Tri ,As, The, 424 Nor* .era League and the, 397
Fine Performance, 422
First Aid Motor Cycle, 502
— Open Event of 1910, 375
Flat Belts, A Return to, Sup. Feb. 28th
Fraud, An Ingenious, 268
Free Le^al Advice, Sup. March 7th
French Decoration, Sup. Jan. 17th
— Mo or Cyclists and Aviation, 480
— Vic ws of Brooklands and its Events,
Sup. March 21st
— Special Permit Granted to, 124
Hill-climb, A Ten Miles, 566
— in North Wales, 562
Hill-climbing in the Antipodes, 301
Hill-climbs in New South Wales, Sup. March 7 th
Hint to T.T. Riders, Sup. March 21st
Hundred Miles Road Race, 532
Illegal Speed Limit Signs, Sup. March 14th, 21s
Imports and Exports of Motor Cycles Sup. March 14th, 124
— of Motor Cycles, 324, 567
Increasing Imports of Petrol, Sup. Feb 21st
Inland Revenue Licenses Issued in 1908, 81
Inter-club Meeting in the South, 567, 614
International Motor Licenses, 396, 422 Isle of Man News, 422
Jarrott Cup Competition, Sup. Jan. 3rd, 301
Keen Buyers, Sup. Feb. 21st X '
Kenmore Hill-climb Abandoned, Leicester Motor Cycle and Cycle Show, Sup. Feb. 21st
— No Motor Cycle Club in, Sup. Feb.
21st Level Crossings, Danger of, 300
Licenses for Motor Cycles, Sup. Jan. 3rd Lighting a Dangerous Gate, 350
Lightweight Prize in the Land’s End Trial, 324
Lightweights, What a Good Lightweight can do, 268
Liverpool Stipendiary Becomes a Little Excited, 587
Local Taxation Licenses, Sup. Feb. 7th, 81 London-Edinburgh Run, Sup. March 14th, 424, 446, 567 Awards, 480
London-Land’s End-London, 268
— Awards, 375
London to Coventry and back, 423
Long Distance Competitions, 586 Lucid Explanation, A, 300
Magneto Spark, Timing of the, 124
Manchester Motor Cyclists in the T.T. Race, Sup. March 14th
— Show, Motor Cycles at the, Sup. Feb. 21st, 28th
Manxland, Hill-climb in, Sup. March 7tli Martin’s Win Upheld, 300
Midland Aviation Meeting, 533
Military Manoeuvres on the Welsh Border, Sup. March 21st
— Motor Cyclists, Sup. Feb. 21st Milkman’s Presence of Mind, 268 Model, A 19104, Sup. Feb. 21st Motor Cycle Club Annual General Meeting, Sup. Jan. 10th
Hill-climb at Secret Venue, 3C Inter-team Trial, Sup. Mard 21st, 35k London-Edinburgh Run, Sup. .March 7th, 375
Race Meeting and Gymkhana, 325, 424
Team Competition, Sup. Feb. 28th, 614 Trial, 300, 350
Competition “ Down Under,”- Sup. Feb. 28th
Design, Sup. Feb. 21s£
Motor Cycle Exhibitions, Leicester, 301 7- Olympia, 301
“** — ” Flying Squadron,” Sup. Jan. T 17 th
— —*- Insurance, o67
Racing in New South Wales, 301
Repairers, Sup. Jan. 3rd, 81, 124 Show, Leicester, Sup. Jan. IOth —, Olympia, The Projected, Sup.
Jan. 24th
— Cycles Becoming Popular in Toronto, Sup. March 21st
Imports and Exports, Sup. March 14th, 124
in the Army, Sup. Feb. 7th
— — — Denmark and Germany, 375
Increased in Price, 423
Two, Stolen, 614
M>cre they are Congregated, Sup Feb. 2lst.
— Cycling Club, 503
Team Trial, 532, 533
— — in Russia, 533
Victoria, Sup. Fob. 21st
— Cyclist Golf Player. 447
— — on a Balloon Expedition. Sup. March 14 th
— — taken for an Anarchist, Sup. Fob. 28th
— Cyclist’s Conviction Quashed, 397
— —- Army Manoeuvres, in the, 566
Local Taxation License aud, Sup.
Jan. 10 th
— Union Meeting, Sup. Feb. 28th
Motorists’ Sympathy. Sup. Feb. 7th
Neuchatel Hill-climb, Sup. Feb. 28th
New and Old Pattern Machine in the
Quarterly Trial, Sup. Feb. 7th
— License Fee of £1. 374
— Patterns with Old Names, 351
— Records, 446
in the Air, Sup. Feb. 21st
— Regulation at Brooklands, 374
— Speed Limits, Sup. Jan. 3
— System of Timing, 375
York Show, The, Sup. Feb. 7th
North Eastern Automobile Association, Sup. March 14th
Nor morn Club Officials, A Meeting of, 375
— League of Motor Cyclists, 587
— Meeting, Sup. March 21st North-west London M.C.C. Inter-team
Reliability Trial. 301
Special Permit Granted to, 124 Novel Engine, 533
Nyassaland, Tho Motor Cycle in (illus.), Sup. Jan. 3rd
Object Losson, 374
Obstacle Race for Motor Cycles, 268 Official Handicappers, Sup. Jan. 17th
— Repairers, 422
Olympia, Motor Cyclo Show at, Sup.
March 7th, 21st
Pacing Motor Cycles not in Favour, 351 Paris Salon, 1910, Sup. Feb. 21st Permit Granted by the A.C.U., 324 Petrol Imports, Sup. Jan. 17th
Police Activity, 586
— Tactics in Cheshire, 532
— Traps, Sup. Feb. 28th, March 14th, 300, 325, 350, 375, 396, 422, 14 6. 180,
502, 532, 567, 614
— — in tho Isle of Wight, 417
Praiseworthy Performance, 300
Problem of the Private Owner, Sup. Jan.
10th, 17th Production of Motor Cycles in 1907, 81
Prospective Competitor in 1910 Events,
30 I Public Interest in Flying, Sup. Feb. 21st Quarterly Trial, Entries, 325
First Competition of 1910, 81
Racehorse v. Motor Cyclo, Sup. Jan. 24th Racing at Sydney, Now South Wales, 422
Rapid Production in the United States, 396
Record Attempts at Now Brighton, 44 7
— Harry Martin Breaks tho Five Milos,
146 Records, 124 Re-exports, 4 24
Reduce Speed in Towns and Villages, 351 Regrettable Accident, 567
Rejoining tho Fold, 586
Reply to Various Correspondents, 301 Richmond Group, 301
— (Yorks) Moot, Sup. Mandi 14th Riding Conditions in Russia, Sup. Fob.
Road Board, 614
— Danger, 300
at Night, Cheeking, 350
Roller Skater r. Motor Cvclist, Sup. Jan. 10th
R.A.C. and Associated Clubs, Annual Dinner of the. Sup. Feb. 7th
St. Albans and District M.C.C. and Hertfordshire County A.C., Amalgamation of. Sup. Jan. 3rd
Saturday’s Meeting at Brooklands. 480 Scotland. Open Hill-climb in, 374
Scott T.T. Racers. 422
Scottish Cycle and Motor Cycle Show, Sup. Jan. 17 th
— Motor Cycle Clubs, Meeting of Secretaries of, 124
— Six Days’ Trial, 503
— Trial for Motor Cycles, 396
Second A’ear of the B.M.C.R.C., Sup. Feb. 21st
Secretary, An Energetic, 566
Shooter’s Hill Police Trap, Sup. Feb. 28th
Sidecars and Single Gears. 502
Silencers in the T.T. Race, Sup. Jan. 10th
Six Days’ Trial, 82 C
— — Route Fixed. Sup. March 7th
— Skinner, E.J., and J. Trevor,
Messrs., Mishap to Machines, Sup. Feb. 7 th
— — — Team Prize in the, 614
Sleigh Propelled by a Motor Cycle Engine, Sup. Jan. 10th
Smith. Mr. F. G., Awarded Mr. D. J. Maitland’s Prize. Sup. Jan. 10th ]
South Australia. High Prices for Motor
Cycles in. Sup. Jan. 24th ]
Specifications of T.T. Winners’ Machines. 503 ]
Speed Trials at Whitsuntide on Filey Sands, 375
Sporting Offer, 446, 44 7
Standard Machines, llill-elimb for. Sup. Feb. 28th
Stanley Show, Alteration of Date of. Sup. Jan. 3rd
Staxton llill-climb, 325
Suggestion, A Good, 325
Sunday Competitions again, 35 1
Surrey’s Revenue from Motor Licences, Sup. Jan. 17th
Sutton Bank, lnter-team llill-climb. 32 1 Wintered Badly, Sup. Feb. 28th
Swiss Motor Cyclo Reliability Trial, Sup. Fob. 21st
— — Cyclist’s Ideal Mount, Sup. Feb. 7th
Sydney Motor Cycle Club’s Hill-climb, 81
Tar-spraying Operations, 350
Tea and Entertainment to Cripples. Sup. Jan. 10th
Ten-mile Speed Limits, Sup. Feb. 28th
Tennis Player and Motor Cyclist, A Champion, 82
Tenth Anniversary of the 1,000 Milos Trials, 325
The Motor Cycle Buyers' Guido, 1910, Sup. Jan. 24th
— ju f,ho South Australian Bush, Sup. Jan. 3rd
Theft, An Impudent, 566
Three Milos Record, 44 7
T.T. Cash Prizes, 4 47 Competitors, Youthful. 503 Fund, 301, 371, 396, 123, 447 Items, 424
Limit Engine Sizes, Sup. March 21st Race, Sup. Fob. 7th, 32 1
Another Aspirant, 300
Brooklands, 533 Early Ent riot- for. Sup. Jan. 3rd,
24 th, 124. 301, 35 L 374, 397, 122
— — its Origin,’ 480
Next Year's Regulations, 567
Non-stops Claimed in the, 533
— on tho Bioscope, 533
Prospect I v ' Compet it or for tlie, Sup. Fob. 28th
Riders, Allot hoi 'Tize for. Sup. March 21st at Brooklands, 4 80
Transvaal Licence to Drive, Sup. March 7th Tribute from America, A Slight, Sup.
Jan, 17 th
Tricar for Rural Postal W< rk, Sup. Jan.
24 th Tunbridge Wells, Racing at 3<»l — • VVlilt-Monday Sports, 375
Two-stroke Engines. Another Score tor. 300
Tyres on Lightweights, 124
Unauthorised Speed Limit Signs. o33 Unfortunate Occurrence, An, 324
Unjust Prosecution of a Motor Cyclist, 533
Vacuum Oil Co.'s Prize Otter, 421
Variably Geared Lightweights. Sup. I eb.
21st War Office, A Proposal to the. Sup. March 7th
Whit-Monday Pacing at Brooklands. 122
White. Mr. A. Baker. Bet urns to Motor Cycling. Sup. Jan. 24th
West Essex A.C.. Sup. Feb. 7th
Woodman. Alan E„ Convalescence of. 587
Yorkshire Club, Another Proposed. Sup. Fob. 21 st
Open Hill-climb in, 566. 586 Consumption, 293
Curtiss, Glenn. Biplane at Khelms (illus. 4 65
New Pattern Single-cylinder Engine. Sup. Jan. 24 th
Cylinders. Battle of the. 586. 602-607. 621
Cutting out one, 332
— Bed-hot. 112
— Scavenger and Silencer. 589
— Single and Twin Compared. 83
— Uneven Punning in Two, 164

Dall Belt Fastener, Recent Improvements to, 67
Dashwood and Rectory Hills. Competitors Climbing (illus.), Sup. Jan. 3 1st, 367
Davies, B. H., Address on the End-to-end Record, 40 5
— Choice of Accessories. 201
— Great Motor Cycle Road Races of History. 4 66-17 I
— Hints on Carburetter Adjustments, 291, 295
— Preparations for the Six Davs’
— Trials, 262, 263
— Scottish Trials, 572-574
— Value of Racing, ’rhe, 137. 438
— Week in the Isle of Man. 526-528 Winter Overhaul, ’The, 6b
Dawlish, King's Parade (illus,), 59
Do Beers Atomiser, The. 196
Delay in Execution of Orders. 366, 4 19, 5 19
Denmark, Motor Cycles in. 357
Derby and District- M.C.C., Sup. March
14 th. 103. 182. 538b, 564 Inter-club Hill-climb. 619
Motor Cyclists to Form a Club, 187
Design, Suggested Improvements in, 239
Devonshire, Lightweights for, 265
— Way, Down (illus.), 311
Diagrams, Coloured Magneto, 550
Dog Nuisance, \ Remedy for the, 282
Doncaster and District M.C.C., Sup. Fob, 21st. 28th, 355, (82
— Warning to Ride (Considerately t hi\>;: ‘*h. 6 14
Donegal, Riding Conditions. 517
Double Pole Ignition, 256
Douglas, Carrying Motor Cycles down the Quay Steps at (illus,), 532
Hospital, Donation lo (he. 566 Drilled Pulleys, 5 17
Dr\ Batteries of Magneto, 108
Battery Ignit ion and Coil Consumption, 266. 357
Dublin and District M.U.C., 1 (3, 173, 538d
Coldllehl A.C., 451
Dunedin from Timaru, Reliability Trial to, Sup. Feb. 28th
Durham Motor Cyclists Congregating, 619
Dutch Motor Cyclo Club, First Summer Meeting of 1910 (Illus.), 487

Eagle Runabout, \ Smart 6 h,n. Twin cylinder (Illus.), 594
East Lancashire M.U.C., Sup. Fob. 28th Sussex M.U., Sup. March 7th, 1(3, 302 Reliability ami Speed judging Coutos , 503
Easter Tourists, Advice to, 24 6 Edinburgh M.C.C., Sup, Jan 3rd (Oth 3lsi, March 7th. 302, 377
Elrst Arrivals in the 100 Miles Reliability Trial of tlm (Illus.), 539
Group of Members p( (he (Illus,), 199
Edinburgh M.C.C. Open Hill-climb, 397,399
— Start of the Final of the Half-mile in the Speed Contest at Colonol Wardlaw’s Estate (illus.), 482
— Waverley M.C.C., 302
— Competitors at the Start of the First Reliability Run of 1910 (illus.), 379
— in the Speed Trials at Dolphinton (illus.), 427
Edison’s Storage Battery, 81
Efficiency and Stamina, 413
Egyptian Mural Carving, A Recently Discovered (illus.), 69
Eiffel Tower, Paris (illus.), 465
Eldorado Cycle and Motor Club, 565
Electric Lamps, 544
Electrical Appliances (illus.), 222-226 End-to-end Record, The, 53
. Address on the, by B. H. Davies, 405
Future of the, 172, 231
— Sidecar Record, 446, 542, 560, 561 Beaten, 538a
Start from John-o*-Groat’s House (illus.), 560
The New, 587
— Trials, 624
Amulree in the, Sup. Jan. 17th, 274
— — Entrants for the, 607
Entries, 423, Sup. Feb. 7th, 21st John-o’-Groat’s Trial, Map of, 612,
613
Kenmore Hill and the, 576
Route, The 1910, 85-88, (cor.) 89, 111, 274
The 1910, 62, 256, Sup. Jan. 17tli, March 7 th
Enfield Cycle Co.’s Private Racing Club (illus.), 331
Engines, Air-cooled Engine, How Long will it Run ? Sup. Feb. 28th
— Balancing Motor Bicycle, 109, 188, 234, 254, 255
— Carbonised Deposit on, 488, 548
— Dirty, and Over-lubrication, 620
— Do they Run Better at Night ? 15, 53
— Fitting a Free-engine Clutch, 620
— Two-speed Gear and Free-engine, 188
— Free, 154, 472
— French Rotary Valve, 433
* — Gnome Revolving Engine, Seven-cylinder, Air-cooled (illus.), 440
— History of the Internal Combustion, Sup. Feb. 21st
— Improving Speed, 69, 621
— Indian Two-speed Gear and Free- engine, 144
— Is an Engine more Powerful when Cold ? 249
— Small, 56
— Water-cooling on M°t0r Bicycle, 6, 27 50, 55, 73, 91, 108, 121, 125, 14J, 252, 253, 328, 358, 393, 445
— What is a Free-engine ? 154
England, Some Suggested Holiday Tours in, 484-487
Equipment, Riding, 544
Essex M.C., Sup. Jan. Feb. 7th, 28th, March 14th, 354, 379, 380, 403, 482
Evans, G. Lee, Interview with, 477
Events, More Sporting, 443 Exchange Business, The, 165
Exhaust Cut-out, Fitting an, 383
— Release, Auxiliary, 157, 185, 256, 282, 306, Sup. March 7th
— Silencer, An, 309
— Valves, 102
Cracks in the, 332
Increase of Speed on Slightly Raising, 30, 71, 165, 231, 328, 366, 419, 444, 491, 540, 548
Metal for, 133, 165
Pitting, 384
— Whistles, 365, 421
Experience, A Strange, 541
Experientia Docet, Bravo, 472
Explosions in Silencer on Lifting of Exhaust Valve, How to Prevent, 118
— Speed and Multiplicity of, 197, 282‘
T'’ 4. . 285, 286
Export Business, 176
Exports and Imports of Motor Cycles, Sup. Jan. 10th, 124, 338, 424
— of British Machines, 324, 424

F.N. Four-cylinder (1910), 460, 601
Falls of Falloch, near Loch Lomond (illus.), 23
Falmouth Bay (illus.), 60
Filey Speed Trials at Whitsuntide, 375, 424, 453
— Northern League and the, 397
Finchley and Barnet Centre of the Motor Union, Petition against the Erection of Tramway Standards on the Great North Road, 300
Fingers, Cold, 15
Fire at Slow Speed, Refusal to, 409
Firing, Irregular, 292 Five Miles Record, 446
Fletcher, G. L., Illustrations of the Scottish Trials, 573
Success in the Jarrott Cup Competition, 300
Flexibility, Greater Desired, 69
Float, Repair of a Punctured, 620
Flying, Public Interest in, Sup. Feb. 21st
Flywheels, Size and Weight of, 569
Footrests and Stand Combined, 92
Formia, The Harbour and Quay at (illus.), 389
Forth Bridge, Looking South, The (illus.), 21
Four-cylinder F.N., The 1910, 460, 601
Four-wheeled Runabout, A Light, 421
Four-wheeler, A Light, 248
Frame, A Divisible, 134
Free-engine Clutch, Fitting a, 12, 620
— Clutches, 233
Free Engines, 472
French Motor Cyclists and Aviation, 480
— Rotary Valve Engine, A, 433
Fuel Consumption, Spring Footboards, 569, 570

Gaiters, Tyre, 297, 356, 366
Gate, Damage to a, 620
Gateshead-on-Tyne, A Motor Cycle Club for, 565
Gauge, Carburetter Petrol, A, 550
— O’Kill Pressure, The, 243
Gauges, The Use of, 44
Gear Drive, 292
— Ratio, 154, 543
— Calculating, 68, 543
— Sidecar Use, for, 12
— Track Racer, 113
Gears, Change Speed Gear in Rhodesia, 165
— Fitting a Two-speed Gear and Free-engine, 188
— Humber Single and Two-speed Gear Models, 381, 382
— Respecting Sidecars and Change Speed, 69
— Sidecar Work, of, 493
— Sidecars and Single, 502
— Two-speed, 15, 32, 276
— Using a Too High Gear, 112
— Variable, 142
— Variably Geared Lightweight, 11a
— V.S. Two-speed Hub Gear, The, 192
Germany, Ferry Boat Crossing the Rhine from Switzerland to Walshut (lllus.). 497
— Formalities of Taking a Motor Cycle into, 333
— Motor Cycles in, 375
— Cyclists’ Corps, 81
Glasgow Clarion Sports, 548, 600
~ 77 ?~.Moto^Cyc10 Event8 (illus.), 538
— Five Miles Motor Race at, Sup. Feb.
— M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 14th, 28th, 143, 377, 430 618
— University M.C., Sup. March 7th Hill-climb, Sup. March 21st Glen Farg (illus.), 22
Gnome Revolving Engine, Seven-cylinder,
Air-cooled (illus.), 440
Goodrich Tyre, The Latest, 544
Great Britain and the Continent, Through, by Dr. A. M. Webster, 462-465, 496-498
— Motor Cycle Road Races of History, by B. H. Davies, 466-471
— North Road, Petition against the Erection of Tramway Standards on the, 300
Speeding along the Excellent
Surface of the (illus.), 347
— Salt Lake, Bridge Across the (illus.), 179
— Yarmouth and District M.C.C. Hill
climb, 353
Members about to Start on their Long Journey to Dav entry (illus.), 586
Grimsby Marlborough M.C.C., 539
“ Grip ” Belt Fastener, 192
Ground Clearance, 383

Hampshire, A Club in, 359
Handicappers, Official, Sup. Jan. 17th
Handle-bar Control of the Oil Pump, 580
Handle-bars, Weather Shield for the, 129
Harkness, Capt. P. J., London to Edinburgh Run, The, 500, 501
Harrison’s “ Disappearing ” Backrest, 103
Harrogate and District M.C.C., 'Sup. Jan. 17th, Feb. 14th, 99, 173, 378, 429, 538b, 564
— — — — Some of the Competitors in the Speed-judging Competition (illus.), 378 : Special Permit Granted to, 124
Heavy Brigade, 533
Heavyweight Motor Cycles, Luxurious, 260
Heavyweights, Cost of Running Lightweights and, 620, 621
— v. Lightweights, 31 53, 73, 91, 110, 131, 146, 166, 194, 232, 257, 284, 306, 329, 356, 368, 393
Helmets, Pneumatic, Sup. Feb. 7th
Helmsley Castle (illus.), 289
Heninghem, T. E., Tinkering with a Twin, 432, 433
Hertfordshire County A.C., Amalgamation with St. Albans and District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 3rd
— — — Members’ Hill-climb, 373, 403, 453
— Motor Cycle Section, 247, 303, 354, 355, 514i, 515, 539, Sup. Jan. 3rd, 31st, Feb. 7th, March 7th
North-west London M.C.C. and, Competition between, Sup. Feb. 28th
301 Open Hill-climb at Aston, 375, 402, 558, 559
Entries for, 531
— General View at Starting Point (illus.), 558
Hardy, F. A., Restarting in the Variable Gear Class (illus.), 559
- — Photographs of some Members of the, 257
Postponement of Hill-climb, 423 — Selection Trials, 531
Special Permit Granted to, 124, Sup. March 7th
Winners of the Service Cup, 299
Highgate, Scene at the Start of the M.C.C.
London to Edinburgh Run (illus.), 489
— Ye Old Gate House (illus.), 347
High Roads, The Safety of the, Sup. Feb.
Hill, Alec S.» “Chains for Transmission,”
350 Hill-climb Suggestion, A, 9
— Ten Miles, 566
Hill-climber, An Excellent, 131 Hill-climbing, 516, 540, 548, o78
Hill-climbs, Other Matters and, 419
— Timekeeping in Small, 443
— Tuning-up for, 519
Hills, Knocking on, 595
— Overheating on, 265
Hints, Carburetter Adjustments, by B. II. Davies, 294, 295
— Riding, 622
— Tips for Motor Cyclists, and, 38, 156
Holiday Tours in England, Some Suggested, 484
Holland, British Motor Cycles in, 596
Holroyd, J. S., Interview with, 577
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh (illus.), 21
Home-Garage Sidecar, The, 80
Horse-power and Cubical Capacity, 115, 131, 165
— Rating, 126
Hour Tourist Trophy Race, 343, 414, 415
Hull (Kingston) M.C., Members of the (illus.), 303
Humber Single and Two-speed Geared Models, The, 381, 420
Hungerford, High Street (illus.), 314

Ice Yacht and Motor Cycle, 319
“ Ideal ” Spring Fork, The, 103
Ignition, Dry Battery, and Coil Consumption, 266, 357
— Fixed, 292
— Magneto, Lecture by Mr. A. E. Bennett, Sup. Jan. 10th
— Repairs, 176
Imports and Exports of Motor Cycles, Sup. Jan. 10th, March 14th, 124, 324, 338, 424
Improvement, Room for, 142
— Where it is Needed, 285 Improvements (1910), 413
— in Detail, 71
— Royal Enfield Lightweight, in the, 330
— Suggested, in Design, 239
— The T.A.C., 290
India, Cost of Taking a Motor Cycle to, 110
— Motor Cycle Touring in, 195, 444
— Week-end Trip in, by G. H. Wilson, 10
Indian, The Care of the, 176
— Two-speed Gear and Free-engine, 144
— Trophy, The (illus.), 435
Inland Revenue Licenses Issued in 1908, 81
— Tax Exemptions, 56
Inlet Valve Tip, An, 91 Inner Tube, Another Reinforced, 78, 334
Instruction Books on Motors, 248 Insurance, 162
Inter-club Championship, The A.C.U., Sup. March 7th
— Competition at Easter, Sup. Feb. 28th
— Hill-climbing Competition at Sutton Bank (illus.), 272
— Meet in the South, 567, 614
— Meets, 540
— Team Trial, 425
Inter-team Hill-climb, 324
— Reliability Trial, 277, 301, 326a
Herts County A.C., Winners of the Service Cup, 299
— Results, 353
— Trial at Easter, Sup. March 14th to Harrogate and back—at the
George Hotel, Grantham, during the Luncheon Interval (illus.), 308
Inter-’Varsity Racing at Brooklands, 611
Internal Combustion Engine, History of the, Sup. Feb. 21st
International Cup Race, British Team in the (illus.), 468
— Motor Cycle Tourist Trophy Race (see “ Tourist Trophy Race ”)
— Licences, 396, 422
— Pass, The New, 425
Ireland, Motor Cycle Union of, Sup. Feb.
Irish End-to-end Reliability Trial, 589
— Roads, Tyres for, 445, 517
Isle of Man, A.C.U. Hill-climb in the, 399
— “ Ifs ” Overheard in the, 524
Police Traps in the, 447
Snaefell Mountain Hill-climb in the, 528
— Tourist Trophy Race Course in the, 439, 443
— Week in the, 526-528
Italy, A Lightweight in Southern, by J. J. Conybeare, 388, 389
James Motor Bicycle, The 1910, 575
Japan, The Motor Bicycle in, 96
Jarrott Cup Competition, Sup. Jan. 3rd,
March 21st, 186, 236, 269-271, 301
— Result of, 299
Jet, Unique Design of, 44

Keen Buyers, Sup. Feb. 21st
Keighley and District A.C.C., Affiliation to A.C.C., 350, Sup. Feb. 7th, 21st
Kelly, James R., Advice to Young Clubs, 40 1
Kenmore Hill-climb Abandoned, 586
— Hill and the End-to-end Trials, 576
Kidderminster-Worcester Road, Police Trap on the, 375
King Edward VII., Death of, 423
— Robert, Accident, 301
Knapton, Mr. G. W., Experiences with a 3-1 h.p. and Sidecar, 110
Knocking (see “ Engines ”)

Lady Motor Cyclist in Central Africa, 94-96
Lady’s Mount, Concerning a, 155
Lamps, Generator, Bracket and, 624
— Illustrations of Different Makes of, 226-228
— Inspection, 185, 250
— Lighting Device, 103
— Tricar Lamp, A New, 25
Lancashire Motor Exchange, Success of, 176
— M.C.C., 187, 429
Lancaster and Morecambe, Proposed Club for, 593
Land’s End, First and Last House (illus.), 85
to John-o’-Groat’s Six Days’ Trials (see “ End-to-end Trial ”)
Law and its Relation to Motor Car and Motor Cycle Owners, 120
Le Grand, J. P., at Speed in the Allcomers’ Class in the Herts County A.C. Hill-climb (illus.), 372

LEADERETTES—

Auto Cycle Union, Quarterly Trials Regulations, 1
— — — Trials, Suggested Curtailment of, 238, 259
Auxiliary Exhaust Release, 157
Car Licence Covers a Motor Cycle, 411
Club Life, 75
Competition Programme, The 1910, 57
Future of the T.T. Race, 321
Horse-power and Cubical Capacity, 115
Lessons from the T.T. Race, 495
Lightweights, Variably Geared, 115
Motor Cycle Club Inter-team Competition, 311
— Cycles for Colonial Use, 361
— Cycle Show at Olympia, 597, 598
Taxation, 177
Various Uses of a, 75
— Cyclist’s Views from the States, 39
Northern Clubs and the Affiliation Question, by Geoffrey W. Liddle, 335
— League, 411
Official Recognition of Records, 135
Open Trials, Pros and Cons of, 238
Possibilities and Capabilities, 385
Publication Day, 237, 252
Quarterly Trials, 93
Road Dangers at Night, 177
— Surfaces, 135
Rotary Engines, 385
Show Question, 19
Simplicity, 197
Speed and Multiplicity of Explosions, 197 285
Taxation Exemptions, 57
Test on Road and Track, 571
Tourist Trophy Race, 461
Trade and the Trials, 285, 286'
Value of Racing, by B. H. Davies, 437,
Variable Compression Ratio, 311
Where Improvement is Needed, 285
Leather and Rubber Canvas Belts, 83 127
Leeds M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 7th, 173, 187 ’404
, T a 453J t15’ 538b’ 564’ 618
7 7 J0. Rondon and back, 585, 598
Legal Advice, Free, Sup. March 7th
Mgn, 128 D°USlaS’ Spring Fork
-» am ’•?.
Another Club for, 99, 143, 173 ’ •
-— Motor Cycle Show at, Sup. Jan. loth
Feb. 21st, 301 h»
No Motor Cycle Club in, Sup. Feb. 21«i Proposed Club for, 143
st Leith M.C., Sup. Jan. 24th, 514i, 539

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR—

Adjustable Tappets, 395
Advertisers of Second-hand Machines Hints to, 306
Aid to Valve Removing, Suggested, 71
All-weather Machines; Finish for, 111 166, 230, 282
America, The Motor Cycle in, Hi, u7 194, 232, 254
American Records, 37, 146, 193; 282, 308
Amulree Hill-climb, 15, 53
Antiquated yet Efficient, 110
Appreciation of a Lightweight, 358
- — Two-speed Humber, 420
Auto Cycle Union, Provincial Clubs and the, 16, 30 . r ?
— Quarterly Trials, 132, 147, 165, 195
Auto-wheel, 419, 490
Automatic Carburetters, 308, 327, 356, 395,420,490
Auxiliary Exhaust Release Ports, 256, 282, 306 Awards in the Quarterly Trials, 166
Backrest for Motor Cyclists, 89. Balancing Motor Cycle Engines, 254, 255
Beaded-edge v. Wired-on Tyres, 72 Belt Fastener Screws, 516, 600
Suggestion, 491 Belts, Cure for Stretching of Leather, 578
— How to keep, Dry and Clean, 109,.1,66
— on Lightweights, 16; 32, 89J145
— Other Topics and, 357
Benzol as a Fuel, 231
Bore-Stroke Ratio and Efficiency, 17, 90, 131
Brooklands Hill-climbing Certificates,230
— Should Starters be Barred at, 230
Business and Pleasure, Combining, 327
Butt-ended Tubes, 230
Canvas and Rubber Belts, Wear of, 307
Carbonised Deposit in Engines, 548
CarburetterAir Intake, 283
— Experience, 366, 444
Carrier, The Use of the, 30
Causes of Overheating, 133
Chain Drive, An Appreciation, 517
Change of Ownership, 541 Notification of, 32-
— Speed Gears in Rhodesia, 165
Checking in Reliability Trials, 194
Cleanliness, 516
Club Competitions, 230
— Life, 109
— Problem, 283
Cold Fingers, 15
Converting Old Machines, 394
Cost of Running a Small Car, 55 Coupling Attachments, 71
Cubical Capacity and Horse-power, 131, 16o
Cure for Puncture Troubles, 71 Stretching of Leather Belts, 540
Delay in Execution of Orders, 366, 419, 541, 549, 579 Dog Nuisance, A Remedy for the, 282 Double Pole Ignition, 256 Dry Battery Ignition, 357
Ease of Starting, 54, 71, 91 End-to-end Record, 53 . Future of the, 231
— Trials, The 1910, 256 Route, 89, 111
Engines, Do they Run Better at Night ?
15 53
English v. French Measurpments, 15
Exhaust Valve, Increase of Speed on Partially. Raising th*e, 30, 53, 71, 90, 165, 231, 328, 366, 419, 444, 491, 540, 548, 601
— Whistles, 421
Experience, Strange, 393
Experiences with a Lightweight, 578 3|h.p. and Sidecar, 72, 110
Extended Trial of a Scott, 421, 445, 516
Finish for All-weather Machines, 256, 306
Four-cylinder F.N., A Pressure-fed, 601
Fnepdly Match, 15, 30
General Recognition of Motor Cycle Records, 145
Letters to.the Editor JcontinuecL)—
Glasgow Clarion Shorts, 548, 600
Handy Soldering Outfit, 395
Hill-climbing, 516, 540, 548, 578
Hill-climber, An Excellent, 131
Hill-climbs and Other Matters, 419
How to-Overhaul a Motor Cycle, 327, 366
Improvements in Detail, 7, 30
. — to Speedometers, Suggested, 89
Increase of Speed1 On Slightly Raising Exhaust Valve’, 30. 53, 71, 90, 165, 231, 328, 366, 419,’ 444, 4’91, 540, 549, 601
India, Cost of Taking a Motor Cycle to, . 110
—- Motor Cycle Touring in, 1’95 Inlet Valve Tip, 91
Inter-club Meets, 540
Jamming of Carburetter Pistons, 517, 548
Jaunt in the North Riding, 358
Licences for Motor Cycles, 53, 90
Life of a Motor Cycle, 395
Light Four-wheeled Runabout, 421
Lightweight Converted to V Belt Drive, 132
Lightweights v. Heavyweights, 31, 53, 73, 91, 110, 131, 146, 166, 194, 232, 257, 284, 306, 329, 356, 368, 393
Lincolnshire, Lindsey Division of, District to be Avoided, 600
Liver Stirrer, .A Good, 419
London-Edinburgh Run, 420, 491, 540
Lubrication, 194
7— To Ensure Regular, 540, 578
Machines, Altering Old Pattern, 578
Metal for Exhaust Valves, 133, 165
Military Motor Cycling, 306
Modern Tricycle, Possibilities of a, 15
Morgan’s Petrol-Turbine, 133
M.C.C. Inter-team Trial, 368
Motor Cycle, A Reader’s. Ideal, 579
'— — Conditions in the Australian Bush, 89
—- Corps, 366 . ‘ _
— — Engines, Balancing, 109
Insurance, 601
— — in the United States, £56, 420, 491
Museum, A Suggested, 367
— — Taxation, 193, 282
— — Tyres, 284, 327, 356, -368
— Cycles for Sidecar Work, 541 in Russia, 282
— Cycling for Health, 254
— — in India, 444
Northern League, 491
Novel Bel£ Tip, 145
Oil, Obtaining Particular Brands of, when Touring, 193,
- - . — Vapour Lubricating System, 255
Oily. Crank C.ases, 490
Opinions of Motor Bicycling Wanted, 393, 578
Overheating, Causes of, 165, 231
? Perpetual Motion, 230
Petrol in Ceylon, Cost of, 90
Piston Ring, Novel, 32
, Police Methods,. 394
, Portable Sheds and County Council Regulations, 540, 579 . ,
Protest against the High Prices of Tyres, .. 329
Publication Day, 306
Puncture Troubles, Cure for, 89
Puzzle or a Poser ? ? 230, 255, 284, 327, 368, 394, 517
Puzzling Case, 72, 145, 146 Racehorse v. Motor Cycle, 109
Riding Conditions in County Donegal, - 517
— Costs, 166
— in Spectacles, '230
— Round Corners, 600
Road Dangers, 548, 600
at Night, 30, 72, 109, 145, 307
— Improvements, 490 .
— Race, Another Proposed for this Year 549
Rotary Engiiies, 256, 2'83, 444
. Rubber Belts, Wear of, 393
Running Costs, 516
Sidecar’and Motoi? Bicycle, Choice of a, 282
Sidecars, Belts, and other Matters, 307
—- v. Tripars, 31
Six Bays’ Trials, The 1910, 54
Slide Valve Motor Cycle Engine, 255, 579
Slow Running, 394, 516
Speed, Increase of, on Partially Raising the Exhaust Valve, 30, 53, 71, 90, 165, 231, 328, 366, 419, 414, 491, 540, 548,
— Multiplicity of Explosions, and, 282 Spring Fork Patents, 600
— Quarterly Trials, 444
Standardisation of Rims and Tyres, 167, * 232
Steering of Sidecars, 131, 167, 193, 254, 308
Storing Accumulators, 420, 578
Strange Experience, 541
Successful Conversion, 549, 600
Suggestion from a Motor Cyclist in Mexico, 329
Surface of Sutton Bank, 230
Taxation Question, 327, 393, 444
Three-wheeled Runabout, 541
Timing, 395
Toolbox and Carrier, Suggested, 53
Tools and Spares to be Carried, 131
Tourist Trophy Machines for Touring Purposes, 231
— — Race, The 1910, 54
— Future of the, 601
.—: ’ Suggestion, 548
Trade and the Trials, 327
Transmission Question, 54, 72, 132, 165, 232, 328
Tricar, Another Rejuvenated, 54
Two-speed Gears, 15, 32
Two-stroke Engine, Proposed Design,256
Two Tried Tips, 329
Tyre-filling Compound, An Experience with a, 601
Tyre Gaiters, 356, 366
— Tip, 366
Tyres, 395
— for Irish Roads, 517
Unrolled Stone Danger, 357
Valve-grinding Tip, 145
Variably Geared Lightweights, 167
Wanted, a Tyre for Irish Roads, 445 Water-cooling on Motor Bicycle Engines, 55, 73, 91, 145, 328, 358, 393, 445
Wear of Canvas and Rubber Belts, 356, 600
Weight of Twin-cylinder Models, 445
Winter Riding, 111, 193
Wired v. Beaded-edge Tyres, 15, 133, 254

Level Crossings, Danger of, 300
Lewes M.C.C., 377, 426
. Licence Fee of £1, The New, 374
— for Motor Bicycle and Coupler, 570
— — Use of Coupling Attachment, 12
— Car, Covers a Motor Cycle, 411
— Motor Cyclists and the Local Taxation,
Sup. Jan. 10th
Licences, 53, 90, Sup. Jan. 3rd
—- Inland Revenue, Issued 1908, 81
— International Motor, 396, 422
— Local Taxation, 81
— One Guinea or Fifteen Shillings, 12
— Permits for Open Events, 397
— Surrey’s Revenue for Motor, Sup. Jan. 17th
Liddle, Geoffrey W. Northern Clubs and the Affiliation Question, 335
Lightweights, Appreciation of, 358
— Belts on, 16, 32, 89, 145
— Converted to V Belt Drive, 132
— Cost of Running, and Heavyweights, 620, 621
— Equipping, 595
— Experiences with, 578
— for Devonshire, 265
— Gear Ratio for a Lightweight, 155
— Improvements in the Royal Enfield Lightweight, 330
— In Southern Italy, by J. J. Conybeare, 388, 3E9
— Moto-Reve (illus.), 152
— New Model, 264
— Omega Lady’s and Gentleman’s Model (illus.), 352
— Prize in the Land’s End Trial, 324
— Twisted Belt on, 9
— Two-speed, 408
— Tyres on, 124
— Variably Geared, 115, 167, Sup. Feb. 21st
— v. Heavyweight, 31, 53, 73, 91, 110, 131, 146, 166, 194, 232, 257, 284, 306, 329, 356, 368, 393
— What a Good Lightweight can do, 268
Lillie, A. C. M. (letter), 578
Lincolnshire, Lindsey Division of, District to be Avoided, 600
Loch Lomond at Ardlui (illus.), 22
— Lubnaig (illus.), 87
London, Bradford to, and back 24 Hours’ Run, 590
— Colney, and St. Albans, Police Trap between, 325
— Leeds to, and back, 585
— to Coventry and back, 423, 514h
— Three Survivors in the (illus.), 514h
Land’s End and back, 269-271, 334 Awards, 375
London-Edinburgh Run, Sup. March 7th, 152, 346, 347, 420, 424, 446, 448-452, 491, 500, 501, 540, 567
— An Echo of the, 503
— Awards, 480, 504
— Dusty Highway, 449, 450
— r Entrants, 449
— Grantham, Incidents at, 450
— Results, 481
— Scenes, 447, 448, 452, 489
Longuemare, M. Georges, Created a Knight of the Legion of Honour, Sup. Jan. 17th

Lowen Sidecar, The Latest, 263

Lubrication, 12, 163, 194

— Automatic, 234

— Carburation and, 309

— Oil Vapour System, 255

— Over, 76

— Dirty Engines and, 620

— To Ensure Regular, 540, 578

Lubricators, Drip Feed, £9

Ludlow, Castle Hill and Dinham Bridge (illus.), 138

Lyme Regis, from the Copse (illus.), 59

Lynton and Lynmouth, from Summerhouse Hill (illus.), 159

Minehead Coaches Descending Porlock Hill (illus.), 158
McNab, F. A., Interview with, 478
Mabon Clutch, A Tip for the Users of the, 11
Machine, To Start, without Exertion, 493
Machines, Altered, and Improved Frame (illus.), 578
— Altering Old Pattern, 578
— Crank Pins on Racing, 580
— Colonies, for the, 25
Magneto and Battery Ignited Machines, How to Prevent Explosions in the Silencer, 118
— Good Magneto Drive, A, 580
— Ignition, Lecture by Mr. A. E. Bennett, Sup. Jan. 10th
— or Dry Batteries, 408
— Rained-out, 142
— Single-cylinder, on a Twin, 436
— Spark, Timing of the, 124, 293
— Switches, 234, 383, 594
— Fitting, 621
— Switch, Even Firing, 234
— The New Ball Bearing Bosch, 67
Magnetos, British, in the States, 196
— Coloured Diagrams, 550
— Life of, 359
— Timing of, 293, 459
Maitland’s Cingalese Bowl, Mr. D. J., Awarded to Mr. F. G. Smith, Sup. Jan. 10th
Manchester M.C., 99, 173, 379, 538b, 569
— Hill-climb (illus.), 566
Members who Attended the Opening Run (illus.), 295
Reliability Trial, Competitors at the Starting Point (illus.), 538b
— Show, Sup. Feb. 21st
— — Motor Cycles at the, 96, Sup. Jan. 10th, Feb. 21st, 28th
Manxland, Hill-climb in, Sup. March 7th
Map Showing the Country within the Range of a Motor Cyclist in less than a Fortnight (illus.), 136
Maple Durham (illus.), 37
Marshall, J., Interview with, 478
Martin, Harry. Attempt on Record, 298
— Fresh Records by, 446, 480
Mascotte Motor Cycle Club. The, 261
Match, A Friendly. 15, 30, Sup. Jan. 3rd
Measurements, English r. French. 15
Mechanics of Riding Round a Corner, The, by A. Sharp, 545, 546
Mexico. Suggestion from a Motor Cyclist in, 329
Michael, Kirk. Forecast of the Tourist Trophy Race. 416, 417
Micklegate Bar, York (illus.), 161
Middlesbrough and District M.C.C., Sup.
.Tan. 3rd. 10th. 17th. 24th. Feb. 14th. 28th. March 21st, 99. 202. 326, 355. 618
Reliability Trial Competitors nearing the Top of Ormesby Bank (illus.), 619
Middlesex County A.C.. 593
Midland Aviation Meeting, 533
— Motor Cyclists, Meet of, at Stratford-on-Avon, 323, 424
Military Manoeuvres on the Welsh Border, Sup. March 21st
— Motorcycling Notes. 242-243, 306, 362, 363
Cyclists, Sup. Feb. 21st
Reconnaissance, Coventry and Warwickshire M.C.C., 376. 398, 399 — Official Report,425
Some of the Despatch Riders in the (illus.), 426
Millennium Auto-grip Spanner, 123
Misfiring and Running in Jerks, 13
— Chronic, 127
Mission of Help, 203
Model, A 1910 J. Sup. Feb. 21st
— Tourist Trophy. 529, 530
— as a Touring Mount, 174, 175
Single-cylinder Norton. 457
Models on the Road. New. Sup. Jan. 17th
— Testing 1910 (illus.), Sup.
Jan. 17 th
— Weight of Twin-cylinder. 445
Molineux Weather Shield, The (illus.), 129
Morgan's Internal Combustion Turbine, 33
— Petrol Turbine, 114, 133
Motor Bicycling, Opinions of. Wanted, 578
— Car and Motor Cycle Owners, The Law
and its Relation to, 120
— Cycle, Camera and the, 192
Clubs, Northern League of, 304
Corps, 366
Cup. The, Winners of (illus.), 584
Design, Sup. Feb. 21st
Fraud, Alleged Ingenious, 184
Housing a, 459
How to Overhaul a, 116, 117, 148- 151, 327
in Distant Lands. 460
Insurance, 567, 601
Licence for, and Coupler, 570
Manufacturers and Traders, Proposed Association of, Sup. Jan. 17th, 24 th Museum, A Suggested, 367
Novel, A. Possessing many Original Features (illus.), 239
Reader’s Ideal, 579
Records. 1909, by J. Sinclair, 7, 8,
Sup. Jan. 10th
Repairers, 81. Sup. Jan. 3rd Road Races of History, The Great, by B. H. Davies, 466-471
Rudge-Whitworth, 622 Storing a, 458
Union of Ireland, Dublin Centre, 515, 565
Ulster Centre, 377, 404, 430, 454, 592
r. Racehorse, 68, Sup. Jan. 24th
— Cycles, Automatic Carburation, 339
Exchanges Offered for, Sup. Feb.
21st for Business Purposes, 69
Colonial Use, 251, 361
Everyday Use, 248 Ladies’ Use, 360
— Rough Roads, 266
Sidecar Work, 541 Ice Yacht and, 319
Imports and Exports of, Sup. March 14th of, and Parts, 567
in the United States, by Earle L. Ovington, 18, 74, 147, 420, 491
Warfare, 323
Manchester Show, at the, Sup. Feb. 21st
Motor Bicycling on the Road (1910), 624
— — Recognising the Make, 236
— — Various Uses of, 75
Where they are Congregated, Sup. Feb. 21st
— Cycling Club, Sup. Jan. 3rd, 302, 483, 565
— Annual General Meeting, 46, Sup. Jan. 10th
— - Competitors being Checked in the Long Distance Trial (illus.), 347
- Forthcoming Events, Sup. Feb. 14th Hill-climb at a Secret Venue, 300
— — — Inter-team Trial, 311, 317, 368
Appointment of Judge to, 350
Jarrott Cup Competition, 269- 271
Result of the, 299 London-Edinburgh Run, Sup. March 7th, 375, 491
Entries, Complete List of, 431
— Results, 481 Scenes on the (illus.), 494
Start from Highgate (illus.), 489
Members’ Hill-climb, 400, 401
Opening Run and Easter Tour, Sup. Feb. 28th
Petrol Consumption Trial, 615, 616
— — Programme of Gymkhana and Race Meeting at Brooklands, 503
Race Meeting and Gymkhana, 325, 424. 534-537
Team Trial, Sup. Feb. 28th, 300, 350, 532, 533
Competition, 614 Starting the Competitors (illus.), 582
The Motor Cycle Challenge Cup, 581-584
Trifles, 585 for Health, 254 in India, 444
— — Military Notes on, 242, 243
— Cyclist, C.T.C. Defends a, 532
— — Fatal Accident to a, Sup. Feb. 14th
— Golf Player, 447
— ?— on a Balloon Expedition, Sup. March 14th
taken for an Anarchist, Sup. Feb] 28th
Unjust Prosecution of a, 533 r. Roller Skater, Sup. Jan. 3rd, 10th
— Cyclists, Catering for, 624
Hints and Tips for, 156
in the Army Manoeuvres, 566
Northern League of, 587
— Manoeuvres in the Midlands, 398
— Manufacturers and Traders, Society of,
Question of Cycle and Motor Cycle Show at Olympia, Sup. Jan. 17th
— Pacing, 82
— Set, Attaching, to a Push Cycle, 292
— Spirit Cans, Improvement in, 334
— Union, Growth of, Sup. March 21st
— — Meeting, Sup. Feb. 28th Motorist’s Sympathy, Sup. Feb. 7th
Motors, Instruction Books on, 248
Motosacoche Ridden by J. S. Holroyd in the Scottish Trials (illus.), 577
— Trial Run on a, 276
Moveo Machines, Some Interesting Features of the, 501
Mudguard Extensions, 309
Mudguarding Device, A, 123
Mud-plugging, 200 Miles in One Day, 101
Museum, A Suggested Motor Cycle, 367

Naples, Glimpse of, with Vesuvius Behind (illus.), 389
National Trades and Industries Exhibition at Birmingham, 301
“ Natural Fort,” one of Nature’s Wonders (illus.), 181
Nerve Speed and Petrol (illus.), 291
Neuchatel Hill-climb, Sup. Feb. 28th
New Brighton, Record Attempts at, 447
— South Wales, Governing Body of Motor Cycling in, Sup. Feb. 21st
Gymkhana in, Sup. Jan. 10th Hill-climbs in, Sup. March 7th Motor Cycle Racing in, 301
— York Show, Sup. Feb. 7th
Newark, Trent Bridge (illus.), 160
Newcastle and District M.C.C., Sun ini, 24th, Feb. 14th, March 7th, 14th 9ft 202, 247, 302, 303, 354, 427, 593,’616
Competitors Leaving th* Premises of (illus.), 450
Newmarket to Louth, 518
Newport (Mon.) and District M.C.C.. Sun Feb. 7th, 143, 187, 202, 538b, 619
— Affiliation to A.C.U., 268
Assembly on the Occasion of the First Run (illus.), 303
— Proposal to Establish Sup. Jan. 17th
Non-stop Trial Tip, 365
Northamptonshire M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 14th 21st, 405
North Eastern Automobile Association Sup. March 14th, 592
Northern Inter-club Meet, 539
— League, 454
North Wales, Hill-climb in, 502
— Two Days’ Tour in, 34
North-west. London A.C., Special Permit Granted to, 124
M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 3rd, 24th, 31st Feb. 7th, 143, 354, 355, 378, 453, 515 565, 592, 616
— and Herts County A.C. (M.C.
Section), Competition between, SUD, Feb. 28th, 301
— — — Competitors and Officials at
Starting Point of Hill-climb (illus.), 564
Consumption Trial, Competitors Lined-up Outside Stanmore Station (illus.), 376
London to Coventry and back Run, 514h
Opening Meet at Dollis Hill Land, N.W. (illus.), 263
Postponement of Twelve Hours’ Run to Coventry and back, 423
Northamptonshire Lanes, Two Passenger Combinations in the (illus.), 583
— M.C.C., Opening Run of 1910 (illus.), 328
Photographs of Team, 584 Northern Club Officials, Meeting of, 375
— Clubs and the Affiliation Question, by
Geoffrey W. Liddle, 335
— Inter-club Meet, 539
— League, 411, 491
Filey Speed Trials and the, 397
— — Inauguration of the, 402
Meeting at York, 538
Motor Cycle Clubs, 298, 304, 376 Cyclists, 587
Annual Meeting and Reunion, 514e
Suggested Design of Badge for the (illus.), 538
Northumberland to Devonshire, Trip from, 136-139, 158-162
Norton, James L., Bore-stroke Ratio and Efficiency, 77
Norwich and District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 24th, 99, 187, 302
— — Scene at the Start of the
Reliability Trial (illus.), 310
— Charity Sports at, 538
Nottingham and District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 10th, 31st, Feb. 14th, March 7th, 14th, 247, 280, 326, 378, 403, 426, 538c, 564, 616
N.S.U. Lightweight Converted to Belt Drive (illus.), 132
Nyassaland, Motor Cycle in, Sup. Jan. 3rd
— The only Motor Car in (illus.), 95
Okill’s Pressure Gauge, 243

OCCASIONAL COMMENTS—

Accessibility, 142
Acetylene Filters, 264
“ Ailette,” Reply to, 125
Amulree and the Six Days, 125, 185
Auto Cycle Union, Early Fixture of Principal Trial Dates, 9
— Trials, 264
Automatic Carburation, 413
— Carburetters, 264, 297, 365, 387, 547
Auxiliary Exhaust Releases, 185
Backrests for Motor Cyclists, 24
Belt Fasteners and Low Gear Ratio, 547
Belts and their Fasteners, 316
Brakes, Unsatisfactory Belt Rim, 580
Carbonised Deposit on Engines, 499 i
Carburetter Adjustment Tip, 297
Carburetters, Automatic, 264, 297, 36 387, f !
Occasional Comments (continued)—
Chain or Belt, 185
Change in Standards, 387
Club Secretaries, Advice to, 162
Coaster Hubs and a Heckler, 9
Congratulations to the A.C.U., 413
Crank Pins on Pacing Machines, 580
Drilled Pulleys, 547
Ease of Starting, 24
End-to-end Sidecar Record, 542
— Trial, The 1910, 9
Engine of a Speed Mount, 316
Events, More Sporting, 443
Exhaust Valves, 102
— Whistles, 365
Experientia Docet, Bravo, 472
Future of the Tricycle, 50
Good Magneto Drive, 580
Handle-bar Control of the Oil Pump, 580
Hard Luck, Bashall ! 542
Hill-climb Suggestion, 9
Hint to Buyers, 297
Improvements (1910), 413
— Room for, 142
Inspection Lamps, 185, 250
Insurance, 162
Leather Belt, The Twisted, 50
Magneto, Rained-out, 142
Mission of Help, 203
Model Lightweight, New, 264
Models, Weight of Twin-cylinder Touring, 250
Motor Bicycle and Automatic Carburation, 339
New Lubricating, 544
— Rules in the Six Days’ Trial, 203
Non-stop Trial Tip, 365
One Dangerous Surface, 76
Over-gearing, 125
Petrol Consumption Compared, 50
Quarterly Trial, Tuning-up for the, 102
Reforms in Big Trials, 50
Reserve Petrol, 499
Riding in Spectacles, 62
Rigid Transmissions, 24
Saddle-pillar, Spring, 102
Scottish Motor Cycle Trials, 250, 339
— — Ascent of Glencroe, 599
Semi-automatic Carburetters, 472
Silencer, Clear, 76
Silencers in the T.T. Race, 62
Six Days’ Trial, The 1910, 9
Skidding, 76
Smash, A Nasty, 339
Sparking Plug Sooting, 76
Springing, 339, 499
Staminarand Efficiency, 413
Steel-studded Treads, 162
Stub Air Levers, 580
Sud; Complete, 365 Suggestion, Cute, 102
Tank-filling Made Easy, 102
Team Prize, 499 ]Timekeeping in Small Hill-climbs, 443 ]Touring Weights, 599
Tourist Trophy Course in the Isle of Man,
443
Machines for Touring Purposes, • ' 185
Race, 387
Pace in the, 542
Triumph Machine, Success of, in T.T. Race, 547
Turbine, What is a, 297
Twin-cylinders Misfiring, 250
Twisted Belt on Lightweights, 9
Two Types of Machine in the Colonies, 203
Tyre Gaiters, 297
Tyres in Winter, 76
Value of Brooklands, 387
Valve Springs, 547
Variable Gears, 142
Why the Colliers Win, 542

Oil, Draining the Crank Case of Dirty, 163
— Obtaining Particular Brands of, when
Touring, 193
— (see also “ Lubrication ”)
•— Groove on Engine-shaft, Turning, 12
— Pump, Handle-bar Control of the, 580
— Vapour Lubricating System, 255
Oily Crank Cases, 490
Old Gate House, Highgate, Flashlight Picture of the Start of the London- Edinburgh Run (illus.), 448 -Machines, Converting, 394
ittern Tricar Altered almost beyond ‘cognition (illus.), 549
Olympia, Motor Cycle Exhibition at, 301, 597, 598
— The Projected Cycle and Motor Cycle Show at, Sup. Jan. 10th, 24th, 31st, March 7 th, 21st
Ombersley, Police Trap at, 375
Omega Lady’s and Gentleman’s Model
Lightweights (illus.), 352
One Thousand Seven Hundred Miles on a 7 h.p. Twin, by D. S. Baddeley, 58-61
Open Hill-climb in Yorkshire, 608-610
— Trials, Licences and Permits for, 397
— — Pros and Cons of, 238
Orders, Delay in Execution of, 366, 541, 579
Over-gearing, 125
Overhaul a Motor Cycle, How to, 366
— Needed, 459
Over-heating, Causes of, 133, 165, 231
— Cures for, 164
— Knocking on Hills and, 265, 436
“ Overland Limited ” out West (illus.), 181
Ovington, Earle L., Motor Bicycle in the United States, 74
Ownership, Change of, 83, 541
Oxford M.C.C., 99, 143, 173, 247, 326a, 456
— Hill-climbing Competition, Competitors in the (illus.), 567
Members of the (illus.), 538d

Pacing Motor Cycles, 351
Paraffin or Petrol, 293
Paris Eiffel Tower (illus.), 465
— In the Court of the Louvre (illus.), 463
— Pierce-Arrow Depot (illus.), 465
— Salon, 1910, Sup. Feb. 21st
Passenger Attachment, Respecting a, 163
— Work, Two-speeds for, 408
PATENTS, by Eric W. Walford—
Balanced Twin, 624
Belt Tensioning Device, 309
Collapsable Sidecar, 624
Detachable Belt Fastener, 460
Exhaust Silencer, 134, 309
Footrests and Stand, Combined, 92
Frame, A Divisible, 134
Front Rim Brake, 460
Lamp and Generator Bracket, 624
Lubrication and Carburation, 309
Mudguard Extensions, 309
Perpetual Motion, 134
Petrol Gauge and Injector, Combined, 176
Pulley, An Automatically Adjusting, 134 ’
— Control, Variable, 92
Saddle Spring Arrangement, 176
Safety Supporting Device, 176
Sidecarriage, Flexible, 92
Spring Fork, 600
— Seat-pillar, 624
Two-stroke Rotary Valve Engine, 92
Tyre Removal, To Facilitate, 309
Pedals, Operating, in the Dark, 29
Pembroke, Application for a Speed Limit at, 186
Pembrokeshire A.C., 538d
Penrith, Devonshire Street and Market Place (illus.), 58
— Shap Wells Hotel (illus.), 137
Permits and Licences for Open Events, 397
Perpetual Motion, 134, 230
Perth and District M.C.C., 455
Petrol, Air and, Mixing of, 26
— Buying, in Small Quantities, Sup. March 14 th
— Care Necessary with, 292
— Consumption Compared, 50
— — Excessive, 265, 435
— Cost of, in Ceylon, 90
— Economy in, 384
— Filter, Simple, 45
— Gauge, Carburetter, 55
Injector and, Combined, 176
— Imports, Sup. Jan. 17tli, Feb. 21st
— Level of the, Too Low, 435
— Verifying, 126
— Lever, Variable, 44
— Mixing, with other Gases, 130
— M.C.C., Consumption Trial, 615, 616
— Nerve, and Speed (illus.), 291
— Paraffin or, 293
— Rebate, 408
— Reserve, 499
— Tanks, Auxiliary, 130
Risk of Soldering, 163, 234
— Turbine, Morgan’s, 133
Phillip, Alan, “ Across the Border,” 20
Phillips, P., One of the Three Survivors of the 555 Miles Run, 294
Picture Postcard, Reproduction of a, Received by The Motor Cycle from Germany (illus.), 249
Piston, Fitting a New, 29, 84
— Jamming of Carburetter, 517, 548
— Ring, New Design of, 169
— — Novel, 32
Platinum Points, Deposit on, 127
Pleasure and Business, Combining, 327
Police Traps, Sup. Feb. 28th, March 14th, 90, 325, 350, 375, 394, 396, 422, 446, 447, 480, 502, 532, 567, 586, 614
Counties minus, 83
in the Isle of Wight, 447
Pontefract M.C., 281, 326, 514i, 619
Porlock Hill, Lynton and Minehead
Coaches Descending (illus.), 158
Portable Sheds and County Council Regulations, 540, 579
Portmarnock, Speed Trials at, 590
Possibilities and Capabilities, 385
Powell, Mr. A., Family Sidecar, 118
Power, Chains for, Transmission, 350
— Increase of, when Exhaust Valve is Slightly Raised, 328
— Loss of, 56, 84, 127, 265, 435
— Silencer Explosions Increasing, 13
— Transmission of, 6, 328
Premier, New Pattern 3|.h.p., 168
— Representatives in the T.T. Race, 442
Princes Risborough, Kop Hill (illus.), 400,
401
Private Owner, Problem of the, 45, 64, Sup. Jan. 10th, 17th
Professional Records, 79, 80
Provincial Clubs and the A.C.U., 16, 30
Publishing Day, The Motor Cycle New, 237, 252, 273, Sup. March 21st
Pulleys, Automatically Adjusting, 134
— Belt Jumping off, 409, 459, 570
— Control, Variable, 92
— Drilled, 547
— Fitting an Adjustable Pulley, 68
Puncture Troubles, Cure for, 71 Puncturing Instrument, 334
Purley and District M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 7th
— Foxley Lane, Police Trap at, 350
Push Cycle, Attaching a Motor Set to a, 292
Puzzle or a Poser ? by “ Ixion,” 190, 230, 255, 284, 327, 368, 394, 517
Puzzling Case, 34, 145, 146

Quarterly Trials (see “ Auto Cycle Union ”) “ Quick ” Motor Cycle Stand, 320

Racehorse v. Motor Cycle, 68, 109, Sup. Jan. 24th
Racing Machines, Crank Pins on, 380
— The Value of, by B. H. Davies, 437. 438
Ratio, Bore-Stroke and Efficiency, 17, 17- 50, 77, 90, 131, Sup. Jan. 10th
— Calculating Gear, 543
— Gear, 543
— Variable Compression, 311
Ratios, Belt Fastener and Low Gear, 547
Reading and District M.C.C., 377, 403, 455 593
— M.C.C., Few Members of the (illus.), 443
Recent Patents, by Eric W. Walford (see “ Patents ”)
Records, American, 146, 193, 282, 308
— End-to-end Lightweight Record, 533
Sidecar Record, 446, 560, 561, 587 Beaten, 538a
— Future of the End-to-end Record, 172
— General Recognition of Motor Cycle, 145
— Motor Cycle, Accepted in the United
States of America, 7, 8, 79
— New, in the Air, Sup. Feb. 21st
— Official Recognition of, 135
Rectory Hill, Second Bend on (illus.), 367
Redbourne and St. Albans, Police Trap between, 325
Redcar Motor Cyclists Unite, Sup. Feb. 28th
Redditch and District M.C.C., Sup. Fob. 28th, March 7th, 281, 427, 565, 593
— Hill-climbing Competition, Competitors in the (illus.), 483
— Members of the (illus.), 296
Redruth, Carn Brea (illus.), 60
Re-engining an Old Quadricycle, 59 Registration, 127
— Numbers, Low, 163
Reliability and Simplicity, 197
— Trials, Checking in, by Felix Scriven, 122, 123, 151, 169, 194, 575, 576
Swiss Motor Cycle, Sup. Feb- 21st Repairers, Motor Cycle, Officially Appointed by the R.A.C., 124
Resilient Stud Tyre, 598
Rex Single and Twin-cylinder Machines, 417, 418
— Twin-cylinder Engine, A New Pattern
(illus.), 306
Rhine, River (illus.), 497 .
Rhodesia, Change Speed Gears in, 165
Rice-Oxley, C., Cycle Destroyed by Fire, 324
Richmond and Surbiton M.C., 483
— Monster Meeting at, 279, Sup. March 14th, 21st
— Yorks, Copies of Photograph of Motor Cyclists in Market Square, Particulars of, 301 2 .
Sonle of the Motor Cyclists m the Old Market Square (illus.), 290
Riding Apparel (illus.), 228, 229
— Costs, 166
— Equipment, 544
— Hints, 622 .
— Round a Corner, The Mechanics of, by A. Sharp, 545, 546, 600
Rims and Tyres, Standardisation of, 167
Rings, Charge Blowing past, 233
— Damage Caused by Broken, 29
Ripon and District M.C.C., 303
Gathering on Occasion of a Run of the (illus.), 326
Road and Track, Tests on, 571
— Board, 614
— Dangers, 548, 600
at Night, 50, 72, 109, 145, 177, 293, 307
— Checking, 350
Important Decision, Sup. March 21st
— Improvements, 490
— Race, Another Proposed, 549
— Surfaces, 135
Roads, Good and Bad, 614
Robert, H., Success in the Quarterly Trial, 422
Rockefeller, J. D., jun, takes to Motor Cycling, Sup. Jan. 3rd
Roller Skater v. Motor Cyclist, Sup. Jan. 3rd, 10th
Rotary Engined Motor Bicycle, Built in France in 1896 (illus.), 441
— Engines, 385, 433, 440, 441, 444
for Motor Cycles, 182-184, 196, 283 Two-stroke, 441, 442
— Valve Engines, Sup. Jan. 3rd Two-stroke, 92
Rough Roads, A Motor Cycle for, 266
Routes—Bristol to Bournemouth, 518
— Epsom to Bristol, 409
— Holyhead to Southampton, 621
— London-Edinburgh Run, the 1910 Route (illus.), 432
— Newmarket to Louth, 518
— Southampton to Birmingham, avoiding London, 248
Royal Automobile Club, Annual Dinner fo the Associated Clubs and the, Sup. Feb. 7th
— Motor Cycle Repairers Officially Appointed by, 124
— Enfield Lightweight, Improvements in the, 330
Rubber, Advance in, 310, 334
— and Canvas Belts, Wear of, 307, 356, 600
— — — Leather Belts, 83
— Belts, Wear of, 393
Rudge-Whitworth Motor Bicycle, 622
Runabout, Light Four-wheeled, 286
— Three-wheeled, 541
Running Costs, 516
— Irregular, 29
Russia. Motor Cycles in, 234, 282, 533
— Riding Conditions in, Sup. Feb. 21st
Rustproof Covering, A, 333
., Amalgama- County A.C.,
between,D325 C°lnCy’ P°Hce Trap
TwTenR325°Urne’ PoU<* Trap be'
St. Helens (Lancs), Proposed Club for, bup. Feb. 14th . , vnlp
— John Ambulance Brigade, EarkVaie
Division, Leicester, use of Fust Aiu Motor Bicycle, 502
— Petersburg, Group of Motor Cyclists Resident in (illus.), 568
Sad die-pillar, A Spring, 102
Saddle Spring Arrangement, A, 17b
Salisbury, Entrance to the Close of baium, North Gate, 159
Scandinavian Exhibition, 176
Scarborough and District M.C., Sup. I eb. 7th, 28th, March 7th, 143, 379, 405 483, 618
Scorcher’s Dream, The (illus.), 493
Scott, A. A., Bore-stroke Ratio and Efficiency, 47-50, 77, 100
— Two-stroke Motor Cycle, An Extended
Trial of an, 340, 421, 516
— — — Owner’s Experience with, 119, 120
Plan View of the (illus.), 340
— Tourist Trophy Racers, 422
Scottish Motor Cycle Clubs, Meeting of Secretaries of, 124
— Six Days’ Reliability Trials, 424, 503, 538b, 551-558, 624
Photographs of the Winning Douglas Team in the, 574
Remarkable Performance, A, 577
Route, 321
— — — — -— Scenes, 538a, 551-557, 561, 573
— Taxes for Motor Cycles and Traction Engines, 130
— Trials, 250, 339, 396, 572-574
Screws, Belt Fastener, a Suggestion, 491, 516, 600
Seriven, F., Checking in Reliability Trials, 122, 123
Seat-pillar Device for Obtaining a Lower Seat, 344
Second-hand Machines, 310
—- — Advertisers of, A Hint to, 306
— — Buying a, 332 Examining a, 84
Service Silver Challenge Cup (illus.), Sup. Feb. 28th
Shap Fells, Hill-climbing Contest on the (illus.), 300
— Wells Hotel, Penrith (illus.), 137
Sharp, Archibald, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., Mechanics of Riding Round a Corner, 545, 546
Sheffield and Hallamshire M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 7th, 21st, March 14th, 326, 403,
564 Shooter’s Hill Road Police Trap, Sup. Feb.
28th Show Question, The, 14, Sup. Jan. 17th Shropshire M.C.C., 281, 326, 380, 592
Sidecarriage, A Flexible, 92
Sidecars—Attachments, 83
— Belts and other Matters, 307
— Bicycle for Sidecar Work, A 7 h.p., 154
— Bramson Home Garage Sidecar, 80
— Change Speed Gears and. Respecting, 69
— Choice of a Sidecar and Motor Cycle, 282
— Collapsable Sidecar, 624
— Combinations, 595
— End-to-end Sidecar Record (sec “ End-to-end Sidecar Record ”)
— Family Sidecar, A, 118
— Gear Ratio for, 12, 493
— Home Garage Sidecar, The, 156
— Lowen Sidecar. The Latest, 263
— Luxurious Sidecar Combination, A (illus.), 233
— “No Sidecar Needed,’’ 331
— Position of Sidecar, 248
Records (see “ End-to-end Sidecar Record ’’)
— Respecting a Sidecar Attachment, 249
- Selection of a Sidecar, 265, 383
— Single Gears and, 502
- Starting a Twin-cylinder Machine and
Sidecar, 543
~ Steering of, 131, 167, 193, 254, 308
— twelve Hundred Miles on a Motor
Bicycle with Sidecar, by Vincent Burrow, M.l)., 136-139, 158-162
— Twin-cylinder Bicycle with Sidecar, 164
— Two-speed Machines for, 28
Useful Information Concerning, 334
— v. Tricars, 31
Side-slip Studded Covers to Prevent, 112
Siffken, B. C. de W., Westward Ho with a Sidecar, 312-315
Silence Desired, 126
Silencers, Clear, 76
— Cylinder Scavenger and, 589
— Dimensions, Single-geared Passenger Machine, 234
— Exhaust, 134, 309
— Explosions, Increasing Power and, 13
— Rear of Machine, 384
— Test of, 435 .
— Tourist Trophy Race, in the, 62, Sup Jan. 10th j .
Simms-Bosch Magneto, Timing a Twin, 29
Simms West End Agency, 176
Simplicity and Reliability, 197
Sinclair, j., Motor Cycle Records, 1909,7, 8
Single and Twin-cylinders Compared, 83
Two-speed Geared Models, The Humber, 381, 382
— Gears and Sidecars, 502
Single-cylinder Magneto on a Twin, 436
Single-geared Machine, 472
Six Days’ Trial, 9, 54, 82, 423 (see also “ End-to-end Trial ”)
— — — Amulree and the, 185
New Rules in the, 203
— — — Preparations for the, by B. H. Davies, 262, 263
Team Prize in the, 614
Skidding of Rear Wheel, 83
Skinner, E. J., and J. Trevor, Messrs., Mishap to Machines, Sup. Feb. 7th
Sleigh Propelled by a Motor Cycle Engine, A, Sup. Jan. 10th
Slide Valve Engines, 235, 236, 579
Slow Running, 359, 394, 516
— Speeds, Refusal to Fire at, 409
Sluggish Starting, 126
Smart Runabout for All-weather Work (illus.), 524
Snaefell Hill-climb, The, 514f
— (illus.), 514f, 514g, 528
— Mountain, Two Difficult Turns on (illus.), 503
Soldering Outfit, A Handy, 395
— Petrol Tanks, The Risk of, 163, 234
Southampton and District M.C., Sup. March 14th, 187, 280, 380
— — — — Gathering on the Occasion of the Opening Meet (illus.), 299
— to Birmingham, Avoiding London, 248
South Devon (Plymouth) M.C.C., 455, 565, 618
— Manchester M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 24th, March 14 th
Southern M.C., 247, 302, 326, 453, 482, 541i, 538b
Southport M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 28th, March 14th, 355, 403
Southsea Common, Inspection of Boy Scouts on (illus.), 141
Spanner, The Millennium Auto-grip, 123
Spares and Tools to be Carried, 131 Spark, An Errant, 494
— Lever, Control of the, 113
Using, for Controlling Speed, 68
Sparking Plug, A Novel, 344
— Double Pole, 66
— Multi or Single-point, 68
— — No Spark when Lever is Retarded, 359
Sooting of, 76, 266
Spectacles, Riding in, 62, 230
Speed against the Wind, 13
— Increase of, on Slightly Raising EX'
— Ehaust Valve, 30, 53, 7i, 90, 165, 328, 366, 419, 444, 491, 540, 548, 601
— Increasing Engine, 621
— Multiplicity of Explosions, 282, 285, 286
— Nerve and Petrol (illus.), 291
— n°t Affected by Spark Advance, 233
- Using the Spark Lever for Controlling bo
Limits, Illegal Signs, Sup. March 1[1^
— New, Sup. Jan. 3rd
— Mount, The Engine of a, 316
Trials, Filey Sands at, Whitsuntide, of1’ 375, i53
— Portmarnock, at, 590
Speedometer, Experience of the Cowey, Speedometers, Suggested Improvements A c ®
Sporting Offers, 446, 44 7
Spring Footboards, Fuel Consumption, 569 57'
— Fork Design, by G. Douglas Leechman
— Patents, 600
— The “ Ideal,” 103 Quarterly Trials, The. 444
Spring Seat-pillar, 624
Springing, 339, 499
Springs, Valve, 547
Stamina and Efficiency, 413
Stand, A New, 320
Standard Machines, Hill-climb for, Sup. Feb. 28th
Standards, A Change in, 387
Stanley Show, 598
— Alteration of Date of, Sup. Jan. 3rd Donation, 156
Starting, Difficulty in, 28
— Ease of, 24, 54, 56, 71, 91, 518
— from Standstill, 459
— with the Handle, Difficulty in, 155
Staxton Hill-climb, The, 278, 280, 325
— Outcome of the, 397
Steamboat Rocks, near Utak Valley (illus.), 179
Steel, H. G., “The Yarn of the Lonely Man,” 488. 489
Steel-studded Treads, 162
Stockport and District M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 14th
Stockton-on-Tees, Club for, 455
Straightaway Records, Amateur, 80 Strange Experience, A, 519
Stratford-on-Avon, Annual Midland Meet of Motor Cyclists at (illus.), 454
— Members of the Birmingham M.C.C. at (illus.), 302
— Midland Meet of Motor Cyclists at, 323
Streatham and District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 10th, 17th, Feb. 7th, 14th, March 7th, 247, 302, 354, 380, 565, 592
Stroud and District M.C.C., 593
— Bird’s-eye View of, from Rodborough (illus.), 139
Stub Air Levers, 580
Stud, A Complete, 365
— Tyre, A Resilient, 598
Studded Covers for Preventing Side-slip, 112
Successes on Road and Track, 320
Sumi, Mr. R., of Osaka, Japan, A.C. Tricar, specially built for (illus.), Sup. Jan. 31st
Summerhouse Hill, Lynton and Lynmouth, from (illus.), 159
Sunday Competitions, 351
Sunderland and District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 3rd, 538c, 565
Supporting Device, Safety, 176
Surbiton, A Club for, 281
Surrey M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 10th, 173, 303, 380, 426, 454, 538b, 618
Surrey’s Revenue from Motor Licences, Sup. Jan. 17th
Sutton Bank, Hill-climb, 272, 278, 293, 295
Surface of, 230, Sup. March 14th Wintered Badly, Sup. Feb. 28th
Sutton Coldfield A.C., Sup. Jan. 3rd, 17th, 31st, Feb. 21st, 187, 247, 280, 326a, 380, 404, 427, 454, 538d, 539
— Hill-climb, Scene at the Foot of Coalport Hill (illus.), 427
Speed-judging Contest (illus.), 326a
Swansea and District M.C.C., 380
Swift-Ariel, The 3|h.P-, Sup. Feb. 14th Swiss Motor Cyclist, Ideal Mount, Sup. Feb. 7th
— Pass, Curve on a (illus.), 497
Switches, Magneto, 594
Switzerland, Ferry Boat Crossing the Rhine to Walshut, Germany (illus.), 497
— Tunnel on the Brunig Pass (illus.), 497
Sydney (N.S.W.) Motor Cycle Club Amateurs’ Hill-climbing Competition, 81, 301
— Racing at, 422
Synchronising Firing, Reducing Consumption, 570

Tank Filling Made Easy, 102
— Repairing a Leaky, 154, 189
Tappets, Adjustable, 395
— Worn, 56
Tar-spraying Operations, 350
Taw at Barnstaple, The (illus.), 313
Taxation, Local, Exemptions, 57, 112
Licences, Sup. Feb. 7th, 56
— New, Scheme, Sup. Feb. 14th, 177, 193, 282
— Question, The, 327, 393, 444
Team Prize, A, 499
— Trials, The Motor Cycle Cup, for, ooJ Trifles, 585
Telescopic Soldering Iron, 624
Ten-mile Speed Limits, Sup. Feb. 28th Terracina (illus.), 388
Tests on Road and Track, 571
The Motor Cycle Cup, Team Trials for, 563
Thompson, S. J. K., and his Passenger Coaxing the Single-geared Bat and Sidecar Round the First Bad Bend of Amulree (illus.), 574
Thousand Miles Trial. Tenth Anniversary, 336-338
Three Miles Record, 447
Three-wheeler, Smart Runabout for All- weather Work (illus.), 524, 541
Throttle, Engine not Responsive to the, 113
— Lever, Refusal to Answer to, 569
Throttling-down a Four-cylinder, 384
“ Through Great Britain and the Continent,” by Dr. A. M. Webster, 462-465. 496-498
Timaru to Dunedin, Reliability Trial from, Sup. Feb. 28th
Timekeeping in Small Hill-climbs, 443 Timing, 395
— New System of, 375
— of a Magneto, 293
Tindall, .T.A., Starting in the Filey Speed Trials (illus.), 453
” Tinkering with a Twin,” by T. E. Heninghem, 432, 433
Tips, Two Tried, 329
Todd, Mr. Robert, Chairman and Vice-president of the A.C.U. (illus.), 41
Friendly Relations with other Bodies, Sup. Jan. 24th
Good Friend to the Union, Sup. Jan. 24th
Tommel, Falls of the, near Pitlochry (illus.), 88
Tools and Spares to be Carried, 131
Toronto, Motor Cycles Becoming Popular in, Sup. March 21st
Torquay, from Waldon Hill (illus.), 60
Touring Abroad, 13, 594
— Equipment, 310
— Models, Weight of, 250 .
— Weights, 599
T.A.C. Improvements, 290
Tourist Trophy Models, 417, 418, 529, 530
as a Touring Mount, 174, 175
Humber Special Single-cylinder, 529, 530
Single-cylinder Norton, 457 Race, Sup. Jan. 17th, Feb. 7th, 28th, 54, 324, 387, 368, 602-607
Another Aspirant, 300
Prize for Riders, Sup. March 21st Tourist Trophy for Twins,533
Average Speeds, 537
Capacity Limit, The New, Sup. Jan. 3rd
— — — Cash Prizes, 447
Competitors (illus.), 473-476, 518 — Course, 439, 443, 521-524
— Entries, Sup-. Jan. 3rd, 24th, Feb. 7th, 21st, 124, 260, 301, 351, 374, 397, 422, 456
Favourites, Lightning Interviews with, 477, 478
Forecast of the, by Kirk Michael, 416, 417
Fund, 281, 301, 321, 374, 396, 433, 447 Future of, 521, 601
Gossip Concerning, 439
Hints to Riders, Sup. March 21st (illus.), 442, 446, 502, 507-510, 512-514, 514b-514e, 519, 530, 602-605, T, 610, 621
— Items, 424
Lap-scoring Board Showing Results at a Glance, 511
Latest Details, 424
Limit Engine Sizes, Sup. March 2 1 R t* Lessons from, 495
Machines for Touring Purposes,
Motor
= N^-s^ah^’m0118’ 567 Notes, 544
— Novelties, 591
on the Bioscope, 533
Alli.
Tourist Trophy Race, Origin, 480
— — — Pace in, 542
— Practising on the Course 47 R A
(illus.) 480 '
Preliminaries, 505 Preliminary Tests, 522
— Preparations for, 153
— — —- Prospective Competitor for. Sun Feb. 28th
— — — Report of, 506-514e Results, How they were made known, 461
Silencers in, 62, Sup. Jan. loth Special Wires giving Lap positions, 452
Specifications of Winners’
Machines, 503
— Suggestion, 548
Triumph Machine, Success of, in
547 Where The Motor Cycle Telegrams were Displayed, 481
Riders, Sporting Offer for, 447
Triumph, A Light (illus.), 152
Week, General View of the Start of the Six Miles Climb up Snaefell (illus.) 543
Tours, Some Holiday, m England, 484
Track Racer, Gear Ratio of, 113
Traction Engines and Motor Cycles, Scottish Taxes for, 130
Trade and the Trials, The, 285, 327
Transmission Question, The, 6, 24, 37, 54, 72, 132, 156, 165, 232, 328, 350
Transvaal Licence to Drive, Sup. March 7th
Trembler Points, Pitting of, 435
— Setting of, 360
Trent Bridge, Newark (illus.), 160
Trials, Checking in Reliability, 575, 576
—- Curtailment of, 285, 325
— Reforms in Big, 50
— Trade and the, 285, 327
Tricar, Another Rejuvenated, 54
— A.C., Specially Built for Japanese
Roads (illus.). Sup. Jan. 31st
— Building a, 126
— First Aid N.S.U., at the Beckenham (Kent) Fire Station (illus.), 442
— for Rural Postal Work, Sup. Jan. 24th
— Home-made (illus.), 54
— Illuminating, Numbers, 458
— Old Pattern, Altered almost Beyond
Recognition (illus.), 549
— Rejuvenated, A, 26
— Smartening up a, by F. H. White, 591
— Successful, Conversion, 600 Tricars, A New Lamp for, 25
— v. Sidecars, 31
Tricycle Attachment, A, 360
— A Useful Motor, 8
— Future of the,'52
— Possibilities of a Modern Tricycle, 15
Tricycles for All-weather Riding, 51
Triumph Machine, Success of, in T.T. Race, 547
Trump-J.A.P., A Semi-racing Model (illus.), 23
Tube Changing Device, A Handy, 334
— Fitting a Small-sized, 154
— Reinforced Inner, 334
Tubes, Butt-ended, 230, 493
— Detachable, 359
Tunbridge Wells, Racing at, 351
Sports, Permit Granted by the A.C.U. to hold Motor Cycle Races on Whit-Monday at the, 324

Whit-Monday Sports, 375
Tuning-up for Hill-climbs, 519
— Particularly Applied to V Type Engines, 2-4
Turbine, Morgan’s Internal Combustion, 33 Petrol, 114, 133
— What is a, 297
Twelve Hundred Miles on a Motor Cycle with a Sidecar, by Vincent Burrow. . M.D., 136-139, 158-162
Twin-cylinder Bicycle with Sidecar, A, 164
— ; Starting a, 543
Twin-cylinders Misfiring, 250
— Single and, Compared, 83
Twin, Tinkering with a, by T. E. Heninghem, 432, 433
Two or Four-stroke Engine,. 408
Two-speed and Single-geared Models, The Humber, 381, 382
— Gear, Free-engine, Fitting a, 188
— Indian, and Free-engine, 114
— — Simple, A, 276
— Control, Adjustment of, 543
— Humber, An Appreciation of a, 420
rwo-*p*^d Lightweights, 408
Two-speeds for Passenger Work, 408
Two-stroke and \\ ater-cooled Engines. 397
— Engine. Proposed Design fora, 186, 256
— Engines. Another Score for, : '
— — — in America, 114
— Rotary Engine, A, 441. 442
Tynedale, Hexham (illusj, 137
Tyre Catalogue, A, 460
— Filling Compound, An Experience with a, 601
— Gaiters, 297. 356, 366 Home-made, 460
— Grip, Bobbett’s, 103
— Latest Goodrich, 544
— Novel. and Tube-changing Device A. 253
— Removal, To Facilitate, 309
— Resilient Stud, 598
— Tip. A, 329, 366 Tyres. 284, 327, 356, 368
— Beaded-edge r. Wired-on. 15, 72, 127, 133
— Cure for Puncture Troubles, A, 71, 89
— Fitting Stronger, 4 58
— for Irish Roads. 517
— - Winter Riding, 76
— Ill’, strations of different kinds of, 218-222
— Importance of Good, 544
— Interchangeability of, 29
— Lightweights, 124
— Motor Cycle. 284, 327. 356. 368
— Non-skidding, for All-weather Riding. 76
— Protest against the High Prices of, 329
— Rims and Standardisation of. 167, 232
— Wired r. Beaded-edge, 15, 254

United States (see “ America ”)
University of Birmingham M.C.C’., Members at the Foot of Suniising Hill (ihus.), Sup. March 7th
Unrolled Stone Danger.. 357
Uxbridge to Banbury and bark, V.C.U. Quarterly Trial from, 368-372

Vacuum Oil Co.’s Prize Offer, 424
Valves (see also “ Exhaust Valves ”)
— increase of Speed on Slightly Raising the Exhaust Valve, 30, 53, 71. 90, 419, 491, 540, 548, 601
— Inlet Valve Tip, 91
— Opening of, 493
— Removing, Suggested Aid to, 71
Valves Rum t1 ng with Valve Partial i y Raised, 155
— Seating ° *
— Spell s-. 647
— Va1 grinding Tip. 14 5
x~ Wu Drive, Lightweight Converted to, 132
Victoria, Motor Cycling in. Sup. Feb. 21st
Victorian M.C.C., 100 Miles Road Race, 532
V.S. Two-speed Hub Gear, 192

Walford, Eric W., Compression, 1 /0-172
— — Rotary Engine, 196
Wall Carving in the Time of Raineses IT , Another Reproduction of a (illus.), 188
Walthamstow M.C., Sup. Feb. 14th, 2Sth. 99, 281, 354, 377, 403, 619
Wansbeck M.C., 355
War Office, Proposal to the, Sup. March 7 th
Warfare, Motor Cycle in, 323
Warrington aud District M.C.C., Sup. Jan. 31st, 455
Water-cooled and Two-stroke Engines, 56, 37 7
Water-cooling, Against. 70
— on Motor Bicycle Engines, 5, 6. 27, 50, 55, 73, 91, 108, 121, 125, 252. 253, 328, 358, 393, 110, 445
Water Orton and Coleshill, Constable Stationed at, 351
Weather-proofing a Motor Cycle, 189
Weather Shield for the Handle-bars, 129 Webster, Dr. A. M., “ Through Great
Britain and the Continent,” 96-98
Week-end Trip in India, bv G. H. Wilson, 10
Week in the Isle of Man, 526-528
Weight Reduction. Limit of, 152
Westerham Hill, Gradient of, 12
Western District M.Q.. Sup. Jan. 3rd, 24th, 31st, Feb. 14th. March 14th, 143, (illus.) 202, 303. 379, 426, 593. 616
West Essex A.C., 483
Westmoreland M.C.C., Sup. Feb. 28th. 247, 302, 426, 454, £14i, 564, 616
Westward Ho with a Sidecar, by B. C. de W. Si If ken. 312-3 ' 5
Weyhill and Andover, Police Trap between, 300
WHERE TO GO AT WHITSUNTIDE—
No. 1.—Round about Kent, 305
No. 2.—Round about Derbyshire, 322
No. 3.—The Wye Valley and Cotswolds. 348
No. 4.— East Anglia, 364
No. 5 —The Lake District, 386
No. 6.—The West Country. 412
Whistles, Exhaust, 365, -121
White, Mr A. Baker, Returns to Motov Cycling, Sup. Jan. 24th
White F. H., Smartening up a,Tricar. .591
Whitsuntide, Where to go at, 305, 3 2 2 3 4 8. 364, 386. 412
Wilding. A. F., Champion Tennis Player and Motor Cyclist, 82, 123
Wilson, G. 4L. Week-end Trip in Ind?a, Iv
Wincanton, Police Trap between Andover and Weyhill on the Road to, 300
Winchester and District M.C.C., 326, 379
— — Surrey Motor Cycle Clubs, Meet of,
at Winchester (Ulus.), 491
— Hyde Street, Police Trap at, 350
Wind. Speed against rhe. 13
Windsor Castle (illus.', 463
Winter Overhaul, by B. H. Davies, 65
— Riding. Ill, 193
Wired-on r. Beaded-edge Tyre> 72, 127,133
Woodman, Alan E., Convalescence of, 587
— — Serious Accident to, 478
Woodmansterne to the Brighton Road,
Police Trap at, 350
Worcester-Kidderminster Road, Police Trap on the. 375
Worcestershire M.C.C.. Sup. March 21st, 173, 326, 354, 482, 565
— to Tunbridge, Best Route, 83
Wright, S., Tourist Trophy Race, Stops f r Petrol (illus.), 604

Yarn of the Lonely, Man, The, by H. G. Steel, 488, 489
Ye Olde Gate House, Highgate (illus.), 347
Yeovil, Secret Checking Station ai (illus.). 307
York County M.C.C. Sup. Jan. 17th, 247, 326, 355, 377, 404, 430, 482. "538d Members of the (illus.), 483
— Micklegate Bar (illus.), 161
— Northern League Meeting at, 538 Windmill Hotel, 449
Yorkshire. Another Club Proposed tor, Sun. Feb. 21st
— Competitions in, 397
— North Riding, A Jaunt in, 28 7-’x 50, 358
— Open Hill-climb in. 566, 586. 608-610 Young Clubs, Advice to, 401

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