British

The Motor Cycle 1911 Jul-Dec

  • A.C. Sociables, 1220b
  • A.J.S. Counter-shaft Gear, 1101
  • — 1912 Models, 1210, 1257
  • — Twin, A 5 h.p., 1044
  • A.S.L. 1912 Models, 1212, 1257
  • Accessories, Among the, 760, 767, 918, 1008, 1182-1184, 1224-1226, 1287- 1296, 1414
  • Accumulators, Care of, 1308
  • Acetylene Gas as Fuel, 719
  • Adriatic and Mediterranean and Back, From the Channel to the (tour), 1084-1086, 1112-1114, 1191-1194
  • Agency Conditions and Second-hand Machines, 1369, 1427
  • Agents and Design, 735
  • Ainsworth, Albert, Climb up Hanson Knabs, 859
  • Air Filter, Holdsworth Hardy’s, 968
  • — Lock in Tank Affecting Hill-climbing,
  • Partial, 1033
  • — Tubes, Rich, 1.288
  • — v. Water-cooling, 1369
  • Albion Disc Clutch Hub, 867
  • Alcyon 1912 Models, 1125, 1275
  • — Records at Brooklands, 1195
  • Alldays and Onions 1912 Models, 1276
  • — Improvements, 1155
  • America, Motor Cycling in, 1296
  • — Track Racing in, 842
  • American Records, 726, 955, 956
  • Antipodes, Hill-climb in the, 1039
  • Anti-vibratory Hub, 1360
  • Arbitrary Ratios v. Infinitely Variable Gears, 742
  • Ariel 1912 Models, 1216, 1278
  • Armstrong Gears, 1218, 1291
  • — Hub Gear, Success of, 712
  • Army and the Motor Cycle, 1221
  • — Manoeuvres and the Auto Cycle Union,
  • 781 Arno 1912 Model, 1260
  • Aston Track, Racing at, 827
  • Auckland (N.Z.) M.C.C. Hill-climb, 1431
  • Australia, Suggestion to Home Manufacturers, 1059
  • — What it Wants, 1075
  • — Despatch Carrying in, 1432
  • Autobiography of a Motor Cycle, A Short, 978
  • Autoclipse Lamp, 1133
  • Auto Cycle Union—
  • Army Manoeuvres and, 781
  • Club Championship, 936, 983-985
  • — Representation on the, 1368
  • Clubs and, 1311
  • Council Meeting, 1100
  • Herts County Speed Trials at Luton, 1147
  • Liverpool A.C.C. and, 1034, 1039, 1063, 1065, 1 117, 1147, 1321
  • Midland Centre, Open Hill-climb at Harley Bank, 755
  • News and Notes, 750, 826, 1016, 1068a, 1150, 1187, 1221, 1300 Notes, 1374
  • Private Owners and, 993
  • Programme for 1912, 1201
  • Provincial Clubs and, 1137, 1186, 1209, 1302
  • Quarterly Trials—
  • Abandonment of, 1186 1
  • Farlow Bank in the, 1026, 1143 Future of the, 997
  • Ladies and the, 1068a
  • Northerp Centre Trial, 675, 751 Report and Results, 776-778, 781
  • October, 1036, 1063, 1070, 1083
  • — Report (illus.), 1094-1098
  • — Routes, 989, 1056
  • — Test Hills, 1016
  • Results, 1319
  • Reinstatements, 1320
  • Route, 735, 739, 774, 856
  • Silencers in the, 844
  • Suggestions for Improving, 1034
  • The 1912, 891 n
  • Which is the Stiffest Trial ? 924’9()801f: Tourist Trophy Race, 1912 Regulations, 761, 805, 1165 Tourist Trophy Races—
  • Are they Instructive ? 718
  • Competitor’s Point of View, 722
  • Engine Sizes, 1350
  • Junior, Lap Times and Results, 686 — Report (illus.), 679-686
  • — What it has Taught us, 673
  • Mechanical Features of Competing Machines, 674
  • Official Awards, 739
  • Reviewed, 708-711
  • Senior, Report (illus.), 687-697
  • — Survivors, with their Lap Times, 693
  • Backrest, Automatic, 1365
  • Bad Weather and Belts, 1347, 1369
  • B. and B. Carburetter, 1294
  • — Variable Jet, 702
  • B.S.A. 1912 Models, 1043, 1220, 1276
  • Ball or Roller Bearings, 1111
  • Ballymacroe, Hill-climb at, 936
  • Bankes-Jones, Rev. R. M., From the Channel to the Adriatic and Mediterranean and Back, 1084-1086, 1112-1114, 1191-1194
  • Barnet Shooting Case, 725
  • Basnett Spring Belt Rim, 1200
  • Bat 1912 Models, 1219, 1261
  • Bearings, Ball or Roller, 1111
  • — Crankshaft Plain, Plea for, 1321
  • — Wear of Big End, 1118, 1147, 1167, „ ,, n „ J198> 12°7> 1302, 1345, 1371 Bell, G. H., Snowden an almost Impossible
  • Climb, 1068a
  • Belts—
  • Ancient and Modern, 1418
  • Bad Weather and, 1119, 1319
  • Basnett Spring Belt Rim, 1200 Breaking Strain, 1329
  • Does the Belt’s Angle Vary « 1030
  • Endless Belt Dilemma, 1000, 1057, 1091 Forward Fasteners, New, 1182 Slipping, 818, 1034
  • Steel-rubber, 1184
  • Binks Carburetters Oct 26th, 2011, p1133
  • Birmingham M.C.O., Midland Reliability Trial, 1148
  • Bischoff, P. W., Adjustment of Lamp Burners, 1163
  • Bluemel 1912 Accessories, 1182
  • Blumfield Engines, 1292, 1322
  • — 1912 Model, 1044
  • Bosch Ignition, 1295
  • — Two-spark Magneto, 1154
  • Bowden Control, 1225, 1287
  • — — Triple, 955
  • — Counter-shaft Gear, 1100b
  • — Wires and their Fittings, 1393
  • Bowen, II. I-I., Accident to, 1405 Bradbury 1912 Models, 1217, 1252
  • — Sidecars for 1912, 1222 Bradford M.C.C.—
  • Bradford-Dunbar-Bradford Trial, 778
  • Open Hill-climb at Baden Moor, 775,
  • Brakes on Two-speeders, 1238 809
  • -— Stopping Power, 971
  • Brasted Hill-climb, 1040
  • Brazing Lamps, are they Dangerous ? 1068
  • Bristol B. and M.C.—
  • Keynsham to Pensford and Back Run 987
  • Reliability Trial to Bath, 728
  • Bristol M.C.C., Trial to Land’s End and Back, 808
  • British and American Times, 726
  • — Automobile Racing Club, October Meeting, 1017
  • — East Africa, Motor Cycle Wanted for,
  • 1146 British Motor Cycle Racing Club—
  • Brooklands Meeting, 857
  • llace Meeting, 752-754
  • Seventh 1914 Monthly Meeting of the, 956, 1013
  • Sixth Monthly Meeting, 903
  • British Motor Cycle Records, 1326
  • — — Cycles and Colonial Conditions, 1051
  • Broadhurst Mirror Lens Searchlight, 1225
  • Broken Frame and its Explanation, 1087
  • Brooklands—
  • Activities at, 1334b
  • Alcyon Records at, 1195
  • Bank Holiday Meeting, 804a, 831
  • Haswell-Godfrey Match, 909
  • Humber Activity at, 1160, 1187
  • July Meeting, 782
  • Last 1911 Meeting, 1076
  • Lightweight Records at,' 1151
  • Records at, 1298
  • Royal Automobile Club Inter-club Meeting, 807
  • Rudge Records at, 1185
  • Short Distance Handicap, 804b
  • Six Days’ Trials, and the, 1415, 1431
  • Snapshots of Racing Men in Character- iqfjn PDQPQ 1097
  • Brooks Saddles and Seats, 1184, 1290 Brough 1912 Model, 1127
  • — Sociable, The New, 1425
  • Brown and Hingston Gear, 1128, 1288
  • — 1912 Models, 1176, 1277
  • — Midget Bicar, 1177
  • Buck 1912 Models, 1127
  • Butler, M. H., Six Days’ Sidecar Ride, 1329
  • Buyers’ Guide for 1912 Models, 1228-1235
  • Addenda to, 1297
  • Ladies’ Bicycles, 1235
  • Multi-cylinder Bicycles, 1233
  • Passenger Motor Cycles, 1234
  • Sidecar Attachments on the British Market, 1235
  • Single-cylinder Bicycles, 1228-1233
  • Business -like Methods, 927, 993
  • C.A.P. Carburetter, 1008
  • C.C.R.-J.A.P. 1912 Models, 1154 Sidecar Combination, 1100a
  • Calcott Model, 1121, 1274
  • Calthorpe 1912 Models, 1044, 1255
  • Camaraderie of the Road, 1034
  • Cambridge, Track Racing at, 857
  • Canada, Motor Cycle in, 1221, 1319
  • — Prevailing Conditions in, 1058, 1321
  • — Racing at Toronto, 1068a
  • Candler, Arthur, Late Secretary of the M. 1353
  • Canoolet 1912 Models, 1272
  • — Sidecar, 1175
  • Cape Peninsula Motor Cycle Club Hill- climb, 724, 1186
  • Car and Motor Cycle, Comparison between, 1059
  • Carbon Deposits, 1347, 1372, 1399
  • Analysed, 1119, 1146, 1198, 1207 Analysis of, 1429
  • Excessive, 733
  • Removing, without Dismounting the Cylinder, 700
  • Carburetters—
  • Automatic, 1327
  • B. and B., 1294
  • Binks, 1133
  • C. A.P., 1008
  • Flexibility of the Modern, 1049
  • Lukin, 1324
  • Modifying an Old, 1093
  • New 1912, 1037
  • Senspray, 1183
  • Two-jet, Experience of a, 704
  • Two New, 865
  • Variable Jet, 770
  • Carette, Titan Sociable, 700
  • Carrier Seats and Ladies, 1039
  • Catalogues, Falseness of, 954, 1005-1006
  • Centaur 1912 Model, 1260
  • Ceylon, Motor Cycling in, 717, 1122, 1115
  • — Motor Cycle in, 1-133-1434
  • Chain Adjustment, 1007
  • — Drive and Adjustable Petrol Jets, 1427
  • Single-cylinders, Counter-shaft
  • Gears, 1266
  • — Sprockets, 1087
  • — Transmission, Silent, 1325
  • Change Speed Gears. See Gears
  • Channel to the Adriatic and Mediterranean and Back, From the (tour), 1084- 1086, 1112-1114, 1191-1194
  • Charge-mixing Device, 1240
  • Chater-Lea 1912 .Models, 1126, 1252
  • Cheshire, Hill-climbing in, 1196
  • Circuit de Melun, 1376
  • — du Rhone Race, 804c, 835, 840-842
  • — of Britain Flying Race, 750
  • Cissac, Henri, World’s Speed Record, 725
  • Clincher Tyres, 1225
  • Clipper Wood Rim, 1289
  • Clipstone, Speed Trials at, 751, 791, 882
  • Clothing, Motor Cycle, 1371
  • Club Champions, Who are this Year’s ? 1016
  • CLUB NEWS—
  • Aberavon, East Talbot, and District M.C.C., 887
  • Amman Valley and District M.C.C., 785
  • Aspatria College M.C.C., 784
  • Ayr and District M.C.C., 729, 887, 1227, 1355
  • Birmingham and District M.C.C., 810, 964, 992, 1046, 1072, 1226, 1318b, 1355, 1379
  • Bishop Auckland, Darlington, and District, 1226, 1306, 1408
  • Blackburn M.C.C., 1047
  • Blackpool and Fylde M.C.C., 1158, 1227, 1318b, 1379, 1408
  • Bolton and District M.C.C., 785
  • Bradford M.C.C., 912, 1019
  • Brecon and District M.C.C., 1104
  • Bristol B. and M.C., 1046, 1072, 1104, 1159, 1190, 1226, 1318b, 1355, 1378, 1408
  • Brookdale Cycle and Social Club (M.C. Section), 1131
  • Burnley A.C., 810, 964, 1408
  • Cambridge University M.C.C., 1190, 1306
  • Cambridgeshire M.C.C., 1408
  • Cape Peninsula M.C.C., 785
  • Ceylon M.C.C., 784
  • Chesterfield and District M.C.C., 731, 811, 964, 1190
  • Cork and District M.C.C., 699, 811, 860
  • Cornwall M.C.C., 1159
  • Coventry and Warwickshire M.C., 730, 837, 913, 1019, 1046, 1072, 1409, 1430
  • Cowbridge and District M.C., 1227
  • Cumberland County M.C.C. (Western Section), 729, 785, 1379
  • Daimler M.C.C., 965
  • Denton and District M.C. (Lancs.), 14 09
  • Derby and District M.C.C., 698, 811, 860, 912, 991, 1158, 1430
  • Doncaster and District M.C.C., 758, 810, 911, 913, 1020, 1073, 1130, 1408
  • Dublin and District M.C.C., 730. 836, 887, 1355
  • Dundee and District M.C.C., 1409
  • Durham and District M.C.C., 887, 1018, 1072, 1 130, 1227, 1379
  • Edinburgh and District M.C.C., 785, 940, 964, 1047, 1131, 1190
  • Essex M.C., 729, 759, 887, 907, 913, 940, 964, 991, 1018, 1318b, 1379 Exeter and District M.C.C., 759
  • Finsbury Park CkC. (M.C. Section), 783
  • Fleet and District M.C.C., 886
  • Furness M.C.C., 1018, 1047
  • Glasgow M.C.C., 698, 730, 913
  • Grosvenor M.C., 1430
  • Halifax and District M.C.C., 941, 1020
  • Hampshire M.C.U., 758
  • Harrogate M.C.C., 759, 941, 1018, 1130, 1158, 1190
  • Haverstock M.C.C.; 1379
  • Helensburgh M.C.C., 913, 1072
  • Herefordshire M.C.C., 941
  • Herts County A.C., 730, 810, 860, 1072
  • High Wycombe and District M.C.C., 860
  • Huddersfield and District A.C., 836, 992
  • Hull and East Riding A.C.C., 729, 911
  • Ilkley and District M.C.C., 837, 939,1227
  • Inverness and District M.C.C., 729
  • Ipswich and District M.C.C., 991, 1430
  • Irish End-to-end Trial, 757
  • Lancashire M.C.C., 1130
  • Leeds M.C.C., 731, 757, 783
  • Leicester and District M.C.C., 1046, 1073, 1103, 1159
  • Lewes M.C.C., 991
  • Lincolnshire A.C. (M.C. Section), 730, 992, 1047
  • Liverpool A.C.C., 699, 887, 965, 1354, 1378
  • Manchester M.C., 758, 940, 991, 1046, 1354
  • Mansfield and District M.C.C., 729
  • Marlborough Athletic Club (M.C. Section), 757, 911, 1130, 1190
  • Mersey M.C., 730, 759, 837, 887, 907, 1073, 1130, 1158, 1318b, 1379
  • Mid Bucks M.C.C., 1354 Middlesbrough and District M.C.C., 836
  • Motor Cycle Union of Ireland (Ulster Centre), 912, 1354, 1378
  • Motor Cycling Club, 731, 759, 913, 939, 991, 1073, 1159, 1227, 1306, 1408
  • Naval M.C., 1073
  • Newcastle and District M.C., 810, 862, 1130, 1190, 1226, 1355
  • Newport (Mon.) and District M.C.C., 992
  • Norfolk M.C.C., 783, 965
  • North-eastern A.A. (M.C. Section), 836, 860, 939, 1020
  • North Middlesex M.C.C., 699, 757, 887, 907, 939, 965, 992, 1020, 1046, 1072, 110L 1131, 1159, 1190, 1318b, 1355
  • North Staffordshire M.C.C., 731, 837, 965, 992
  • North-west London M.C.C., 730, 907, 939, 992, 1018, 1190, 1318b Norwich and District M.C.C., 887
  • Nottingham and District M.C.C., 699, 1073, 1354
  • Oldham and District M.C., 1227, 1318b
  • Otago (New Zealand) M.C.C., 759
  • Oxford M.C.C., 698, 729, 887, 1018, 1190, 1408
  • Oxton (Birkenhead) M.C.C., 10IS
  • Perth and District M.C.C., 910, 1318b
  • Pocklington and District M.C.C., 731
  • Pontefract M.C.C., 699, 758, 886, 1018, 1318b
  • Purley and District M.C.C., 730, 1046, 104, 1318b
  • Putney and District M.C.C., 731, 1104
  • Redditch and District, 785, 1318b
  • Ripon and District M.C.C., 758
  • Sarum and District M.C.C., 837
  • Scarborough and District M.C.C., 836, 1073, 1103
  • Scottish Border M.C.C., 811, 837, 907, 1019
  • Selby and District M.C.C., 1 430 ?
  • Sheffield and Hallamshire M.C.C., 757, 860, 911, 940, 964, 992, 1018, 1020, 1045, 1158, 1226, 1409
  • Shropshire M.C.C., 941, 1073
  • Southampton M.C., 1073, 1226, 1355
  • South Birmingham M.C.C., 1306, 1379, 1430
  • Stockport and District M.C.C., 837,1045, 1130
  • Streatham and District M.C.C., 731, 11, 939. 965, 1190, 1379
  • Sunderland and District M.C., 939
  • Surrey M.O.C., 731, 862, J 046, 1103,
  • Sutton Coldfield A.C., 1018, 1016 Vui’ 1159, 1351, 1379, 1 130
  • Sydney M.C.C. (N.S.W.), 1130
  • Taunton and District M.C.C., 781, 1018, 12 2 7*
  • Torbay M.C.C., 862, 911, 965, 10 17
  • Tunbridge Wells and District M.C.C., * 862, 965, 991, 1131, 1227
  • Walsall M.C., 961, 1018
  • Walthamstow M.C., 758, (164, 991, 1018, 1103, 1226, 1318b, 1 108
  • Wansbeck M.C., 837
  • Western District M.C. (London), 731, 837, 991, 1131, 1226, 1355
  • West Essex A.C., 836, 1226
  • Westmorland M.C.C., 729, 731, 783,
  • 837, 860, 1017, 1159, 1226, 1 130
  • Weybridge and District M.C.C., 810
  • Willesden Green C. and M.C.C., 699, 781,
  • 941 Wimbledon M.C.C., 1430 Wolverhampton M.C.C., 731, 1355, 1379, 1408 Woolwich, Plumstead, and District M.C., 731, 992, 1045, 1047 Worcestershire M.C.C., 731, 811
  • York County M.C.C., 698, 729, 784, 1227, 1379
  • Club Secretaries at Olympia, 1334a, 1334b
  • Clubs and the Auto Cycle Union, 1311
  • Clyno 1912 Models, 1213, 1251
  • Coils, From Trembler to Plain, 1196, 1239
  • Cold Vulcanising, 1065, 1118, 1145 Collars, Waterproof, 770
  • Collier, C. R., World’s Record Speed, 857, 859
  • Collier-De Rosier Match, 752, 770, 774, 781, 804d
  • Colonial Conditions and British Motor Cycles, 1051
  • — Motor Cycle Competitions, 743
  • Colonies, Ideal Machine for the, by B. H.
  • Davies, 1053-1055
  • — Magneto Position for the, 1301
  • Comet-Precision, 1044
  • Comfy Sidecar 1912 Models, 1265 Communications from "Readers in Far-off
  • Lands, 1058-1063 —
  • Competitions (1912), in all Parts, 1341 1083, 1348, 1372
  • — “ Long Control ” System in, 818
  • Competitor’s Impressions of the Six Daysi
  • Trial, 891-896
  • Compression Ratio for Racing Purposes,
  • 849
  • — Variable Device, 1015 Condor 1912 Models, 1044
  • Continental Touring, 848, 899, 1428 with a Sidecar Attachment, 847
  • — Tyres, 1224, 1288
  • Conversion, and How it was Effected, 765
  • Corah 1912 Models, 1276
  • Corners, Leaning-out round, 947
  • Cornwall, The Sidecar in, 1423-1424
  • Cost of Running a Motor Cycle, 1335
  • — 34 h.p. Motor Cycle, 1146,
  • 1197 Selection of Replies, 1247, 1318a, 1357, 1361, 1380, 1422, 1432 Counter-shaft Gears, Position of, 1147, 1209 Single-cylinders, Chain Drive, and, 1266 Coventry and Warwickshire M.C.—
  • Newham Hill-climb, 930-934, 937 Run to Aberystwyth, 880d
  • Sixth Annual Open Hill-climb, 856 Trial to Bath and Back, 749
  • Coventry Chains, 1287 Covers, Size of, after Retreading, 1304
  • Cowey Speed Indicator, 1183
  • Cox, Harold, Holder of the Lightweight Record, 989
  • Crank Cases, Clean, 804d, 1088, 1204 Oil-tight, 1144
  • — Pin, Lubrication of, 1347 Crankshaft Plain Bearings, Plea for, 1321 Critic among the Solo Models, by B. H.
  • Davies, 1312-1314 Crouch Three-wheeled Sociables, 1128 Crystal Palace, Five Miles Record, 1038 Cumberland M.C.C., Reliability Trial Results, 851
  • CURRENT CHAT—
  • Accident at New Brighton, 956
  • A.C.C. de France 1912 Programme, 1431
  • Activity in the Midlands, 1299
  • Activity of the R.I.A., 1432 Affiliation, 1299
  • American Consular Report, 1068
  • Ancient Machines in the Winter Run, Another Dog Episode, 1017 1405
  • Appeal, A Deserving, 1017
  • Australia’s First Motor Show, 1220d.
  • Belgian Motor Cycle Race, 857, 937
  • Benefiting a Clean County, 1432
  • Bradford M.C.C. Trial Abandoned, 1351
  • Breaking Strain of a Belt, 1329
  • British Success in Italy, 1150
  • Broken Sidecar Axle, 1017
  • C. and M.T. Benevolent Fund Dinner,
  • Catholic Bishop Appeals for a Motor Cycle, 804b
  • Club Secretaries, Meeting of, 1221
  • Coincidence, 751
  • Collision Case, 1329
  • Colossal Output, 1299
  • Ceylon Motor Cycle Famine, 1299 Crock (?), 1187
  • Danger of Skidding with Passenger on Carrier, 908
  • Dangers of the Road, 1187
  • Dangerous Gates in Leamington Spa, 1099
  • Electric Generator Sets, 1329
  • English-Dutch Reliability Trial, 1329, 1431
  • Gymkhana in Australia, 1329
  • How he got his own Back, 1405 Highway Robbery, 1100
  • Hill-climbing in Wagga. Wagga, N.S.W.,
  • 804a Important Judgment, 1404
  • International Motor Cycle Races, 725
  • Items of Interest, 1068
  • Kent Autumn Tour, 1017
  • Kick-starting Devices, 1350
  • Kingston, Direction Signs in, 1299
  • Lady Competitors at New Brighton,804b
  • Lynmouth, An Easy Road out of, 1220d
  • Man and the Rim, 1068a.
  • Midlands, Proposed Track for, 1405
  • Military Ride, A, 989
  • Motor Cycle in the Jungle, 1150
  • — Cycling in Italy, 1122
  • — Cyclist’s Successful Appeal, 1405
  • Naval Officers’ Hill-climb, 956
  • New Engine for the Hour Record, 1017
  • No Speed Limit, 1122 Noise Nuisance, 1186
  • Non-stop Trial in Wales, 880d
  • North Devon Reliability Trial, 881
  • Novel Challenge, 909
  • — Method of Route Marking, 1039
  • Our Legal Columns, 956
  • Passenger Carrying, a Warning, 827
  • Phenomenal Consumption, 880d
  • Plug left Intact, 1068
  • Popular Motor Cycles, 1432
  • Premier Profits, 937
  • Provincial Motor Cycle Shows, 936
  • Public Subscription to Purchase a Sidecar, 1151
  • Readers’ Experiences, 1122
  • Record Hill-climbing Expedition, 1123
  • Records, New, 1038
  • Red Warning Barriers, 1350
  • Reflex Rear Lights, 881, 1328
  • Relay Ride, 1039
  • Reliability Trial in South Australia, 1374
  • Roads Improvement Association Activities, 1299
  • Royal Automobile Club School of Tuition, 1186
  • Scottish Motorists’ Protest, 936
  • Second-hand Machines, Enquiries re,
  • I 132 Serious Bridge Complaint, 857
  • Single-cylinders, Wonderfully Efficient, 1351
  • Singular Sight, 1122
  • Sixty-two m.p.h. through the mud, 1401
  • Slow-moving Traffic, 1299
  • Snowdon an almost Impossible Climb,
  • 1 0b8a
  • South African Hill-climb, 936
  • Trade Increase, 1068a
  • Speed Limit Abolished in the Isle of Man, 988
  • Application, 1017
  • — Limits in Sussex, 1221
  • Speedy Arrest, 1068
  • Stockport Hill-climb, 1099
  • Strike Items, 880d
  • Sub-committee of the A.C.U., 1299
  • Taunton Next Year’s Six Days’ Trials Centre, 1405
  • Taxicab Drivers and Owners’ Liabilities,
  • 1374, 1385 Through French Spectacles, 1404
  • Transporting of Motor Cycles to the Isle of Man, 751
  • Trial of the 1912 Premier, 1099
  • Triumph Co.’s Dividend and Bonus, 1123 —
  • Two-speed Model, 1350
  • Turner’s Hill Climbed on a Lightweight,
  • 956 — — Sheffield, 881
  • Twenty-six Records in One Day, 1328
  • Twice-stolen Mount, 989
  • Unsightly Advertisement Hoardings, 1329
  • Valve Troubles Disappearing, 1016
  • Varieties of Exchanges, 1375
  • Warwickshire Potholes to be Filled, 1151 — Road Surfaces, 956
  • Well-known Rider Committed for Trial, 1017
  • Winter Hill-climb in France, 1299
  • — Road Trials, 1374
  • Yankee Journalistic Methods, 1405 Yorkshire Judge’s Extraordinary Outburst, 1375
  • Cut-outs, Plea for, 1321, 1348
  • — Prohibited, 1298
  • — Proposed Abolition of, 1337, 1346,
  • 1356, 1371, 1398
  • Cycar Tyre, 1182
  • D.H.K. Hub Clutch, 1325 Dallison’s Silencer, 1183
  • — Variable Gear, 1183 Davies, B. H.—
  • Critic among the Solo Models, 1312-1314
  • Five Hundred Miles on a Six-speed, 949
  • History of a Gold Medal, 814-816
  • Ideal Machine for the Colonies,1053-1055
  • Motor Cyclist’s Mecca, 714-716 Scorching, 935
  • Single-cylinder Sidecar Outfit, 1248
  • Testing a New Two-speeder, 885
  • De Rosier, Jake— Change of Mount, 1038
  • Last Days in England, 831
  • Parting Message, 824
  • De Rosier-Collier Match, 752, 770, 774,
  • 781, 804d Denny, S. W., Awarded £50 Damages, 1068 Design, Agents and, 735
  • — Motor Cycle, 1428
  • — Suggestion for 1912, 771
  • — Tendency of, 740, 804d
  • Dew, Harold A., Second Spider Runabout,
  • 1071 Diary of a Tour, 1419-1121
  • Dog Clutch Gears, 1087 Dot 1912 Models, 1280
  • Douglas, Is a larger, Wanted ? 1001
  • — Models (1912), 1129, 1258
  • Dover, Fred—
  • Coast Ride, 699, 703, 747 Climb up Sheffield’s Steepest Hill, 851 Successful Defence, 1151
  • Dover Specialities, 1224
  • Drip Feed Lubricator, A New, 819
  • Driving from the Sidecar Seat, 1318
  • — on Throttle or Valve Lift, 897
  • Dublin and District M.C.C., Hill-climb, Results, 804
  • Dunhill’s Lamps and Clothing, 1184, 1294
  • Dunkley Sidecars, 1292
  • Dunlop 1912 Tyres, 1224, 1291
  • Dutch Motor Cyclists’ Visit, 713, 747
  • Dutch-English Reliability Trial, 1388
  • Duties and Freight Charges on Motor Cycles Shipped Abroad, 1078, 1150
  • E. L.I. 1912 Model, 1220a, 1265
  • Edge Hills on a 31 h.p. Sidecar, Clirnbine- 987, 1089, 1118, 1198, 1206 Edinburgh and District Motor Club, Open Hill-climb on Aniulree, 998
  • Edlin 1912 Model, 1263 Edmund 1912 Models, 1281
  • — Spring Frame, 1210
  • Efandem Detachable Terminal, 1151
  • Eisemann Magneto, 1290
  • Electrical Timing, 1161 Elswick 1912 Models, 1271
  • Endless Belt Dilemma, 1000 End-to-end Lightweight Record, 1038
  • — Record, 1007
  • — Sidecar Record, 780, 790, 801b Enfield, Run on a Two-speed, 791
  • — Spring Fork, 1360
  • — 1912 Models, 960, 1215 Sidecar Model, 1121
  • Engines—
  • Lubrication, 1210
  • Rotary Petrol, 1331
  • Single-cylinder Engines and Sidecars, 1320
  • Sooted Plugs and Twin Engines, 1091, 1115, 1302
  • Tandem Geared, 816, 927 Twin-cylinder, Lubrication of, 1301 England, Track Racing in, 812
  • English Riders and Foreign Alachines, 719, 718, 772-771, 805, 825 Eric Sociable 1912 Alodels, 1268
  • Esler, James, and William Streiff, Round the World on Alotor Cycle, 827 Essex AI.C.—
  • Gymkhana, 907
  • Snaresbrook to York and Back Run, 959
  • Evolution of Transmission, by “ Ixion,” 1330, 1370 Excelsior 1912 Alodels, 1011, 1216, 1281 Exeter and District AI.C.C.—
  • Open Hill-climb, 801 Results, 905
  • Exhaust Pipes, 954
  • Exports and Imports of Alotor Cycles, 725, 857, 958, 1068b, 1221
  • F
  • F. N. 1912 Alodels, 1176, 1263
  • F.R.S. Lamps and Generators, 1294
  • Fafnir Engines, 1183, 1322
  • False Paradise in the Lamp World, 1036, 1057
  • Farlow Park in the Quarterly Trials, 1026, 1143
  • Three-speeds on, 1123
  • Featherweight, Eclipse of the, 1318
  • Finish, All-black, 1056
  • Five Hundred Aliles on a Six-speed, by B. H. Davies, 949
  • — Aliles Record at the Crystal Palace, 1038
  • Fixtures for 1912, 1334b
  • Float, Cutting out the, 702
  • Foot-operated Spark Advance, 1180
  • Forced Induction, 1163
  • Foreign Alachines and English Riders, 719. 748, 772-774, 805
  • Forty Thousand Aliles in Eleven Alonths, 1188
  • Forward 1912 Alodels, 1181, 1269
  • — New Belt Fastener and Sparking Plug,
  • 1182
  • Frame, Broken, and its Explanation, 1087
  • — In Favour of the Open, 1004
  • — Novel Alotor Cycle, 990
  • France, Number of Alotor Cycles in, 725
  • — Alotor Cycle Hill-climb, 1376
  • — Road Racing in, 1351
  • — Winter Hill-climb in, 1401-1403, 1431
  • Frasetti, Ernest, Southampton to Aberdeen by Motor Cycle, 881
  • Free Engine Hub, 1386
  • Freight Charges and Duties on Motor Cycles Shipped Abroad, 1078, 1150
  • French Road Race, 725
  • — Awakening, 1387
  • Frenchman’s Opinion of British Alachines and their Riders, 842
  • Gaillon Hill-climb, Result of, 1068a
  • Garner Exhaust Whistle, 1438
  • Gears—
  • Change Speed—
  • Sidecars and, 704, 718, 724, 747, 804d, 869, 928, 980, 1035, 1045, 1064, 1091, 1304 Two New, 764
  • Control of, 1167
  • Dog Clutch, 1087
  • Expanding Pulley, 1310 Fitting a Variable Gear to a Lightweight, 1321
  • Reducing Transmission Gear, 1205 Silent, 993
  • Three-speed, 956
  • — Crankshaft, 1310 Two-speed—
  • Countershaft, 1136
  • How they are Tested, 1087 Ingenious, 890
  • Long Hills and, 1238 Trump-Jap, 935
  • Variable, 1146, 1238, 1360 Clutches and, 1009 Cornwall, for, 902, 1033 Counter-shaft Gears and Variable Pulleys, 1236
  • Epicyclic, 1090
  • In Hill-climbs, 900, 928, 953 Infinitely, Arbitrary Ratios v., 742 — Position, 950
  • — Reliability of, 897
  • — Rudge-Whitworth New, 701
  • Generator Bracket, Lucas Lamps on, 926 Generators, F.R.S., 1295
  • — Stern Test for, 1115
  • Germany, Scientific Matters in, 1068
  • — Why there are few Motor Cycles in,l 033
  • Gibson, D. J., Three. Days’ Camping Expedition, 97 7
  • Glasgow M.C.C., Garslake Hill-climb, 936
  • Glen Helen Partially Destroyed by Fire, 1122 Gloria Sidecar (1912), 1283
  • Godfrey, O. C.—
  • Accident to, 1122 Hundred Miles per Hour Ambition, 1328 Recovery of, 1150, 1220d
  • Gold Medal, History of a, by B. H. Davies, 814-816
  • Gometz-le-Chatel Hill-climb, 1401-1403, 1431
  • Goodrich Tyres, 1128
  • Gorton Tyres, 1225
  • Grandex 1912 Models, 1126, 1280
  • Griffin, H. Hewitt, Show Statistics, 1334 Gritting of Metropolitan Streets, 678, 1150, 1328
  • Guzzwell, J., Six Days’ Record Beaten by, 830
  • H
  • Hairpin Bends, Tackling Steep, 770
  • Hall Caine, Mr., on Motor Cycling, 770
  • Handle-bar and Adjustable Pulley, Spring, 1325 Lamp Bracket Combined, 703
  • — Control, Magneto, 746 Triple Lever, 1042
  • — Fitment Clips, 94 7
  • Hanson Knabs Hill-climb, 859
  • Harrogate Smoke-room, Heard in the, 898
  • Haswell, J. R.—
  • Holder of the Single-cylinder Hour Record, 989
  • Long Distance Record, 1297
  • Hawkins, A. E., Ride from Cheltenham to Dewsbury, 1375
  • Hazlewood 1912 Models, 1155, 1276
  • Herts County A.C.—
  • Aston Clinton Hill-climb, 1098
  • Holiday Tour to the English Lakes, 832, 1017 Speed Trials at Luton Hoo Park, 1017, 1120, 1123
  • Auto Cycle Union and, 1147
  • Hill, Alan—
  • Climb up Mucklows Hill, 936
  • Winner of the “ Aggregate ” Cup, 1098
  • Hill-climbing, 824, 848, 899, 1119, 1348, 1375, 1429
  • Air-lock in Tank Affecting, 1033 Flexibility Hill-climbs, 1008, 1035 Formulae in, 847, 946, 953, 976, 1028, 1118, 1115
  • In Cheshire, 1196
  • Scottish Trials and, 702
  • Suggestion, 929
  • Variable Gears in, 900, 928, 953 Will it Survive ? 945, 1006, 1064
  • Hills, In Search of Steep, 1166
  • — in the Macclesfield District, 1301
  • — No Power on, 1162
  • Hingston and Brown Gear, 1288
  • Improved Two-speed Gear, 1128
  • Hints and Tips for Motor Cyclists, 767, 838, 906, 926, 968, 996, 1049
  • “ His way of Looking at it,” 1389
  • Hobart 1912 Models, 1212, 1271
  • Holdtite Patches, 1288
  • Home-made Sociable, 1161
  • Hour and Hundred Miles Records, 1088
  • — Record Attempts, 827 Hub Clutch, Albion Disc, 867
  • Hull and East Riding A.C., Non-stop Runs, 804b
  • Humber Activity at Brooklands, 1160,1187
  • — Lightweight, An Experience of the, 7G3
  • — 1912 Models, 1043, 1272
  • Humours at the Show, 1317 Hunt, A. H., Show Novelties, 1225
  • Hutchinson Tyres, 1182
  • I
  • Ideal Machines for the Colonies, by B. H. Davies, 1053-1055
  • Ignition Timing, 1021
  • Illston and Smith 1912 Models, 1181
  • Importance of Suitable Tyre Rims, 1417
  • Imports and Exports of Motor Cycles, 725, 857, 958, 1068b, 1221
  • India, In Praise of a Mount used in, 1061
  • Indian 1912 Models, I 177, 1256
  • Inner Tubes, Vulcanising, after Punctures,
  • 717 Institution of Automobile Engineers, 1432
  • Insurance, Motor Cycle, 705, 717, 901, 929
  • Interesting Sidecar Fitments, 1106
  • International Match, Special Racing Engines, 825
  • Irish End-to-end Records, 908, 938, 956,
  • 986 Isle of Man, Conduct in the, 719, 742, 746,
  • 771 Queries from the, 732 Transport of Machines to the,
  • 747 Italy, Hill-climbing Contest, 917
  • — Motor Cycle in, 678, 1068, 1122
  • — Perugia Hill-climb, Results, 1068, 1099
  • — Road Race from Suse to Cenis, 781
  • Ivy-Precision 1912 Models, 1282
  • “ Ixion,” Evolution of Transmission, 1330
  • J
  • Jamaican Roads, Novice’s Experiences on, James 1912 Models, 1272 1060
  • Janssen, C. J., Marriage of, 1187
  • Jarvis, E. C., Farlow Bank in the Quarterly Trials, 1026
  • Jets, Adjustable, 1348
  • — B. and B. Variable, 702
  • John Bull Tyres, 1224
  • Jones Speedometer, 1224 Jonsca Two-speed Gear, 1044
  • Junior Tourist Trophy Race. See “Auto Cycle Union ”
  • K
  • Kempshall Tyres, 1182, 1293
  • Kerry-Abingdon 1912 Models, 1153, 1282 Kerry Tyres, 1291
  • Kynoch 1912 Models, 1153, 1280
  • L
  • L.M.C. 1912 Models, 1217, 1270
  • Ladies and the Motor Cycle, 1398
  • — Motor Cycles, 1371
  • at Olympia, by Mrs. M. C. Cooke,
  • 1332
  • — Quadrant, 1286
  • Lady Motor Cyclist, 771, 1005, 1039, 1068a
  • Cyclists’ Performances, 717
  • Lady’s Humber, Criticism of the New 2 h.p., 726
  • Lamp Bracket and Handle-bar Combined,
  • 703 Lamps, 1035
  • And Winter Riding, 1345
  • American Hint, 1206
  • Are Brazing Lamps Dangerous 1 1068 Autoclipse, The New, 1133
  • Burners, Adjustment of, 1168
  • F.R.S., 1294
  • False Paradise in the Lamp World, 1008, 1036, 1057
  • Handy Emergency, 968
  • Lucas, 1291
  • — Generator Bracket and, 926 Miller, 1183, 1290
  • Matador Variable-speed Gear July 27th, 1911
  • Powell and Hamner, 1183, 1293
  • Rushmore, 1125, 1293
  • Winter Riding and, 1025, 1057, 1061 T rn • 11 17’ 1320
  • Large Twins v. T.T. Singles, 1110, 1199, T 1301
  • LEADERETTES—
  • Agents and Design, 735
  • Brakes and Stopping Power, 971
  • British Motor Cycles and Colonial Conditions, 1051
  • Brooklands and the Six Davs’ Trials, z-, * 1415
  • Clubs and the Auto Cycle Union, 1311
  • Competitions (1912), 1083
  • Cut-outs, Proposed Abolition of, 1337
  • French Awakening, 1387
  • Future of the Quarterly Trials, 997
  • Junior Tourist Trophy Race, What it has Taught us, 673
  • Lamps and Winter Riding, 1025
  • Models for 1912, 997
  • Olympia Show, 1201, 1241, 1311
  • Running Costs, 1361
  • Sidecar Suggestion, 813 Silence, 787
  • — and Silencers, 1109
  • Six Days’ Trial of 1912, 891
  • Sociable or Tandem, 919
  • Sporting Side of the Pastime, 1361
  • Standardisation, 813
  • Tourist Trophy Races of 1912, 1165
  • Valve Transposition, 839
  • What the Tourist Trophy Races Teach us, 707
  • Will Hill-climbs Survive ? 945
  • Leamington Spa, Dangerous Gates in, 1099 Leaning-out round Corners, 947
  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR—
  • Advertising Prices, Advantage of, 927, 1147 Appreciation, 953
  • British East Africa, Motor Cycle Wanted for, 1146
  • Business-like Methods, the other side,
  • 869 Causes of Fire, 746 Conversion, Another, 703
  • Danger Spot in Leamington Spa, 1004
  • Dastardly Trick, 717
  • Dogs, Vicious, 703, 823, 869, 902, 1034
  • Experience of Cornish Roads, 848
  • Farlow Bank in the Manchester District, 1144, 1206
  • Flexibility Hill-climbs, 1035
  • Footrests, Suggested Form of, 1091
  • Good Performance of a 21 h.p. Lightweight, 1196
  • Hints on Dismantling the N.S.U. Gear,
  • 1035 Hyperborean Protest, 954, 1005 In Favour of the Open Frame, 1004
  • Is a larger Douglas Wanted ? 1004
  • Ladies and the Motor Cycle, 1093 Lady’s Experiences of the Pastime, 1319
  • Locking the Low Gear in Engagement,
  • 1033 London County Council v. Humber, Ltd., 955
  • Magneto Experience, 1145
  • Midland Racing Track, Suggested, 1206
  • Motor Cycles Booming in Ceylon, 1145
  • — Cyclist over Seventy Years of Age,1400
  • New Brighton Track, 1033, 1147
  • — Zealander’s Views on a Knotty Question, 927
  • Noise of Motor Cycles, 848 Oilskins v. Waterproofs. 1418
  • Olympia Show, Space at the, 1317, 1398
  • Partial Air-lock in Tank Affecting Hillclimbing, 1033
  • Passenger-carrying on a Lightweight, 1092
  • Passenger Machines, New Design of, 980
  • Personal Explanation, 1033
  • Petrol Charges in Oxford, 1372, 1399
  • Protection of the Magneto, 1320
  • Provincial Shows, are they Wauted !
  • 1319, 1397, 1129 Kara Avis in Lythani, 7 46
  • Records, Do they appeal to Buyers I 1128 Road Dressing, 902
  • Rone Belt, 1304 Saddle Comfort, 818
  • — or Seat, 1091
  • Saddles and Sideslip, 1397
  • Schoolboy’s First Tour, 1399 Second-hand Machines and Agency Conditions, 1 126
  • Sidecars, Single-cylinder Machines and, 1398
  • Single-cylinder Machines and Sidecars,
  • 1398 Space at Olympia Show, 1398
  • Sparking plugs, Multi-pole, 1398
  • 1398 State of our Roads, 1004
  • the Exeter Hoads, 134G
  • Steeplechasing on a Motor Cycle, 847
  • Straying Cattle, 1397
  • Sunrising Hill and 3.1 h.p. Sidecars, 1372
  • Tanks, Fixing on, 1427
  • Tolls and Taxes, 1427
  • Touring in N. Devon, 1429
  • Touring, in the West, 1119
  • TAe Motor Cy:le as a Tyre Gaiter, 1369
  • Twin Engines and Sooted Plugs, 1091
  • Touring in South-west Wales, 1369, 1400
  • Transmission, 1429
  • Ultra-lightweight, Will it return ? 1399
  • Unbusiness-like Methods, 823, 900
  • Unusual Experience, An, 1427
  • Visibility of Signs, 899
  • Wales, Touring in S.W., 1400
  • Waterproof Motor Cycle Clothing, 1399
  • Winter Mudguarding, 1369, 13p7, 1429
  • Why there are few Motor Cycles in Germany, 1033
  • Levis 1912 Model, 1155, 1284
  • Licence®, 1350
  • — and Registration, 1032 Light Cars and Tricars, 1393
  • Lightweights—
  • Positive Transmission for, 1366
  • Records at Brooklands, 1154
  • Six Hours’ Record, 780
  • Tune of, 824
  • Two Hours’ Record, 989 •
  • Will the Ultra-lightweight Return ? 1144, 1197, 1208, 1303, 1347, 1399
  • “ Limpet ” Tyre Repairer, 1184
  • Lincoln-Elk 1912 Models, 1219, 1282
  • Lining on Tanks, 1372
  • Liverpool A.C.C.—
  • Auto Cycle Union and, 988, 1039, 1063, 1065, 1117, 1147, 1304
  • Two Days’ Reliability Trial, 1066, 1100
  • Route, 986
  • Local Authorities, Inability of, 1032
  • — Taxation Licences, Where to pay them. 1429
  • Long Coats, Riding in, a Warning, 718
  • — Control System in Competitions, 818
  • — Distance Records, New, 1297
  • Ride without a Toolbag, 678, 728,
  • 751, 806 Runs, 705, 746
  • Long, Harry—
  • Forty Thousand Miles in Eleven Months, 1188
  • Long Distance Ride, 937
  • Record Long Distance Ride, 1186
  • Lubricator,-Drip Feed, 819
  • -—Home-made, 870
  • Lubricating Oils, 1225
  • — Pumps, 1399 Lubrication, 1246
  • — Crank Pin, of, 1347
  • — Drip Feed, 1385
  • — Mechanical, 1349
  • — of Twin-cylinder Engines, 1301
  • — Systems of, 1364, 1394-1396, 1400
  • Lucas Lamps, 1291
  • Generator gracket and, 926
  • Luggage Carrier and Mudguard Combined, 1050 Triumph, 890
  • Lukin Carburetter, 1324
  • Lycett Saddles, 1240, 1288
  • Lynmouth, An Easy Road out of, 1220d
  • Lyons M.C., Race Meeting, 721
  • M
  • “ M.M.,” The Latest, 1044
  • Macbeth 1912 Models, 1213, 1278
  • Macclesfield District, Hills in the, 1301 Magnetos—
  • Bosch Two-spark, 1154
  • Eiseipanip 1290
  • Experience with, 1145
  • Handle-bar Control, 746
  • Point Burning, 1162
  • Position for the Colonies, 1301
  • Protection of the, 1320
  • Timing, 676, 966, 1204.
  • Trouble with, 943 ,
  • Manufacturers’ Union Second Annual Banquet. 1297
  • Meeting, 1039
  • Married Couples who Motor Cycle, WOO,
  • Martin, Harry, Attempt on Hour Kecoisdg’
  • Machines, 850
  • T.T. Models, 72
  • Merton, James, Six Days’ Lightweight Record Holder, 728
  • Metropolitan Streets, Gritting of, 1150, 1328
  • Michelin Guide, The, 921
  • — Tyres, 1182, 1293
  • Midget Bicar, 1283
  • Midland Inter-club Reliability Trial, Report and Results, 1148
  • — Motor Cycle Track, 1330
  • — Winter Trial, 1320, 1354
  • Mighty Atom 1912 Models, 1283
  • Military Motor Cycling Notes, by “ Celeriter,” 923, 1 105, 1299, 1416
  • — — Cyclists, 751, 781, 980
  • Miller Lamps, 1183, 1290
  • Millford 1912 Models, 1252
  • — Sidecars for 1912, 1222
  • Models, Mechanical Details of T.T., 727
  • Mont Cenis Ilill-climb, 826, 927
  • — Winners of, 917
  • — Ventoux Hill-climb, 827
  • Montgomery 1912 Models, 1222, 1281
  • Morgan Runabout 1912 Model, 1250
  • Moseley Tyres, 1290
  • Motive Power, A New, 1151
  • Motofrip Tricycle, 1323
  • Motor Cycling Club—
  • Brooklands Meeting, Harry Smith Cup Stolen, 678
  • Hill-climb at Sundon, 957. 989
  • London-Edinburgh Run, Cars in, 705 Second Annual Winter Run, Competitor’s Hint Regarding Equipment, 1307
  • Standard Reliability, Hill-climbing, and Brake-testing Trials in Devon, 828 Results, 856
  • Team Trial, Echo of the, 827
  • Tenth Annual Dinner, 1373
  • Third Race Meeting at Brooklands, 720
  • Winter Run to Exeter, 1068a, 1351, 1377, 1398, 1401
  • Motor Cyclist’s Mecca, The, by IL IT. Davies, 714-716
  • Moto-Reve 1912 Models, 1261
  • Motosacoche 1912 Models, 1126, 1152, 1250
  • Mudguard and Luggage Carrier Combined, 1050
  • Mudguarding, Study of the Various Types of Mudshields, 1338
  • — Winter, 1397, 1429
  • Mudguards, Detachable Front Wheel, 1161
  • — Leather, 1225
  • — Tyres and, 1308
  • Multi-pole Sparking Plugs, 1370, 1398
  • Multi-spark and Anti-fouling Plug, 969
  • “ My Sensational Christmas,” 1390-1393
  • N.S.U. Gear, Hints on Dismantling, 1035, 1196, 1346
  • — 1912 Models, 1157, 1269
  • Hints on Lubricating the, 1206
  • N.Y.E. 1912 Models, 1217
  • Nail Catchers, 899
  • Fitting, 824
  • Stands as, 1033, 1 116, 1144, 1198
  • New Brighton Track, 1065, 1 147, 1197
  • Accident at, 956, 982
  • — Hudson 1912 Models, 1214, 1278
  • — Imperial 1912 Models, 1179, 1254
  • — South Wales, Suitable Specification for, _ , 1060
  • Newnham Hill-climb, Report (illus.),
  • 930-934, 937 Nomad, The, In Wales and the West 972-975, 1001-1003
  • North Devon, Reliability Trial in, 849, 901
  • Touring in, 1362, 1429
  • Northern Nigeria, Motor Cycling Conditions in, 1052
  • North-west London M.C.C.—
  • Annual Dinner, 1351
  • Eliminating Trials, 969
  • Gloucester Reliability Trial, 1374
  • — Entries, 1403 Gymkhana at the Stadium, 961
  • North Middlesex M.C.C. v., 905
  • “ O.T.” Club. 1151
  • Oxford M.C.C. v., 775 Tour to Lyons, 804c, 835, 840-842
  • Nottingham and District M.C.C., Speed
  • Trials at Clipstone, 882
  • Number-plates, Illumination of, 881
  • Nyassaland, Government Motor Cycles in, 1071
  • O
  • O’Donovan’, D. R., Three Thousand Miles Road Trial Completed, 1070, 1099
  • O.K. 1912 Models, 1280
  • “ D.T.” Club, 1151
  • OCCASIONAL COMMENTS—
  • Bowden Wire Adjustments, 1340 Broken Frame and its Explanation, 1087
  • Carry your own Filter, 897
  • Chain Sprockets, 1087
  • Counter-shaft Drive, 1340
  • Cutting out the Float, 702
  • Does the Belt’s Angle Vary ’? 1030
  • Dog Clutch Gears, 1087
  • Endless Belts, 1057
  • Flexibility Hill-climb, 1008
  • Lamps and Winter Riding, 1057
  • Life of a Patch, 818
  • . Newspaper Diagnosis, 1318
  • Oil Pumps, Automatic, 1377
  • Open Frames, 712
  • Overalls, Quick Detachable, 1352
  • Overheating, 1345
  • — and Overloading ? a Curious Phenomenon, 924
  • Positive Transmission for Lightweights, 1366
  • Quickly Detachable Rear Wheels, 1340
  • Rear Carriers, Weak, 1340
  • — Wheels, Quickly Detachable, 1340
  • Reliability of Variable Gears, 897
  • Side-slip, T204
  • Six Days’ Accommodation, 868
  • Tackling Steep Hairpin Bends, 770
  • Toolbag Question, 844
  • Tyre World, 1366
  • Which is the Stiffest Trial ? 924, 981, 1006
  • Oil Pumps, Concealed Tapless, 868
  • — Tanks, Dirty, 844 Oils, Lubricating, 1225
  • Olympia Motor Cycle Show, 1187, 1201, 1241, 1298, 1328
  • Club Secretaries’ IS lee ting at, 1334a
  • Humours at the, 1317
  • Items of Interest at the, 1189
  • Ladies’ Motor Cycles at the, 1332
  • Light Side of the Show, 1315
  • List of Motor Cycle Exhibitors, with
  • Plans of the Stands, 1223
  • Show Gleanings, 1322-1325
  • — Statistics, 1334
  • The Outlook, 13.11
  • Ommaney, A. L., Climbing the Wrekin, 881
  • One Thousand Allies without Opening the
  • Toolbag, 678, 728, 751 Osmond 1912 Models, 1212
  • Osmond-Precision 1912 Model, 1251 Overhead Exhaust Valves, 839, 847
  • Overheating, 1116, 1199, 1208
  • — or Overloading ? a Curious Phenomenon, 924
  • Oxford M.C.C.C., North-west London
  • M.C.C. v., 775
  • Sfc, I9,1,3 F,odels’ 1181, 1217, 1261
  • I .M.G. 1912 Model, 1258
  • 1 .V. Spring Frame, Luxury of, 1203
  • P.V.-J.A.P. 1912 Models, 1263
  • Palmer Tyres, 1182
  • Passenger Machines at Olympia, 1267
  • —- Question, 1428
  • Patch, Life of a, 818
  • patches, Surridge “ Holdtite,” 1184
  • Patching v. Vulcanising, 742
  • Patchquick, 1288
  • Patents, Exhibition of, 956
  • PATENTS, by Eric W. Walford—
  • Anti-vibratory Hub, 1360
  • Lyeett Saddle, 1240
  • Novel Sidecar Frame, 1050
  • Pulley, Adjustable, 1050
  • Saddle Improvement, 1386
  • — Spring Arrangement, 1138
  • Scavenging System. 1136
  • Spring Seat-pillar, 890
  • Three-speed Crankshaft Gear. 1310
  • Triumph Luggage Carrier. 890 Two-speed Gear, An Ingenious, 890
  • Valve construction, 1138
  • Valve-removing Tool, 124 0
  • Variable Hub Gear, A Gradually. 136b XVooler Transmission System, 1438
  • Paterson. C. A.. Three Thousand Miles m Three Weeks, 1302
  • Pedley Three-ribbed Cover, 1289^
  • Perth, Keen Competition at, 908
  • Peter-Union Tyres, 1293
  • Petrol, Cure for Leaky, Taps, 1303
  • — Economy in Motor Cycles and Cars, 1302
  • Pillion Seats, 1397
  • Pilot 1912 Models, 1268
  • Piston Rings, 954 Broken, 824, 902, 929, 1034
  • Pithers. F. E., Three Thousand Miles in Three Weeks, 1186
  • Plain Tales of the Hills,” 884
  • Plugs, Twin Engines and Sooted, 1091, 1145, 1302
  • Police Methods, 900
  • — Traps, 678, 724, 750, 804a, 1122, 1151
  • Portmarnock, One Hundred Miles Race at,
  • 1070 Position of Countershaft Gears, 1209
  • Postal Delivery, Motor Cycle for, 1367
  • Powell and Hanmer Lamps, 1183, 1293
  • Power, Increased, with Cut-out Closed, 899
  • — Loss of, 7 33, 942
  • — Sidecars and, 705
  • Pratt, W., Long Distance Ride without a Toolbag, 678, 728, 751, 806
  • Precision Engines for 1912, 1185, 1294
  • Premier, A New Model, 843
  • — 1912 Lady’s Model of 3^ h.p., 1153
  • Models, 1100a, 1127, 1220b, 1268
  • Private Owners and the Auto Cycle Union, 993
  • Professional Men, Motor Cycle for, 1062 ’
  • Provincial Clubs and the Auto Cycle Union, 1137, 1186, 1209, 1302
  • Puch 1912 Models, 1156, 1255
  • Pulley, How to Remove an Obstinate, 884
  • — Spring Handle-bar and Adjustable, 1325
  • Pulleys, Adjustable, 1050
  • — Countershaft Gears and Variable, 1236
  • Pumps, Oil, Concealed Tapless, 868, 901
  • — Shoddy Tyre, 868
  • Puncture Sealers, Explosive, 702, 747
  • Punctures, New Method of Mending, 94 8
  • — Vulcanising Inner Tubes after, 717
  • Purley and District M.C.C., Night Trial,
  • Results, 1328
  • Push Cycle v. Motor Cycle, 956
  • Putney Bridge Traffic Census, 750
  • Q
  • Quadcars, Appreciation of, 1208
  • — Light French-built Machine with 7 h.p.
  • Water-cooled Engine, 1331
  • — Spider, 712
  • — Tan dem-seated, 1316
  • Quadrant 1912 Models, 1272
  • Quality of Modern Tyres, 114 4
  • R
  • Railways, Taking a Motor Cycle on, a Warning, 1331
  • Ramsay Hospital, Isle of Man, T.T. Donation, 750
  • Rational Riding v. Scorching, 955
  • Rear Red Lights Compulsory in Warwickshire, 1186
  • — Springing, 1115, 1143, 1198, 1319
  • Record Breaking Methods, 1207
  • — Hill-climbing Expedition, by Geoffrey
  • Smith, 1138-1142
  • — Performances, 901
  • “ Records,” 703. Seo also End-to-end, Sidecars, etc.
  • Redcar Racing, 956
  • Reducing Transmission Gear, 1205
  • Registration and Licences, 1032
  • Renold Chains, 1292
  • Rex 1912 Models, 1156, 121 1, 1264
  • — Running of the Water-cooled, 1368
  • — Sidette, Run on the 1912, 1077
  • — Terminal, New Quickly Detachable,
  • 1125
  • Rich Air Tubes, 1288
  • Riding in Long Coats, a Warning, 718
  • Rims, Standardisation of Motor Cycle, 804c, 813, 1035, 1091
  • Road Dangers at Night, 1304, 1345
  • — Hogging, 870, 928, 955
  • — Race on Formula, 781
  • Roads, State of our, 1004, 1067
  • — Improvement Association, Midland
  • Centre Scheme, 937
  • Warning Posts, 823
  • Roller or Ball Bearings, 1111
  • Rom 1912 Improvements, 1184
  • — Tyres, 1289
  • Rose, F. A., Notes on the Circuit du
  • Rhone Race, 840, 842
  • Rotary Petrol Engines, 1334
  • Round the World on a Motor Cycle, 792,
  • 827
  • ROUTES—
  • Ambleside to Wantage, 1023
  • Barrow-in-Furness to Plymouth, 1412
  • Bexhill to St. Ives, 994
  • Burford to Southsea, 995
  • Cambridge to Wellington College, 1239
  • Croydon to Manchester, 1437
  • Edinburgh to Plymouth, 942
  • Harrow to North Wales, 994
  • Kent to Yorkshire, 1032
  • Leicester to the Lakes, 888
  • Llandrindod Wells to Manchester, 1170
  • London to Devoran (Cornwall), 1412 Glasgow, 1031
  • Lynmouth, 967 Manchester-Tenby-London, 1081
  • Mansfield to Spalding, 1080
  • Newark to Hastings and Brighton, 1163
  • Nottingham to Lancashire, 1135
  • Yarmouth, 966
  • Porth (Glam.) to Sherborn, 1437
  • Preston to Ruthin (Wales), 1081
  • South wo Id to Liverpool, 1134
  • Swansea to Whitby, 1385
  • Weymouth to Kidderminster, 1134
  • Willesden to Stamford, 1358
  • Rover 1912 Models, 1278
  • Royal Automobile Club, Inter-club Meeting at Brooklands, z 807
  • School of Tuition, 1186
  • — Enfield 1912 Model, 1249
  • Budge Records at Brooklands, 1185
  • — Spare Valve Protector, 1155
  • Rudge-Whitworth 1912 Model, 1101, 1257
  • Runabouts, Springing of, 1143
  • Running Costs, 1357, 1361, 1380
  • Rushmore Lamps, 1125, 1293
  • Russia, Motor Cycle Racing in, 814-816 Ry ley Tank, 1292
  • S.I.A.M.T. 1912 Models, 1042, 1127, 1262
  • Saddle Comfort, 703
  • — Improvements, 1386
  • — Position and Side-slip, 1303
  • — Spring Arrangement, 1438
  • Scorching, by B. H. Davies, 935, 953, 981
  • — v. Rational Riding, 955
  • Scott 1912 Models, 1220, 1275 Scottish Six Days’ Trial, 751, 779
  • - Great Reforms in, 704, 718 Results and Report (illus.), m . 795-803, 804b
  • Inals and Hill-climbing, 702
  • Scouting Mount, The Motor Cycle as a, 77 1 Seat-pillar, Spring, 890
  • Second-hand MachlncH, 100s
  • — — and Agency CondltlonH, I .'69
  • Senspray Carburettor, 1 1-<3
  • Service 1912 Models, 118 1, 1271
  • Shaft Drive. Ills
  • “Shall I Buy a Motor <” h, “ Pedal Cyclist,” 916, 929
  • Shamrock-Gloria Tyres, 1289
  • Sharp, .lack, an Admirable (’ri<hton <»f Sport, 1172
  • Sidecar in Cornwall, 1 423-1 12 1
  • — Record, 825
  • Sidecars—
  • Axles, Strength of, 952, 956, 1031, 1208
  • Change Speed Gears and, 704, 7 1-'. 724, 7 17, 80 1d, 869, 928, 980, 1035, 10|5, 1061, 1091 1301
  • Continental Touring with. 817
  • Driving from the Seat of, 1318
  • End-to-end Record, 790, 80 1b
  • Equipping, 788-790, 825
  • Fitting New, 975
  • Gears and Clutches for, 1 309
  • Interesting Fitments, 1106
  • Irish End-to-end Record, 938
  • Low-built, A Comfortable, 925
  • New Sidecar Machine, 880c
  • Novel Frame, 1050
  • Power, 705
  • Self-aligning Stand, 1211
  • Single-cylinder Machines and, 1116, 1207, 1320, 1316
  • Smart, 819
  • Some for Olympia, 1222 Starting Handle, 746
  • Steering, 1063
  • Suggestions, 813, 849, 869
  • Side-slip, 1204, 1303
  • — How to prevent, 1435
  • Silence and Silencers, 771, 787, 825, 8 17, 849, 901, 953, 982, 1034, 1065,
  • 1109, 1169, 1171, 1198, 1300, 1302, 1345, 1348, 1372, 1429
  • Silencers—
  • Dallison’s, 1183
  • in the Auto Cycle Union Six Days’ Trial, 844
  • Notes on the T.T., 1202
  • Suggestions, 1030
  • Silent Chain Transmission, 1325
  • Singer 1912 Models, 1174, 1270
  • Single-cylinder Hour Record, 908
  • — Machines and Sidecars, 1346
  • — Record, 1063, 1074, 1092, 1119
  • — Sidecar Outfit, by B. H. Davies, 1248
  • — Two Hours’ Record, 792
  • Single-cylinders at the Show, 1244
  • — Chain Drive, Countershaft Gears, 1266
  • — Sidecars and, 1116, 1207, 1320
  • Six Days’ Lightweight Record, 728, 761, 780, 804a, 825, 830, 849, 880d
  • Trials and Brooklauds, 1415
  • which is the Stiffest ? 924, 981, 1006
  • — Hours’ Lightweight Record, 780
  • — Years of Motor Cycling, by Mrs. M. C.
  • Cooke, 1242
  • Six-speed, Five Hundred Miles on a, by B. II. Davies, 949
  • Slatter, N. D., Alcyon Records at Brooklands, 1195
  • Smith and Ill^ton 1912 Models, 1181
  • — Geoffrey, Record Hill-climbing Expedition, 1138-1142
  • Sociable or Tandem ? 919
  • Sociables, 846
  • — Crouch Three-wheeled, 1128
  • Solo Models, A Critic among the, by B. II. Davies, 1312-1314
  • Sooted Plugs and Twin Engines, 1145, 1302
  • South Australia, Motor Cycle in, 1187
  • — Wales, Motor Cycle Hill-climbing iu,
  • 1015 Spanish Road Trial, 724
  • Spark Advance, Foot-operated, 1180
  • Sparking Plugs, Anti-fouling, 969
  • Multi-pole, 1370
  • New Detachable, 1352
  • Forward, 1182
  • Speaking Tube for Tandem-seated Machines, 981
  • Speed Limits, 724
  • Speedometers, Cowey, 1183
  • — How to Illuminate, 817
  • — Inestimable Value of, 9 17
  • — Jones, 1224
  • — Neat Bracket for Drive, 975
  • — Watches and. 122 1
  • Sphinx Specialities, 1352
  • Spider Quhds, 712, 981
  • Light Bolt-driven, 1206
  • — •— Some Experiences and Deductions,
  • 925
  • — Bunabout, A Second, by Harold A.
  • Dew, 1071
  • Sporting side of the Pastime, 1361
  • Spring Fork, A Neat, 1318b *— Forks, 95 1
  • — Frames, Edmund, 1210
  • Luxury of the “ P.V.,” 1203
  • Springing of Bunabouts, 11 13 Standardisation of Tyre Bims, 80 1c, 813. 1035, 1091 Standpipes for Petrol, Air, and Water, 1187
  • Stands as Nail Catchers, 1033, 1116, 1 111, 1198
  • Starting. Easy, 906
  • Improved, Arrangements. 899
  • Steel-rubber Tyres and Belts, 118 1
  • Stolen Motor Cycles, 717, 721, 746. 801a, 857, 956. 1038, 1150, 1375. 1105, 1 132
  • Slone Bemover and Tyre Protector, 1116
  • Stopping Power and Brakes, 971 Straying Cat lie. 1383
  • Stuart 1912 Models, 1173. 1262
  • Sturmey - A rebel’ Three-speed Dear. 1220c Sunday Competitions. 982
  • Surridge “ Holdtite “ Patches, 1184
  • V. J.. Inquest on. 678 Sussex. Speed Limits in. 1221
  • Sutton Bank. Terrors of, are they Exaggerated I 980, 1006
  • — Coldfield M.C.C., Midland Reliability
  • Trial. 1118, 14 03
  • — — Speed Trials. 751
  • Two Days' Trial. 1126 Swan 1912 Model. 1251. 1323 Swift. II. AL. Climb up Turner's Hill, 956
  • — 1912 Models 1265 Switzerland. Touring in, 1132
  • Tandem-geared Engines. 846, 927
  • Tandem or Sociable, 919
  • Tandem-seated Machines, Speaking Tube for. 981
  • Tanks. Lining on. 1372, 1427
  • Tapless Pumps. 901
  • Tappet Bods. Adjustable. 1345, 1369
  • Tappets, Adjustable. 1301
  • Tasmania. Gleanings from a Sojourn in. 1061
  • Taxicab Driver, Responsibility of, 1374, 1385
  • Terminal Can, Insulated. 1352 Terry Specialities. 1287
  • Testing a New Two-speeder, by B. II.
  • Davies, 885 Thames Tyres, 1289
  • Theatricals and the Motor Cycle. 1406-1407
  • Thornton Two-speed Hub Gear, 1157
  • Three Days' Camping Expedition, 97 7
  • — Speeds, 845
  • Thousand Miles in Three Weeks, 1302
  • Three-wheelers, Two Novel, 1161
  • Tied Houses in the Tyre Trade, 1220d T
  • iming, Electrical, 1164
  • T.M.C. Developments, 1352
  • Titan Sociable Carette, 700 Toolbags, The Third. 1030
  • Torbay and District M.C.C.—
  • Baydown llill-climb. 963
  • Results, 987
  • Torino 1912 Models, 1101
  • Toronto and District, Standard British Machines Suitable for, 1060
  • — Motor Cycle Racing at, 956
  • — M.C.C., Endurance Run, 1226
  • Torpedo 1912 Models, 1262
  • Touring Abroad, Advantages of, 766
  • — in North Devon, 1362, 1129
  • South-west Wales, 13 17, 1369, 1100 Switzerland, 14 32
  • the West, 1119
  • — Kit. A Complete, 1205
  • — Routes, Selection of Popular, 769
  • Tour in Germany and France, 1381 -1383
  • Tourist Trophy Silencers, Notes on the, 1202
  • Singles v. Large Twins, 1110, 1199, 1301
  • Track Racing in England and America, 8 12
  • Trade and the Tourist Trophy Races, 951, 1119, I 123, 1 132, 1 186, I 197
  • Trailing Action of Front Wheel, 1137
  • Transmission, Evolution of, 1370
  • by “ Ixion,” 1330
  • Positive, for Lightweights. 1366
  • Transvaal, Novel Passenger Machines used in the, 1061
  • Trembler Coil to Plain, From, 1196, 1239
  • Tricars and Light Cars, 1393
  • 'I’rio's Troublous Trip, by “ Taf,” 1 110-1 ill
  • Triple-lever Handle-bar Control, 1042
  • Triumph Luggage Carrier, 890
  • 1912 Models, 1 180, 127 1
  • Two-speed Gear, 935, 1152
  • Trump-Jap 1912 Models, 1 126, 117 1, 126^
  • Twin-cylinder Engines, Lubrication of, 1301, 1308 -
  • Sooted Plugs and, 1091, 1145, 1302
  • Two Hours’ Single-cylinder Record, 792
  • — Novel Three-wheelers, 1161
  • “ Two’s Company,” by B. II. Davies, 1342-1344
  • Tyre Manufacture, Note on, 14 31
  • Protector and Stone Remover, 1116 Tyres—
  • Blowing oil Rims, 703
  • Cause of Troubles, 1064 For 1912, 1030
  • Life of, 928
  • “ Limpet ” Repairer, 1184
  • Mudshields and, 1308
  • New’ Sidecar, 906
  • Quality of Modern, 900, 955, 982, 1004, 1144
  • Rims, Importance of Suitable, 1417
  • — Standardisation of, 813, 1035, 1091
  • Serviceable Inflators, 1115 Steel-rubber, 1184
  • Tyre Improvements, Interesting, 1386
  • — Tip, 1063
  • Tyseley Tricar 1912 Model, 1286
  • Ultra-lightweight, will it Return ? 1144, 1197, 1208, 1303, 1347
  • V.M.C. 1912 Model, 1251
  • V.S. 1912 Models, 1286
  • Valve Lift, Driving on Throttle or, 897
  • Valves—
  • Construction, 1438
  • Cotters on Small Engines. 1318
  • Overhead Exhaust, 839, 847
  • Position of. 712
  • Removing Tool, 1240
  • Rudg6 Sparc Valve Protector, 1155 Timing, 1032
  • Tip about Overhead, 868
  • Transposition, 839
  • Vapour-driven Machine, Why not a, 920,
  • 955 Variable Compression Device, 1015
  • Varley Sidecar Stand, 1157
  • Veloco 1912 Model, 1175
  • Victoria, 1912 Model, 1286
  • Villiers Two-speed Hub, 1324
  • Vulcanising, Cold, 1065, 1118, 1145
  • — Inner Tubes after Punctures, 717
  • — v. Patching, 74 2
  • W.D. Motor Bicycle, 1305
  • Wales and the West,, In, 972, 1001
  • Touring in South-west, 1319, 1347
  • Wall 1912 Models, 1275
  • Wanderer Improvements, 867
  • Warrick Tricar 1912 Models, 1280
  • Warwickshire Lanes on a Singer and Sidecar, Through, 913
  • Watches and Speedometers, 1224
  • Water, Air, and Petrol, Standpipe for, 1187
  • — in Petrol Tins, 1 196
  • Water-cooling on Motor Cycle Engines, Question of, 762, 849, 1017
  • — v. Air, 1369
  • Waterproof Collars, 770
  • Waterproofs v. Oilskins, 1418
  • Wayside Advertisements, 1426
  • Wear of Big End Bearings, 1118, 1147, 1167, 1198, 1207, 1302 ,
  • Week-end Club Events, 883, 962
  • Weiss, IL, Death of, 1374
  • West Indies, Voice from the, 1058
  • — Biding (Yorks), Speed Limits in, 1016
  • — Touring in the, 1119
  • Westmoreland M.C.C., Easter Open Hillclimb, Preliminary Details, 1350
  • Western Australia, New Club in Perth,1059
  • Wheels, Easily Detachable* Back Wheels, 1246
  • Which Wheel Lifts, 927
  • Win-Precision 1912 Models, 1214, 1269
  • Winter Mudguarding, 1369, 1372
  • — Riding and Lamps, 1025, 1057, 1064, 1117, 1320, 1345
  • Withers, S., Death of, 1122
  • Wood, F. C„ Death of, 1151
  • Wood-Milne Tyres, 1287
  • Wooler 1912 Models, 1277
  • — Transmission System, 1438
  • Woolwich, Plumstead, and District M.C., Competition for the President's Challenge Cup, 726
  • Wrekin, Climbing the, 748
  • Wulfruna 1912 Models, 1128, 1216, 1265
  • “ XL’All ” Saddles and Seats, 1225
  • Yorkshire Farmers and the Auto Cycle Union, 909
  • Zenith-Gradua 1912 Models, 1178, 1258

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