1910 The Motor Cycle: Index Jul-Dec

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A. A. and Motor Cyclists, 1162
Able, Thomas, Motor Cycling at Seventy, 1070, 1071, (illus.) 1246
Accessories, Among the, 695, 918
— of the Shows, 1048-1057
Accumulators, Charging. 723, 798
— Dry Batteries v., 1287
Acetylene Gas Purifier, 698
— Generators, Salt Water in, 1145
“ Across the American Continent by Motor Cycle,” 496
Adjustments for Slow Running, 674
Advertising, The Abuses of Public, 925, 927
Aeroplane r. Motor Cycle, 908
Africa, South, British Trade with, 685
— — Motor Cycle for, A, 1236
Air Adjustment, 799
— Cooled Engine Controversy, 1208
— Intake, Poor, 1014
— Lever, Closing of, in Hill-climbing, 1212
— Springs and Speed, 1042
— Supply, Insufficient, 1103
Allen, Henry, Photograph of, 836
All’s Fair in Love,” by Arthur Dobson, 1271
All-weather Machines, Finish for, 683
Alps, High Roads of the, 816
Amateur Camping Club, 876
America, Across the Continent by Motor Cycle, 496
— Great Britain r., 1200c
— Ideas, American, 839
— Machines on the British Market, 685
— Records, 1099, 1162
— Simms Magnetos in the States, 850
Amulree, Edinburgh Open Hill-climb at, 719
— End-to-end and, 708, 756
— (illus.), 661, 670
— Open Hill-climb, 627
Antipodes, Bosch Magneto* in the, 942
— Motor Cycle Race in the, 909
— — Cycles in the, 762
— — Cycling in, 1283
— - Petrol Consumption Trial in the, 839
Armature, How to See the, 907
Army Manoeuvres, Motor Cyclists in the, 633, 706, 709, 1086
— — Through the, Motor Cyclist Dis
patch Rider’s Adventures, 1038
Australia, Hill-climb in, 669, 930
— Market for Second-hand Machines in, 1276
— Military Motor Cycling in. by C. Kane-Riddell. 1291, 1292
— Motor Cycling in, 786
— Reliability Trial, 1024, 1227
— Simms Magnetos in, 1042
— Victorian Motor Cycling Club’s Annual
— Fifty Miles Road Race, New Record set up at, 1302
Auto Cycle Union Annual Dinner, 1024
— — — Autumn Manoeuvre? and the,670
— — — Brooklands, Annual Race Meeting at, 787, 788, 934-936 (illus.), 931, 934, 935, 937
— — - — Change Speed Gears and, 928
— — — Council Meeting, 845, 865, 892, 1 163, 1257, 1283
— - — Garrowby Hill-climb, 851, 887
— — — Hour Record, 735
— — — Inter-club Championship, 815, 838, 866-868 Final, 845, 904, 949, 1021 (illus.), 866-868
— Lamp Trials, 1163, 1287
— Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial, see that title
Auto Cycle Union Membership Scheme, 1162, 1278, 1300, 1303
— Metropolitan Centre, Inter-club Championship, 815
— Midland Centre, Eliminating Trials, 789, 817, 818, 833
__ L_ (Ulus.), 636, 817- 819
— Open Hill-climb, 868, 909, 954-956, 972 (illus.), 954-956
— Northern League and, 909
— Notes, 734, 782, 816, 864, 887, 976, 1088, 1220
— — — Olympia and, 1200B, 1025
— Open Penalty Run in Yorkshire, 789, 841, 842
Photograph of Car, 702
Private Riders and the, 1275
Quarterly Trials, Autumn, The, 998-1001 (illus.), 998-1001
— — — — Judges’ Report and List of Marks Awarded, 1001, 1002
— Awards, 1086
Future to be made more Severe, 977
— — — Hill-climbing Competitions and, 905
(illus.), 734
July, 708-713, 745
— (illus.), 711, 713
Next Year’s, 1020 October, Entries for the, 983
Official List of Marks, 790
— Testimony of the, 1047
— — Winners, 1024
Race Meeting, 787 Six Days’ Trial, etc., see Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial
— — —- Suggestion for the, 931
— — — Sutton Bank, Hill-climb at, 894, 929
— Tourist Trophy Race, see that title
Two-speed Gears and, 884
Variable Gears and, by B. H. Davies, 779, 780
— Winter Programme, 976
Autoclipse Improvements, 724
Automobile Association, Motor Union and, 1190
Petition to, 1213, 1229

B.S.A. Motor Cycle, 1004, 1025-1027
Babylonia, Motor Cycle and Sidecar in, 1293
Backrests, 942, 1101, 124 6
Back Wheel Skidding at Starting, 1040
Badminton, Public Schools Field Day at (illus.), 1024, 1040
Banbury to Sittingbourne, Route from, 723
Banchory from Edinburgh, Best Route to, 799
Barbrook Mill Hill climbed with a Single-geared Single-cylinder, 953
Barimar One-hand Spanner, 7 74
Barratt, A., Thirty-two Miles Hill-climb at Katery Nilgiris, Madras, 838
Batteries, Dry, v. Accumulators, 1287
Battery Ignition, 862
Bearings, Ball, for Motor Cycle Engines, 724
— Oil, Exuding from, 1074
— Play in, 962
— Worn, 773
Beevor, S. F., Motosacoche Rider of 17 st. 10 lbs. (illus.), 930
Belgium, Motor Cycle and, 899'
Belts, Canvas, to Prevent Fasteners Pulling out, 850
Benevolent Fund Dinner, 977
Billiard Matches at Olympia, 1122D
Birmingham, Racing at, 735
— to Kendal, avoiding Lancashire, 798
Blockade Running Competition, 981
Bolts, Security Needed, 673
Bore and Stroke Ratio, Measuring, 696
Bradley, C. A., Old 109 Yards Champion (illus.), 757
Braking, both Wheels r. two Brakes on one Wheel, 796
Brampton’s Chain Belt, 1,000 Miles Road Test of, 1122n
British Motor Cycle Racing Club, see also Club News
— Awards, 1910, List of, 1288
— Brooklands, 100 Miles
— Speed Test, 894, 956, 978-980, 990, 992
— — Entries, 933 (illus.), 952, 978-980
— Official Results, 100B, 1025
— Meeting, 668, 787, 789
— Two Handicap Races at, 966, 967
— Fifth Members’ Meeting, 704, 705
— Sixth Monthly Meeting, 764, 804-806
Brittany, With a Motor Cycle in, 878-880
Brooklands, August Meeting, Entries for the, 716
— Bank Holiday Meeting, 648, 737
— British Motor Cycle Racing Club, see that title
— Class Records at, 748
— Lady Competitor at, 953
— Lightweights at, 860, 905
— New System of Handicapping at, 632
— Next Year’s Fixtures, 1123
— October Meeting, Entries for, 933
— One Hundred Miles High Speed Trial, see British Motor Cycle Racing Club
— Record Attempts at, 1030, 1061, 1062,
Brooklands, Second GO m.p.h. Handicap at, 071
— Shilling Admission Fee to, 654
— Two Handicap Races at, 966. 967
— More Zenith-Gradua Records at, 1207
— Automobile Racing Club, 868, sec also
— Club News
Brussels Exhibition, 786, 815 Honours at the, 942
Budget Toll Gate (illus.), 654 Bypasses, Cold Air, 1274

C. and M.C.M. and T.U. Dinner, 1163
Calcott Motor Bicycle, 768
California, Gathering of Motor Cyclists at (illus.), 1073
Canada, Motor Cycle Race in. 977
Canning Tomi, Racing at, 684, 718, 735, 763, 786, 816
Canterbury to Windsor, avoiding Traffic, 825
Carbide Carrier and Number-plate Combined, 1042
Carbonised Deposit in Engines, 631, 1103 :
— Preventing, 970. 1021
— Removing, 724
Carburation, 730, 731, 754, 756, 897
— Automatic, 652
Carburetter Jet, The Whirlpool, 724
Carburetters, Adjustment of, 947, 1237
— Amac Carburetter, 845
— Automatic, A New, Carburetter, 1245
— Consumption Increased by Change of, 1182
— Control, 800
— Improvement in. 882, 904
— M.M. Spray Carburetter, 768
— Maladjustment of, 799
— Modern Two-lever, 652
— Roadside Repair to a Handle-bar- controlled Carburetter, 707
— Semi-automatic, 7 76
— Trouble. 898, 962
— Variable Jet, 1032, 1238
Carrier, Taking a Passenger on the, 1041
Catt, A. E., 1,882 Miles in Six Days, 1062, 1089, 1090, 1130-1133, 1208, 1209. 1224
Photograph of, 1062
Presentations to, 1163
— Six Days’ Record-holder, 1123
— Three Hundred Miles a Day for a Week, 1062, 1130-1133
Centaur Twin and Free-engine Models (1911), 1018
Centralisation and Decentralisation, 906
Ceylon, Motor Cycle for, 1287 Cycles in, 1223, 1275
Chain and Belt Transmission, Combined, 925
— Drive, Enclosed, 993
in Hot Countries, 810
Tyres for, 831
— Transmission, 775, 7 76 Variable Gears and. 833
— r. Belt, 784, 811, 860, 884 Chains, Driving, 748
Change Speed Gears, Auto Cycle Union and the, 928
Fitting, 1237
for Passenger Work, 919, 927. 949
Chater-Lea No. 9 Touring Machine, 830
Checking in Reliability Trials, 631
Cheddar Gorge, Showing the Winding Nature of, 651
Cheltenham Carnival. Flying Machine which Won the Challenge Bowl at (illus.), 723
Chemical Decarbonisers, 964
China, Pekin, to Lake Baikal per Motor Cycle, 762
Clark, Eli, Chat with, 717, 762
Portraits of, 659, 696, 717
Cleaning and Overhauling a Motor Cycle,
Hints on, 1305, 1306
Clergy, Concessions to, 1208, 1251, 1277
Clipstone, Speed Trials at, 742

CLUB NEWS—

Aberdeen and District M.C.C., 644, 847, 894A
Aspatria College M.C.C., 670D
Auto Cycle Union (Midland Centre), 795
Automobile Association and Motor Union, 1164
Ayr and District M.C., 693, 741, 771, 1200c. 1256
Bath C.C. (Motor Section), 939
Belfast and District M.C.C. 793, 795, 1164
Birmingham M.C.C , 670B, 691, 741, 822, 846, 894A, 959, 1010, 1068, 1069, 1098, 1128, 1228
Bishop Auckland, Darlington, and District M-C. 938
Bradford M.C.C., 643, 770, 823, 915, 938, 1304
Bristol Band M.C., 795, 873, 1128, 1164, 1256
Burnley Victoria M. and C.C., 770, 823
Cambridge University M.C.C., 1164 Cardiff M.C., 1164
— Newport, and Western Valleys Open Hill-climb, 1011
Cheshire, New Club for, 959
Cork M.C.C., 873
Cornwall M.C., 1037, 1200c
Coventry and Warwickshire M.C., 691, 771, 794, 795, 938, 960, 1011, 1035, 1098, 1228, 1256, 1284, 1304
Croydon Motor Cyclists, Club for, 643
Cumberland M.C.C., 644, 691
Daimler M.C.C., 691, 794, 846, 873, 1011
Darlington and Bishop Auckland M.C., 691, 693, 1068
Derby and District M.C.C., 984
Leicester and District M.C.C. v., 917
Devon, Club for East and North, 984
Doncaster and District M.C.C., 670A, 741, 770, 1257
Dublin and District M.C.C., 721, 822, 916
Dundee and District M.C.C., 938, 984. 1011
Durham and District M.C.C., 670A, 720, 793, 847, 916, 1011, 1228
East Sussex M C.C., 670D
Edinburgh M.C.C., 872, 894A, 939, 961, 983
Edinburgh Waverley M.C., 693, 1010
— Waverley Trophy, 84 7
Essex M.C., 643, 644, 670c, 691, 693, 770, 793, 822, 847, 872. 917. 1069, 1 164
Exeter and District M.C.C., 1098, 1200c
Fleet and District M.C.C., 917. 961
Glasgow M.C.C., 873, 894B, 916, 938, 960, 1036
Glasgow University M.C., 1069
Great Yarmouth and District M.C.C’., 692, 822
Hampshire, County Club for, 959
Harrogate and District M.C.C., 720, 769, 873, 960, 1068, 1228
Hartlepool and District M.C.C., 670A
Herts County Automobile and Aero Club, 959, 961, 984
— A.C. (Motor Cycle Section), 644, 670c, 720. 770, 1010, 1036, 1200c, 1256
Huddersfield and District A.C.C., 643. 17
Hull and East Riding A.C.C.. 720, 77 1, 872, 938, 961
— Proposed New Club for, 794
Illustrations. 741, 769-771. 793-795, 822, 823, 846, 847, 872. 873. 894A, 894B, 915, 917, 938, 939, 959-961, 1010. 1011, 1035, J036
Ilkley and District, Proposed Club for, 1256
Jocker-Bill, M.C.C., 1069
Lancashire M.C.C., 720, 847, 873. 894A
Lancaster, Proposed Club for, 670i>
Leeds M.C.C., 644, 692, 741, 770, 793, 847. 894B, 1010
Leicester and District M.C.C., 643, 846, 915. 1068, 1304
Leith M.C., 693, 771
Lewes M.C.C., 846, 894B
Liverpool Auto Cycle Club formed, 1284
Liverpool Motor Cycle League, 1164, 1228
Manchester M.C., 794, 847, 938, 1256, 1284
Mersey M.C., 1164
Middlesbrough and District M.C.C., 741, 917
Motor Cycle Races at Yarmouth, 741
Union of Ireland (Ulster Centre), 793, 1068
— Cycling Club, 644, 670c, 771, 822, 894A, 917, 1068, 1098, 1228, 1257
Winter Run, 1284
— Union and Automobile Association,
. T 1164
cl Nyassaland, Competitors in a Reliability Run from Zoiuba to Liwonde (illus.), 643
Newcastle M.C.. 645, 670A, 691. 741, 771. 823? 894B, 917, 961. 1037. 1200c, 125'
Newport (Mon.) and District M.C.C- 670 A, 10**n
Northamptonshire M.C.C., 823, 983
North-eastern Automobile Association. 670A, 721, 741, 7 /1
Northern League of Motor Cyclists, m
North Wales, Suggested Club for, 938
North-west London M.C.C., 643, 670A, 692, 741, 769, 847, 916, 959, 961, 98a, 1098, 1128, 1164, 1228, 1257, 1284
Nottingham and District M.C.C.. 644. 691, 720. 915, 960, 10^5
Oldham and District M.C., 1228
Oxford M.C.C., 670B, 741. 894A, 1036. 1164, 1200c, 1304
Pembrokeshire A.C., 64 5
Plymouth and District M C.C., 984
Pocklington and District M.C.C., 644
Pontefract M.C., 721, 915, 1036
Preston and District M.C.C.. 741
Purley and District 1256, 1284
Putney, Proposed Club for, 1200c
Reading and District M.C.C., 644
Redditch and District M.C.C., 670A, 721 847, 916, 960, 1037
Richmond and Surbiton M.C., 1098, 1228
Scarborough and District M.C., 645, 959 983, 1011, 1200c
Scottish A.C., 916, 961
Sheffield and Hallamshire M.C.C., 894P, 917, 984, 985, 1036. 1128, 1164, 1304
Shropshire M.C.C., 692, 771
Southampton and District M.C., 1164, 1228
South Devon M.C.C., 692, 720, 985
South Manchester M.C.C., 769, 822
Southport M.C.C., 645, 959, 1011
Stockport and District M.C.C.. 1069
Streatham and District M.C.C., 670c, 741, 959, 985, 1284
Sunderland and District M.C.C., 670A, 692, 917
Surrey M.C.C., 769, 794, 846, 894B, 917, 1284
Sutton Coldfield A.C., 643, 670B, 794, 872, 959, 1036. 1068, 1098, 1128, 1200c
— Petrol Consumption Test. 1068
Torbay and District, Proposed Club for. 1284
Walthamstow M.C., 741. 916 939, 1010, 1035, 1068, 1069, 1098, 1200c, 1228
Wansbeck M.C., 645
West Essex A.C., 823, 872
Western District M.C. (London), 670c, 721, 823, 847, 894A
Westmoreland M.C.C., 670B. 692, 721, 769, 873, 894B, 917, 961, 984
Willesden Green C. and M.C., 894A, 960, 1228
Wirral M.C.C ,
Worcestershire M.C.C., 643, 873, 985
Yarmouth and York County Club Secretaries’
York County M.C.

Consumption, Excessive, 897
— Increased by Change of Carburetters, . 1182
Contact Points, Constant Pitting of, 1074. „ I264
— Squadron, Motor Cyclists with a, 843, 844
Continent, Motor Cycle on the, 827
Continental Touring, 798, 950
Cooling Device, An Automatic, 1266
Cooper, Mr., Suggestion for 24 Hours’ Winter Ride, 931
Corners, Leaning-out on, 629
— Riding round, 653
Cornwall and Devon, Obscure Corners in, 762
Cost of Running a Motor Cycle, 1221, 1248, 1276, 1300
Cott, A. Mackenzie, My Ideal, a 10 h.p, Touring Twin, 751
Coventry and Warwickshire M.C., see also Club News
Open Hill-climb at Willersey, 739, 819, 845, 873, 888-891 (illus.), 865, 887-889, 891, 894, 905, 928, 987
Covers, Carrying Spare, 745
Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Edward (illus.), 994
— Harold J., End-to-end Lightweight
Record Established (illus.), 635, 688, 689
Crank Case, Amount of Oil in, 848
Heating and Heated, 1103
Leakage, 1212
Release Valves, 940
Crankshafts, Offset, 904
Croydon Police, 633

CURRENT CHAT—

America, see that title
Amulree and the End-to-end, 708
Another Machine Stolen, 633
Antipodes, Petrol Consumption Trial in the, 839
Australia, see that title Auto Cycle Union, see that, title Automatic Lubrication, 1226
Banquet to Mr. Rees Jeffreys, 669
Benevolent Fund Dinner, 977
Big Donation, 1086
Billiard Matches at Olympia, 1122n
Birmingham, Racing at, 735
Bradford Hill-climb Trophy, 669
British Trade with South Africa, 685
Brussels Exhibition, 786, 815
C.T.C., International Passes and, 708
— Motor Cyclists and, 1200A
Canada, Motor Cycle Race in, 977
Canning Town, Racing at, 684, 735, 763, 786, 816
Clark’s End-to-end Record, 762
Clever Arrangement of a Red Warning Light, 1061
Club Secretaries’ Meeting at Olympia, 1123
Cold Experience, A, 1162
Collier, C. R., v. Harry Martin, 736 Competition for Ladies, The First Special, 1122D
Constantinople, Motor Cycle Trip to, 977, 1024
Conviction Quashed by the Divisional Court, 1200 A
Croydon Police again, 633
Dangerous Corner between Derby and Leicester, 930
— Obstruction, 1061
Demonstration of Fire Tricar, 632
Derby, Handicap Race at, 685
Devon and Cornwall, Obscure Corners in, 762
Devonshire, Hill-climbing in, 886
Dogs and Motor Cyclists, 952
Dresden, International Hygiene Exhibition (1911), 838
Dutch Motor Cyclists’ Visit to England, 1227
Edmunds, Lieut. H. D., Success at Portsmouth Races, 1200B
Election and Motor Cycles, The, 1259
End-to-end Trials, etc., see Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial
Energetic End-to-end Competitors, 684
Enfield Model, A New, 1087
Engines, see that title Everything for a Motor Cycle, 1025
Exeter and District, New Club for, 1061
— Road in Coaching Times, 1302
Federation of American Motor Cyclists,
Endurance Run, 839
Fly Electrocuted, 670
Folkestone, Speed of Mot or Cycles in, 977
Foster, James, Sentence of, for Stealing a Motor Cycle, 839
France, see that title Francis of Teck, The Late Prince, see Teck, The Late Prince Francis Free Engine, Rover, 1025
French Quadricycle, Novel, 908
Garrowby Hill-climb, 786
Gear, New Three-speed, 953
Generous Prize Donors, 1258
Germany, Motor Cycles in, 930
Giuppone, M., Monument to the Late,953
Hardy Motor Cyclists, 1200B
Herts A. and A.C. Scout Day, 816
High Roads of the Alps, 816
— Speed Uphill, 1258
Hill-climb in Australia, 669
— 32 Miles, 838 Holland, Tourists in, 1259
Hour Race for Du Cros Cup, 1122D
— Single-cylinder Record, 735, 1162, 1200A
Humber Co., Death of the Founder of, 1200A
— — Press Reception, 1024
Identification Plate, No, 709
Imports and Exports, 669, 786, 886, 977, 1087, 1259 Insurance Facilities, 1163
Inter-club Reliability Trial, 1280
Interesting Legal Case, 632
International Footballer and Motor Cyclist, 953
— Race Meeting, 1024
— Road Congress, 786
Irish Magistrate’s Prejudice, 670
Lady Motor Cyclists, 1200A
Lamps, A Trial of, 1024
Lancaster to Preston Road, 786
Legal Case, An Interesting, 736
Lengthy Road Test, 1122B
Liability of Repairers, 633
Licence Duties, The New, 1278
— Fine for Having no, 815
Licences, Endorsement of Driving, 953
— in Ireland, 815
— New, Important Statement by the Treasury, 952
Motor, 864
Lightweights, see that title Liverpool, New Club for, 1278
Local Taxation Licence Exemptions, 930 London to Constantinople, 1123
Long-distance Coast Ride, Another, 1303
— Record, 1123
Longest Distance in Six Days, 1123
Making History, 1162 Martin, Harry, v. C. R. Collier, 736
Match on Motor Cycles, 909
Medical Men and their Motor Cycles, 1200B
Military Motor Cyclists, 709, 815, 908, 1024
— — — More Wanted, 787
Models, New Twin Vertical Model, 977
— Orders for 1912, 1226
— (1911), 1004
Mont Ventoux, Annual Hill-climb, 838
Moorhouse, Arthur J., End-to-end Record Holder Honoured, 976
Motor Cycle Race in the Antipodes, 909
- Races Overseas, 1280
Route Book, 763
Thefts, 1227
Thief Sentenced, 1163
Used for Business Purposes, 838
- — v. Aeroplane, 908
— Cyclist v. Skater, 1278
— Cyclists, Army Manoeuvres, in the, 633, 708, 709, 735, 763, 786, 865, 1086
Automobile Association, 1162 New Clubs, 670
— Departure, 736
— Model, 953
— South Wales, Hill-climbs in, 952 Motor Cycling in, 708
— System of Handicapping at Brook- lands 632
— Zt al tnd, see that title Non-starters in the End-to-end, 669 Nondescript Machine, 97 7
No Licence, Fined for having, 1087
Northern League, 762, 786
Hill-climb, 735, 736 Notes, 709, 887
Novelties (1911), 977
Obstructions on the Open Road, 930
Officially-confirmed Records, 763
Olympia Show, see that title
Open Hill-climb at Amulree, 632
in the South, 632
Overseas Readers of The Motor Cycle, 1226
Oxford Hill-climb Abandoned, 735
Paris Motor Show, 1200A, 1200B, 1227
Passing on the Wrong Side, 1259
Pedalling in Hill-climbing Competitions, 930
Pekin to Lake Baikal per Motor Cycle, 762
Petrol Five Shillings a Gallon, 708
— Imports of, Enormous, 1258
Pigeons or a Motor Cycle, 1226
Placing Stones on the Road, 670
Police Activity, 684
— Traps, see that title. Policeman’s Pilgrimage, 633
Quarterly Trials, Future, 977
Record Attempts in Winter, 1025
— British Exports, 1259
— Exhibit at Olympia, 1200B
— Prize List, 953
Registration Numbers, Low, 1086
Reliability Trial in New Zealand, 1226
Revenue from Motor Cycles, 1004
Rhodesia, The Motor Cycle in, 1226
Richmond Meet Expenses, 633
Road Board, The, 1200B
— Dangers at Night, 1087, 1227
— Records Banned, 1227
Rolls, Hon. C. S., Death of, 684
Rotary Valve Engine, The New, 762
Rover Redivivus, 953
Rowland, Miss Maud, Lady Devotee, Another, 887
Royal Automobile Club, New Chairman, 1086
Sampson, Lyons, Death of, 684
Scottish Motorists, Of Interest to, 1280
— Open Hill-climb, 909, 953
— Waverley Trophy Trials, 816
Seriven, Jack, Return of, after Serious Illness, 839
Show Gleanings, 1200B
Sidecars, see that title Sign of the times, 1258, 1302
Signposts, Up-to-date, 1200A
Single-cylinders of 600 c.c. Are they Wanted ? 838
Six Days’ Trial, see Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial
Small old Lamp not Sufficient, 930
Snaefell Course adopted for the Tourist Trophy Race, 1227
Speed Limit Inquiry, 816, 1258
— Trials, 815
Spider Runabout, A, 1086
Stanley Show, see that title Stolen Machines, 806, 908, 931, 952, 1025
— Motor Cycle, see Motor Cycles
Streatham and District M.C.C., Last Open Hill-climb of the Year, 97 7
Sussex, Stoney Coast Roads of, 976
Sutton Bank Hill-climb, 787, 909
Sydney Club’s Reliability Trial, 1302
Sydney (N.S.W.) Hill-climb, 736
Tasmania, Hill-climbing in, 632
Tennis Champion and Motor Cyclist, 633
Ten-mile Speed Limits, 909
Tessier, T. H., Silver Sand found in Crank Case. 685
Tests on Road and Track, 632
Thefts, How to Prevent, 952
Thieves’ Favourite Haul, 670
Thirteen Miles for a Penny, 633
Thousand Miles Test, Unofficial, 1087
Timekeeper’s Errors. 632
To Olympia by Road, 1123
Tourist Trophy Race, see that title Track Racing at West Ham, 669
— Record at New' Brighton, 839
Triumph Co.’s Profits for 1910, 1025
Two-stroke Engines, sec Engines V-type Engine, A Strange, 930
Victorian Motor Cycling Club, Annual 50 Miles Record Race. 1302
Warning, 865
Water-splash, Negotiating a, 865
Well-known Motor Cyclist Honoured, 1123
Winter London-Edinburgh 24 Hours’ Ride, 931
— Reliability Trials, 1061, 1303
— 12 Hours’ Run, Another, 1162
World’s Speed Records, 736
Yarmouth Speed Trials, 909
Yorkshire, Motor Cycle Competitions in, „ 1061
— Consumption, Reducing, 799

Cut-out, An Exhaust, 1238
Cycle Coupler, Experiences with a Light- weight and. 1299
Cyclists’ Touring Club, International Passes, 708
— Motor Cyclists and, 1200A
Cylinders, Balancing, with Offset, 1087
— Deposits in, 1251
— Four-cylinder Queries, 1212
— Frame Construction, 850
— Heat of, 875
— Magnetos behind the, 1277, 1298
— Misfiring in One Cylinder, 898
— Piston Rings and, Wear of, 647
— Reboring, 1211
— Running on One Cylinder, 1139
— Sloping, and their Radiator Fins, 796
— The 500 c.c. Limit Upheld, 828

Dall Belt Fastener, The 1911, 1042
Danger Signs, Position of, 862
Danish Motor Cycle, A Novel, 716
Daring Effort, A, 1032
Davies, B. H., 1004
— Future Competitions, 672
— High-powered Twins at Olympia, 1218-1220
— Impressions of Olympia, 1142
— Judges’ Report on the Six Days’ Trial, 752
— Lightweights, Past, Present, and Future, 1199, 1200
— Motor Cycle Politics, 837
— Reflections on the Six Days’ Trial, 701, 702
— Show Suggestion, Exhibition of Detailed Parts, 1039
— Single - cylinder Roadsters at Olympia, 1240
— Three-wheeled Motor Cycles of 1911, 1296, 1297 “ Thank You ! ” and “ Please ! ”
— Forecast of the Olympia Show, 1106- 1108
Decentralisation and Centralisation, 906
Delay in Execution of Orders, 630, 743, 783
Deposit System, Necessity for, 653
Deposits on Cylinder and Piston Head, 1251
Derbyshire and North Staffordshire Automobile Club, Petition Issued by, 1213, 1229, 1278, 1301
Designers, Points for, 856-858
Despicable and Inexplicable, 758
Devonshire, Cornwall and, Obscure Corners in, 762
— Hill-climbing in, 886
— Links between Yorkshire and, 919
Difficult Starting, 772
Dogs and Motor Cyclists, 630, 952
Donegal, Riding Conditions in, 630
Douglas, The New Two-speed, 732
Dresden, International Hygiene Exhibition (1911), 838
Drills, Belt, 759
Driving, Inconsiderate, 994
— Licences, Expiration of, 920
— Mechanism, Fitting Speedometer, 674
DuCros Cup, Hour Race for, Won by
C. R. Collier, 1122D
Duplex Inner Tubes, 993, 1102, 1145
Dust, Effects of, 743
Dust-laying Preparations, 682
Dutch Motor Cycle Club, Members of, Photographs of, at Various Meetings, etc., 670A, 674. 1258
— Visit to England, 1227
— Scenes during the Tour through Belgium (illus.), 674
— Cyclists, A Sporting Challenge to, 1277
—Dynamos, Electric Lamps, and Magneto, 812

Edinburgh, Alternative Route to, 1146
— Best Route to Banchory from, 799
— London via Carlisle and Kendal from, 962
— New Year, Run to, 929
— Roman Road to, 782
— M.C.C., see also Club News
— Hill-climb at Manor Hill (illus.), 984
— Open Hill-climb on Amulree, 627, 719
Edinburgh, Waverley M.C., Dobson Trophy Competition, 893
Eisemann Plugs, Two New, 863
Electric Lamps and Magneto Dynamos, 812
Electrical Timing Apparatus, 939
Electrically-propelled Motor Cycles, 940
Electro-magnets on Magnetos, 1040
End-to-end Trials, etc., see Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial
Endorsement of Licences, 750
Enfield Twin-cylinder Lightweight, Round the Welsh Coast on an, 923, 924
Engines, Advantages of the Free-engine Clutch, 705
— Air-cooled, 1147, 1208
— Attachment, 1310
— Balancing, with Offset Cylinders, 1087
— Ball Bearings or Motor Cycle, 724
-— Banner New Motor Cycle Engine, 1 200D
— Carbonised Deposit in, 631
— — — — Preventing, 970, 1021
- Centaur Twin and Free-engine Models (1911), 1018
— Cooling, 1237
Failure in a 1 in 12 Gradient, 826
— Firing after Current is Switched off, 646
Four and Two-stroke, 747
— Free, 876, 1105, 1184
— High Altitudes and their Effect upon the Power of, 1222, 1223
— Huge Single-cylinder, 875
— Knocking when Picking-up 'Speed, 1041
— Misfiring in One Cylinder, 874
— with Spark Advanced, 1073
— New 500 c.c. Engine, 887
— Valve Affects the Running of an Engine, A, 674
— Overheating, 772
— Pros and Cons of the Two-stroke Engine, 679
— Pulleys, Security for, 1013
— Rotary Petrol, 10 76
— Valve, 687, 706, 757, 762, 814
— Sidecars and 600 c.c., 880
— Stiffness, Vibration in, 646
— Suggested Improvement, 948, 993
— Two-speed Gear and Free-engine, 876
— Two-stroke, and Formulae, 1123, 1200D, 1249
— V-type, A Strange, 930
—- Valves and Sparking Arrangement of the Gnome Engine, 986
Enthusiast, The Evolution of an, 792
Essex M.C., see also Club News
— — Members of (illus.), 627
Gymkhana, 869
24 Hours’ Ride (illus.), 820, 821
Excessive Petrol Consumption, 747
Exeter and District, New Club for, 1061
— Road in Coaching Times, 1302
Exhaust Valve Springs, Change Periodically, 859
Experiences with a Lightweight and Cycle Coupler, 1299
Scott, 744, 784
Two-speed Lightweight, 811
Expiration of Driving Licences, 920
Explosions, Silencer, 747

Fasteners, see Belts Federated Malay States, Motor Cycle in,90 8
Federation of American Motor Cyclists’
Endurance Run, 839
Fenny Stratford, Five-mile Speed Limit at, 861
Festival of Empire, Motor Cycles at the, 1024
Finish for All-weather Machines. 683
Fins, Sloping Cylinders and their Radiator, 796
Fire Tricar, Demonstration of, 632
Firing, Erratic, 799
Fleet (Hants), Proposed Club for, 670
Flotterstone Hill-climb, Weighing in at the (illus.), 670c
Fog and Use of Salt in Generators, 1208
Folkestone, Speed of Motor Cycles in, 977
Fork, A New Spring, 800
Formulae, Two-stroke Engines and, 1123, 1200D, 1249
Foster, James, Sentence of, for Stealing a
Motor Cycle, 839
Four and Two-stroke Engines. 747
Four-cylinder Queries, 1212 Fragile Samples, Carriage, 897
Frame, Design of, 1290 — Pressed Steel, 988
France, Holiday Tour in Switzerland and, 1214-1217
— Motor Cycle Business in, 1239, 1252, 1259 1275
— Scarcity of Motor Cycles in, 827. 828
— Touring in, 772, 1287 '
Free Engines, see Engines
Free-wheel Hub, A New Model, 705
Free-wheels, 629
French Quadricycle, Novel, 908
Fulham to Morecambe, Route from, 874

Gadgetts or Cockles, 1101
Gaiters, Tyre, 784, 1235
Garrowby Hill-climb. 766, 7 86
— — A.C.U. and the, 851
— — (illus.), 781, 786
Gastight Joints, 7 73
Gauges, Petrol,-683, 758, 1019
Gear Ratio, Question of, 1182
Measuring the, 674
Gears, A.C.U., Change Speed Gears and the, 928
Two-speed Gears and the, 884
— -— Variable, and the, 7 79, 780
— Change Speed, for Passenger Work, 919, 949
— Driving Gear, 988
— Experiences with an Infinitely Variable Gear, 968, 969
— Fitting a Change Speed Gear, 1237
— Low and High, Desired, 1040
— N.S.U. Two-speed Gear, 925
— New Three-speed Gear, 953
— Pedal-control Gear, its Weakness, 629
— Pedalling Gear Ratios, 1015
— Roc Gear Owners, Tip for, 1046
— Single and Variable, for Passenger Work, 1184
— in Hill-climbs, 926, 970
— Suggested Two-speed Gear, 970
— Three-speed Gear, A New, 1137
Hub Gear for Lightweights, 936, 1012
— Too High, 920
— Two-speed, Efficient, 1217
Fitting a, 1073
: Free Engine and, 876
N.S.U., 925
— New, 903
Plea for, 1224
Starting Handle for, 1221
— Suggested. 970
Variation by Slipping a Clutch, 1274
Generators, Fog and Use of Salt Water in, 1070, 1208
— Troubles of, 1308
Geneva, Lightweights in, 762
— Motor Cycling in, 908
Germany, Motor Cycles in, 930
— Touring in, 7 23
Glasgow M.C.C. Reliability Trial, 641
Gnome Engine, Valves and Sparking Arrangement of the, 986
G.N. Quad, The, a Light Runabout, 1295
Gordon Highlander Motor Cyclist (illus.), 986
Great Britain v. America, 1200A
— North Road, Some Facts about, 900, 948
— Yarmouth and District M.C.C. (illus.), 692
Grinders, Valve, 1249

Halifax and District M.C.C., Members of the (illus.), 982
Hampshire, County Club for, 959
Handicapping at Brooklands, New System of, 632
Handle-bar, A Motor Cycle, 1266
— Control, 854, 906. 1221, 1249, 1252
— Controlled Carburetter, Roadside Repair to a, 707
— Muffs, 1047
— Starting. 1138
— Watches. 748
Handle Starting and Magneto Ignition 826
Harrogate and District M.C.C. Petrol Consumption Test, Competitors in (illus.), 720
200 Miles Trial, 670n
see also Club News
Harrogate, Motor Accident in 950
— Police Activity in, 833
Hat Case, Motor Cyclists’ asked for, 1300
Herts A. and A.C., Boy Scouts of Hertfordshire and. 981
~ — — (illus.), 627
2 — — Members’ Hill-climb, (illus.). 1061
Oxford M.C.C. and.
Team Contest, 690
Scouts’ Day. 816
— Tour in Kendal. 738.
(illus.),
~ Official
rT and Awards. 791
Power of an Engine. i1222? 1223
and Low Gears. Desired. 1040
Powered Machines. Tyres for. 703
^~-nR??ds of the Alps 816
Hill-climbing, 653, 682. 696. 759. 731.
. . T 882. 948.
— Air Lever, Closing of, in. 1212
Australia, in. 930
— Competitions. 949. 995
~ Pedalling in. 930
— Plea for more Rational Tests. 922.
— — Quarterly Trials and. 905
— — Ridiculous. 1209
— Single and Variable Gears in. 1065
Inter- 739 738, 739
Results
High Altitudes and their Effects on the Tasmania, in. 632
— - Touring and Sporting. 1071
— — Trials in. 785
— Extraordinary. 995
— Failure in. 1288
— Honister Pass, The Ascent of. 1147,1252
Hills, How to Descend, 875
Hilly District, Choosing a Motor Cycle for, 1211
Hints and Tips for Motor Cyclists, 836,1263
— on Cleaning and Overhauling a Motor Cycle, 1305. 1306
Holes in Silencer, 697
Holiday Tour in France and Switzerland. 1214-1217
Holland. Tourists in. 1259
Holyhead Road. Nails on the, 785
Honister Pass. Ascent of, 1147, 1221. 1224. 1252
View of the Renowned (illus J. 1136
Horse-power. Comparing. 1265
— Compression Ratio, 994
— Rating, 926
Hot Countries. Chain Drive in, 810
Hour Single-cylinder Record. 1162, 1200A
Hub Clutch. A. 1184
Hull and East Riding A.C.C., Group of Competitors who took part in the
Hill-climb at Spout Hill (illus.). 963
Hull and District A.C. and. Inter-club Meeting at Patrington, 871
— Motor Cyclist Territorials in Camp at
Louth. Lincs, (illus.), 767
Humber, Thomas. Death of. 1200A
— Ltd., an Appreciation. 1023
Lightweight. The New, 881
— press Reception. 1024
Hundred Miles Reliability Race. 931
Hutchinson Tyre Co., Prize Offer. 748. 783

Ignition Battery, 862, 897. 1042
— Double Pole, 654
— Failure. 1309
— Fitting Dual, 798, 849
— Magneto. Handle Starting and, 826
— Pre. 1264
Imports and Exports, 669, 775, 786, 886. 977. 1087. 12o9
Improvements Needed, 1135, 1146. 1252
India. Motor Cycling in. 882
— Sidecars for. 1184
— Taking Machines to, 82 a, 860
Indian Scarfpins. 724
Industry. 775 . ,
Inland Revenue Tax in Ireland, 940
Inner Tubes. Size of, 744
Insurance Facilities, 1163 _
— Motor Cycle, 6o3. <06, 7<4. 800, l-o
— New Scheme, 876
— Tempting Policies, 1184
Intensifying Belt Grip, 798
Inter-club Hill-climb. 982
— Meeting, 871
— Reliability Trial. 1280 International Competition, 1-59
— Hygiene Exhibition. Dresden 1911,
— Passes and the Cyclists Touring
International Race Meeting, 102-4
— Road Congress. 7 86
Inter - team Trial, London - Harrogate-London, Result of the, 640
Invalid’s Chair and Trailer Combined, 812
Ireland. Inland Revenue Tax in. 940
— Licences in, 815
Irish Magistrate’s Prejudice, 670
— Reliability Trials. 686, 748, 764
(illusJ. 685. 686. 764

Java, A Trip through Central, by Motor Cycle, 1222
Joints, Gastight. 7 73
Jones Speedometer for 1911, 1108
Judges' Report on the End-to-end. by B. H. Davies, 752
July Quarterly Trials, see Auto Cycle Union
Junior Tourist Trophy Race, see Tourist Trophy Race

Kendal, Herts County A.C. Tour to. 738. . 739
— to Birmingham, avoiding Lancashire, 798
Kennard. Edward. Death of. 685
Kerry-Abingdon. New Model. 3*h.p. __ (illus.l, 966
” Kick-operated '* Stand Clip. 858
Knocking, Failure to Climb Hills. 799
— Pre-ignition and. 746, 987
Knee Grip Device. 1184

Ladies, First Special Competition for. 1122D
— Motor Cycling for. 1047, 1135. 1200A
— Sidecar Driving for. by P. W. Bischoff, 802 803. 861
Lady's Account of Her First Motor Cycle. A, 1297
Lamps. 1022
— Best, The. 1104
— Magneto Dynamos and Electric. 812
— Trial Suggested, 994. 1024
Lancaster to Preston Road, State of. 786
Land's End to John-o'-Groat's Trial -1910 . 625. 637-640, 649. 655-666. 681. 707. 709. 726-729. 736. 762
Amulree and the. 708. 756
Aspirants to End-to-end Honours. 883
Awards in the. 726
Competitors. Energetic. 684
Condition of Successful Machines at the Completion of the Event. 676-678
Hills in the.
Necessity of. 679 (illus. 1. 638-640. 655. 657-662. 664-666, 727
Judges' Report on the. by B. H. Davies, 752
Lightweight Record Established. 670. 688, 689. 807. 834, 862 Notes. 6&5
Reason Amulree was Included in. 756
Record. 684. 715, 725. 743. 762, 784. 787, 811. 883. 948. 951. 972. 977, 995. 1019, 1020. 1043. 1072. 1101. 1136. 1208, 1122D, 1124
— Another, a Chat with Mr. Eli Clark. 717
— Beaten. 932, 933
— Lightweights and the, 684
— Moorhouse’s Attempt on the. 845. 909
— Preparations for the, 830 Reflections on the Six Days' Trial, by
B. H. Davies, 701, 702
Sidecar Record. 633. 709, 740. 798
cSix Days’ Trial. The 1911. 758
Suggestion. A. 1086
The 1911 Trial. 758
Law Relating to Motor Cars. The. 748
— Sidecars. The. 646

LEADERETTES—

Awards in the Six Days’ Trial, 726
Belgium and the Motor Cycle. 899
Chain Transmission. 775, 776
Continent, The Motor Cycle on the, 827
Free-engine Clutches. 1105
Hill-climbing Competitions. 921. 922
Industry. The. 775
International Competition. 1289
Local Taxation Licences, 675
Military Motor Cyclists. 675
Motor Cycling as a Pastime, 877
Olympia Motor Cycle Show, see that tit’e Our View of the End-to-end Record 1043
Passenger Motor Cycles. 1043, 1014
Pedalling Gear Ratios, 1015
Popularity of the Motor Cycle. 1267
Rear Lights on all Vehicles, 989
Road Board, Work for the, 749
Royal Automobile Club and Automobile Association, Petition to the, 1213
Rule of the Road. 943
Sidecar Licences. 965. 1075, 1076
Silence, 877
Single-cylinders, the 500 c.c. Limit Upheld, 801, 828
— of 600 c.c., are they Wanted ? 801
Six Days’ Trial. The, 1910. 649 Stanley Motor Show, see that title Tandem Quadricycle. 1044
Tourist Trophy Race, see that title Where Motor Cycles Score. 989
Winter Competitions, 943
Yorkshire Hill-climb Fiasco, 625

Leeds M.C’.C. (illus.-. 700
— to North Wales. 825
Legal Case. An Interesting. 707. 736. 760
— Conundrum. A. 722
Leicester and District M.C.C. Hill-climb at Kettleby, 933
Letters from Overseas Readers of The Motor Cycle, 1222. 1223

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR—

Adjustable Pulley Locking Rings, How to Operate, 706
Air-cooled Engines. 1147, 1208
An Appreciation, 1020
Auto Cycle Union, see that title Backrest. Another Form of. 1101
Bathe, A Tonic before a, 971
Battery Ignition, 862
Belts, see that title
Brooklands, Second 60 m.p.h. Handicap at, 971
Carbonised Deposits, see Engines Carburetters, Improvements in, 882, 904
Care of Tools on Tour. 783
Carriage of Spare Belts, 862
Carrying a Spare Outer Cover, 68£7 745
Centralisation and Decentralisation, 906
Ceylon. Motor Cycles in, 1275
Chain Transmission and Variable Gears, 833
— r. Belt. 784. 811. 860, 884
Change Speed Gears for Passenger Work. 927
Checking in Reliability Trials, 631
Compression, Increasing the. 1101
— Ratio. Horse-power and, 994
Varying the. 882
Concessions for the Clergy. 1208. 1251. 1277
Continental Touring, 950
Cost of Running a Motor Cycle, 1221. 1276, 1300
Cure for Stretching of Leather Belts. 654
Delay in Delivery of Spare Parts. 707
Execution of Orders. 630, 743. 783. 833
Deposits on Cylinder and Piston Heads.
1251 Derbyshire Club’s Petition. 1301
Design by an Amateur. Striking. 1249
— of Sparking Plugs. 814. 861. 927
Despicable and Inexplicable. 758 Disfiguring Read Signs. 927
Double Pole Ignition. 654
Duplex Inner Tubes. 993. 1102, 1145
Dust. Effects of. 743
Dust-laying Preparations. 682
Dutch Motor Cyclists, A Sporting Challenge to, 1277
Edinburgh. An Alternative Route to, 1146
_ Efficiency of Nail Catchers, 706
Electric Lamps and Magneto Dynamos. 812
Enclosed Chain Drive, 993
End-to-end Trials, etc., see Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial
Engine Improvement, A Suggested. 948.
993 Experiences with a Lightweight and Cycle Coupler, 1299
— -— Scott. 744. 783
7 Two-speed Lightweight. 811
Fair Treatment, 630
Finish for All-weather Machines. 683
Fitting Belt Rim Brakes to Old Patterns. 1070
Five-mile Limits, 861
Fog and Use of Salt in Generators. I20>
Frame Design, 1298
Snce» that title r P^reQOf the Tourist Trophy Race, 706
Suggested Two-speed, 970
Gadgetts or Cockles, 1101
Great North Road, Some Facts about the, 948
Handle-bar Control Levers, 906
Harrogate, Motor Accident in, 950
-— Police Activity in, 833
Hill-climbing, see that title
Honister Pass, The Ascent of, 1221, 1224, TT 1252
Horse-power Rating, 926 (illus.), 743-745, 759, 812, 904-906, 950, 1021, 1135, 1 136, 1209
Improvements Needed, 1252
Inconsiderate Driving, 994
India, see that title Influence of Plug Design on Starting, 1251
July Quarterly Trials, see Auto Cycle Union
Lady Motor Cyclists, 1135
Lamps, 1022
— Trial Suggested, 994
Left or Right-hand Attachment for Sidecars, see Sidecars Legal Case, An Interesting, 707, 760
Lightweight End-to-end Record, The, 758
Lightweights, see that title Local Taxation Licences, 707, 744
London to Exeter winter Reliability Run, 971
Low Saddle Position, 784
Lubrication, 948
— Difficulty, 862, 883, 884, 926
Lucky Dog, A, 630
Magnetos, see that title
Market for Second-hand Machines in Australia, 1276
Military Motor Cycling, 785
Motor Cycle Insurance, 653, 706
Nomenclature, 812, 882, 905, 926
— — Shows, see Olympia and Stanley — Taxation, 654
— Cycling Club, see that title
— Cyclists at the Army Manoeuvres, 706
Hat Case asked for, 1300
Mudguarding, 631
Nail Catchers, Efficiency of, 706
Nails on the Holyhead Road, 785
Naming of Towns, 1134, 1221
Necessity of Deposit System, 653
Needed Improvements, 1135, 1146
New Departure, A, 785 No Matches. What to do, 1300
Novel Competition, A, 783
Offset Crankshafts, 904
Oil Pump, Bad Position for the, 928
Self-filling, 860
One Effect of the Budget, 654
1,882 Miles in Six Days, 1208, 1209, 1224
Outsider’s Views of Competitions, 1102, 1145, 1249
Ownership, Notifying Change of’, 971
Passenger Motor Cycles, 1134, 1250, 1275, 1298
Passing on the Wrong Side, 1299
Penetrating Fog, Salt Water in Generators, 1070
Petrol Gauges. 683, 758
— Supplies at Ashopton (Derbyshire), 1145
Runabout, Another Light, 1021
Salt Water in Acetylene Generators, 1145
Satisfied Purchasers, 1300
Scavenging Device, An Automatic, 1276
Screens on Sidecars, 861
Selection of Letters from Overseas Readers of The Motor Cycle, 1222, 1223
Shilling Admission Fee to Brooklands, 654
Sidecars, see that title
Signpost, A Misleading, 1301
Silencers, 783
— Result of Riding without a Silencer, 835
— Test of, Suggested, 1070
Single and Variable Gears in Hill-climbs, 926
Single-cylinder Roadsters at Olympia, 3|h.p., 1301
Single-geared Passenger Combinations, 906
Six Days’ Trial, The 1911, 758
Size of Inner Tubes, 745
Sparking Plugs, Design of, 834, 835, 906, 970
Spring Frame Motor Cycles, 835
Starting Handle for Two-speed Gears, 1221
Steam, Why not, 760
Steering Design, 927
Stolen Motor Cycles, see Motor Cycles
Suggested Device for Varying the Compression, 630
Tanks, Size of, 1250
Taxation Question, 994
Thoughtless Conduct, 1070
Through London Traffic on a Sidecar, 682, 744
Tip for Carrying Spare Tubes, 1221
Toolbag, How to Make a Cheap, 833
Touring and Sporting, 1134
— in Comfort, 1071
— Weights of Motor Cycles, 631
Tourist Requirements, 654, 681
— Trophy Race, see that title
Towns to be Avoided, 681
Traffic Signals, 706
Trailer, A Double-purpose, 812
Transmission, Russian Rider’s Views, 1277
Two-speed Gear, A Plea for the, 1209, 1224
Two-stroke Engine and Formula, 1249
Tyres, see that title ,
Valve Grinders, 1208, 1249, 1277
Variable Pneumatic Pulley, 814
Variably-geared Machines in Open dla,Qqpc Q2R
Welsh Coast, Round the, 970
Winter Reliability Run, 904, 926, 1020
— Timed Tour, A Prolonged, 1100

Levers, Handle-bar Control, 854, 906
Lewes M.C.C., Four Members of the, who
Rendered Signal Service in the Lewes Manoeuvres (illus.), 825
Liability of Repairers, 633
Licences, Claim, A Licence, 1183
— Clergy, Concessions to, 1208, 1251, 1277
— Concerning, 1013
— Does a Car Licence Cover a Motor Cycle ? 987
— Endorsement of, 750, 848, 953
— Expiration of Driving, 920
— Fine for Having no Licence, 1087
— For Six Weeks’ Riding, 1138
— Important Statement by the Treasury, 952
— Ireland, in, 815
— Local Taxation, 675, 697, 707, 736, 744, 785, 1264
— Exemptions, 930
— Medical Men, New Licence for, 1013
— New Motor, 864
— Sidecar, 965, 1005, 1100, 1075, 1076, 1086, 1200B
Licensing Queries, 941
Lift and Adjustment of Valves, 697
Lights on Vehicles, Rear, 989
Lightweight End-to-end Record, 670, 684, 688, 689, 708, 758, 807, 862
Lightweights, 907, 993, 1022, 1072, 1100, 1145, 1208, 1252
— Brooklands, at, 860,\ 905
— Brooks Saddle, A New, for, 942
— Carburetter, A New B. and B., 1003
— Chance for, 810
— Change of a Belt on,, 723
— Experiences with a Cycle Coupler and Lightweight, 1299
— Experiences with a Two-speed Lightweight, 810, 884
— Footrests on, 970
— Geneva, in, 762
— Humber, 881
— Maintenance of Power on, 1235
— New Pattern, 942
— Past, Present, and Future, by B. H. Davies, 1199, 1200
— Round the Tourist Trophy Race Course on a Lightweight, 1030
— Run on an A.J.S. Lightweight, 975
— Saddles, 942
— Sidecaring with, 940
— Successes, 942
— Sutton Bank, at, 928
— Three-speed Hub Gear for, 936, 1012
— Traffic, in, 785
— Twin Light weight J.A.P., New, 1200D
— What is a Lightweight ? 743, 763, 784, 787, 811, 862, 883, 885
— Willersey Hill-climb, at the, 928
Local Taxation Licences, 736, 744, 785
— Exemptions, 930
London to Constantinople, 1123
— — Exeter Winter Reliability Run, see Motor Cycling Club
— Harrogate and Back Inter-team Trial, Result of the, 640
Liverpool, avoiding large towns, 895, 896
—- Traffic on a Sidecar, Through, 648, 682, 744
Long Distance Coast Ride, Another, 1303
— Record, 1274
— Power on Hills, see Power
Louth (Lincolnshire), Hull Motor Cyclist Territorials in Camp at (illus.), 767
Low and High Gears Desired, 1040
Lubricants, 919
Lubrication, 826, 897, 948
— Air-cooled Engines and, 1147
— Automatic, 1226 Semi, 724
— Developments, 1235
— Difficulty, 862, 883, 884, 926
— Forced, 1144
— Lubricating Tip, A, 1129
— To Ensure Regular, 631, 654
Luggage for Trials and Tours, 652

M.M. Spray Carburetter, 768
Magnetos, Automatic Advance and Retard with, 642
— Bosch, in the Antipodes, 942
— Care of, 780, 781, 835
— Control, 1020, 1102
— Handle-bar, 1221, 1249, 1252
— Cylinders, behind the, 1277, 1298
— Difficulty, A Magneto, 1212
— Don’t Hammer the Magneto, 629
— Dynamos, Electric Lamps, and, 812
— Electro-magnets on, 1040
— Gear Wheels, Securing, 964
— Ignition, Absence of Power at Slow Speeds, 1073
Handle Starting and, 826
— Magneto Control, 1020
Shaft, Play in, 875
— — Successes, 988
— Position, 761, 814, 1144
— Query, An Interesting, 674
— Simms, in Australia, 1042
Maladjustment of Carburetter, 799
Malay States, The Motor Cycle in, 1222
Manchester M.C., Group of Members of the (illus.), 6)2
Manoeuvres, Success of Motor Cycles in, 803
Matches, an Emergency Tip, 1123
Measuring the Gear Ratio, 674
Medical Men and the New Licence, 1013, 1200B
Medium weight Mount, 967
Middlesex Hospital, Donation to, from Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 1086
Midlands, Speed Contests in the, 689
“ Mighty Atom,” On the Road with, 901, 902
Military Manoeuvres, Motor Cyclists at the, 735, 763, 786, 865
Success of Motor Cycles in, 803
— Motor Cycling, 1024
Australia, in, by C. Kane-Riddell, 1291, 1292
Notes, 680, 973, 974, 976 Cyclists, 675, 709, 785, 815, 908, 910
— More Wanted, 787
Military Motorcyclists, Of Interest to,1303
Mirrors, Red Reflex. Necessity of, for Push Cycles, 1294
Misfiring. Constant, 941
— Mysterious. 941
— 2vci'heating aud’ 919
— Spark Retarded, with. 1236
Models (1911). 768, 952. 974, 977, 1004
— Centaur Twin and Free-engine, 1018
— Details of, 1031, 1037, 1063-1065, 1091-1096
— New Enfield Model, 1087
~ — Triumphs, four Models for 1911, 1058, 1059
Twin Vertical Model, 977
— Orders for, 876
— Preliminary Details of, 1031
— Rex (1911), 1066, 1067
— Singer 34h.p., The New, 1089
— 1912, Orders for, 1226
Modern Two-lever Carburetters, 652
Mont Ventoux, Annual Hill-climb, 828, 838
Morecambe, Route from Fulham to, 874
Motor Bicycle and Sidecar. Powerful Touring Combination, 896
— — of the Future, The, 1229
— Car Act, 1903, Offences under the, 750
— and the Motor Cycle, 753
— Cycle Union of Ireland. Annual Contest between the Dublin and Ulster Centres, 635
— Hill-climbing Competition, 821
— Cycles, Aeroplanes v., 908
— — Another Aspect of, 1307
— Antipodes, in the. 762
— Business Purposes, used for, 838
— — Colonies, Delay in Delivery of, for, 1077
— Cost of Running, 1221, 1246, 1276, 1300
— — Design of. Striking Design by an Amateur, 1249
— — — — Suggestions for Improving the. 1223
Festival of the Empire, at the, 1024
— — France, Motor Cycle Business in, 1239. 1252, 1259, 1275
— — Insurance of, 653, 706
— — Manufacture of. 797
— — Motor Cycle Politics, by B. H. Davies, 837
“ Motor Cycles and How to Manage Them.” 1137
Nomenclature, 812, 882, 905, 926
— — Number of Registered, 1284. 1303
Overhauling and Cleaning, Hints on, 1305, 1306
— — Paris Show, at the, 1230-1234
- Passenger, 1043, 1044, 1275
— — Popularity of the Motor Cycle, 1267
— — Religion and the Motor Bicycle, 845
Rudge-Whitworth, 957, 958
Second-hand Machines, Buying, 1138
— Selecting a Motor Cycle, 646
— — Spring Frame, 835
- Stolen, 845, 931, 952, 993, 1025, 1087, 1227
— Stud Tyre for, 1234
— — Taxation, 654, 899
— — Three-wheeled, of 1911, 1296, 1297
War, in, 777, 778, 902
— — Where they Score, 989
— Cycling Club 100 Miles Non-stop Run, 667, 668
London to Edinburgh Run, An Echo of the, 736
— — Winter Run, Route for, 1249, 1277
Exeter Winter Run, 933, 1122n, 1163, 1186, 1187, 1200c, 1227, 1246, 1276, 1278
— — — — Entries for, 1200c, 1229. 1282
— Programme for 1911, 1226
- — Members at Bridge water Arms, Little Goddesden (illus.), 1099
— — — Ninth Annual Dinner, 1260
— Speed-judging Contest, 958
— Team Trial, 684
Twelve Hours’ Reliability Trial, 742

Scene at Start erf (illus.), 773

Commencing, 747
for Business and Pleasure, Commencing, 920
Motor Cycling for Ladies, 1047
Suggested Improvement for, 69$), 7Q0
see also Club News
— Cyclist, The, a Poem, 1270
Army Manoeuvres, in the, 633, 706, 708, 709, 735, 763, 786. 865
— — Automobile Association and, 1162
Contact Squadron, with a. 843, 844
Hints and Tips for, 836. 1236 Seasonable Gifts for, 1253-1256
— Union Contingent of Motor Cycle Dispatch Riders (illus.), 936
Petition to, 1213, 1229
Motosacoche, Run on the New, A. 1198
— Sidecaring with a (illus.), 864
Mudguarding, 631, 1200D
Mudshields, Detachable, 850
Mudscreen, A Roller Blind, 1251, 1298
Muffs. Handle-bar, 1047
My Ideal, a 10 h.p. Touring Twin, by A. Mackenzie Cott, 751

N.S.U. Two-speed Gear, 925
Nail Catchers, Efficiency of, 673, 706
Nails on the Holyhead Road, 785
Naming of Towns, 1221
Nancy, Best Route to, 798
Naval Motor Club, Races at Portsmouth
(illus.), 1189, 1190 **
New Brighton. Track Record at, 839
Newfoundland, Motor Cycling in, 1016, 1017
Newcastle Motor Cycle Club, Competitors
in the 60 Miles Non-stop Trial Assembled at Otterburn (illus.). 670n
— — Two-Days’ Trial, 740
see also Club News
Newport (Mon.) and District M.C.C., Capt., Hon. Sec., and Treasurer of (illus.), 1077
— — see also Club News
New South Wales Cyclists’ Union, Night Cycling Carnival, 1280
Hill-climbs in, 952
Motor Cycling in, 708
— Spring Frames Appreciated in, 1223
— Zealand, British Success in, 1060
— — Motor Cycles in, 1222
North Canterbury, Successful Competitors in a Hill-climb at (illus.), 940
Reliability Trial in, 1226, 1302 Noise, Reducing, 746
Nomenclature, Motor Cycle, 810, 812, 882, 905, 926
Non-puncturing Air Tube, 724
Non-starters in the End-to-end, 669
Normandy, Tour in, 746
—- With a Motor Cycle in, 878-880
North Islington Motor Club 50 Miles Reliability Trial, 715
Northern League of Motor Cyclists, 786,819
— — — Auto Cycle Union and,909
Hill-climb, 735, 736
— — — Meeting, 635, 687 Notes, 709, 845. 887
— Palmer Tyre Co.’s Presentation of Challenge Cup to, 762
Team Trial, 910 Result of, 937
Northumberland, Route from Derby to,940
North Wales, From Leeds to, 825
— — On a Motor Bicycle to, 852-854
North-west London M.C.C., Annual Dinner, 1283
— — — Members of Team (illus.), 627
Oxford Team Competition, 714
— — Twelve Hours’ Run to Gloucester, 1162
Entries, 1282 Norwegian Exhibition Medal Winner, 724
Norwich and District M.C.C., Sports held at Great Yarmouth (illus.), 747
Start of the Mile Match between H. Collins and F. C. North (illus.), 886
Nottingham, Auto Cycle Union Council Meeting at, 845, 892
Number-plates, Carbide Carriers and, Combined, 1042
— Mudguards used as, Illegal, 1041
— Some Important Points Sometimes Forgotten, 1247

Oakmoor Inter-club Hill-climb, 633, 631

OCCASIONAL COMMENTS—

Adjustable Pulleys, 629
Armature, How to see the, 90 7
Auto Cycle Union, see that title Automatic Carburation. 652
Backrests, Alternative to the, 1246
Belts, see that title
Braking both Wheels r. two Brakes on one Wheel, 796
Carriage of Snare Parts, 733
Chain Drive in Hot Countries, 810
— — Tyres for. 831
Cold Air Passes, 1274
Colonial Machines. No, 1144
— Motor Cyclist, The. 1294
— Wail, Another. 1077
Colonies, Transmission for the, 1188
Cutting Rubber Belts, 992
Cycle Trade, A Suggestion to the, 1294
Don’t Hammer the Magneto, 629
Drilled Pulley Plungers, 1019
End-to-end Trials, etc., see Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial
Exhaust Valve Spring, Change Periodically, 859
Forced Lubrication, 1144
Free-wheels, 629
Future of the High-powered Twin. 1188
— Records, 951
Gear Variation by Slipping a Clutch. 1274
Handle-bar Muffs, 1047
(illus.), 951. 1077
Keynote to Olympia, 1144
Leaning-out on Corners, 629
Lightweight. A Chance for the, 810 “ Lightweights,” 907
Long Distance Record. 1274
Lubricating Tip, A, 1129
Lubrication Developments, 1235
Luggage for Trials and Tours, 652
Magneto Position. 761,
see also magnetos
Maintenance of Power on Lightweights, 1235
Miniature Replica of Standard 31 h.p ’s, 810
Modern Two-lever Carburetters, 652
Motor Cycling Club Winter Runs, see Motor Cycling Club
for Ladies, 1047 ’’New” Route North, 831
— Year Edinburgh Run, 929
Oiling the Timing Gear. 929
Pains and Penalties, 951
Pedal-control Gear, its Weakness, 629
Personal Explanation, A. 1077
Petrol Gauge, A Neat, 1019
— r. Paraffin for Starting Injections, 969
Plug Test, A Simple. 907
Pros and Cons of the Two-stroke Engine, 679
Provincial Competitions, 859
Quarterly Trials, Testimony of the, 10 4 7
Real Enthusiasm, 885
Rich Detachable Gaiter, 1235
Scientific Testing of the Motor Bicycle, 703
Sidecar Adjustment, 796
Signposts, Up-to-date, 831
Single-geared Passenger Machines. 810
Sloping Cylinders and their Radiator
Fins, 796
Special Trials Bugbear, 679
Splendid Performance, 761
Storage of Rubber Belts, 810
Sutton Bank Climb, 929
Touring Club. Is one Wanted ? 992
Tourist Trophy Machines on the Road. 733
— — Race, see that title
Transition Stage, 907
Two-speeders Slow on Hills. Why are they ? 859
Tyre Trial, 761
Tyres for High-powered Machines, 703
Variable Compression, 733
Water-cooling, 1129
What is a Lightweight ? 885
Will the Tricycle come again ? 969

Officially-confirmed Records, 763
Offset Crankshafts, 904
Oil, Escape of, 1183
— Leakage of, past Tappets, 874
— Pump, Bad Position for, 928
— — Self-filling, 860
— — Squirt, 1266
— Timing Gear, Oiling the, 929
Old Machines, Bringing them Up-to-date, 681, 963
1910 Olympia Motor Show|Olympia Motor Show]], 865, 1025, 1086, 1185
Accessories of the, 1048-1057, 1179-1181
— Analytical Abstract of all Motor Cycles at,
Another Exhibitor at, 865
Auto Cycle Union at, 1025,1200B
Club Rooms at, 977 Secretaries’ Meeting at, 1123
— Forecast and Guide to, 1184, 1185, 1109-1122C
General View from the Gallery (illus.), 1206
Gleanings from, 1191-1198
High-powered Twins at, 1218-1220
— How to see the, 1116, 1117
Impressions of, by B. H.
Davies, 1142, (illus.) 1193
Keynote of, 1144
Motor Union Members at, 1060
Novelties at, 1202
Observations, 1141 Plan of, 840
— — — Record Number of Exhibits at, 1024, 1200B
Report of, 1148-1161, 1165-1181
Accessories, 1179-1181
— Bicycles, 1165-1176
?— ? - — Engines and Gears, 1176
— — Tyres and Clothing, 1177, 1178
— Royal Automobile Club Associates at, 1060
— — Single-cylinder Roadsters of 31 h.p. at, 1240, 1301
— “Thank you 1 ’ ’ and ‘ ‘ Please ! ’ ’ by B. H. Davies, 1106-1108
— 1,882 Miles in Six Days, by A. E. Catt, 1130-1133, 1208, 1209, 1224
Orders, Delay in Execution of, 833
Outer Cover, Carrying a Spare, 682
Outsider’s Views of Competitions, An, 1102, 1145, 1249
Overheating, 849
— Misfiring and, 919
— Retarded Spark, with, 1308
— Troubled with, 722, 772, 826
Overseas Readers of The Motor Cycle, Selection of Letters from, 1222, 1223, 1226
Ownership, Notifying Change of, 971
Oxford M.C.C. Hill-climb Abandoned, 735
— Herts County A.C. Inter-club Contest and, 690
— North-west London Team Competition, 714
— — see also Club News

Paris Show, 1200A, 1200B, 1227
— Items at, 1263
— Motor Cycles at, 1230-1234
Passenger Machines, 1134. 1250, 1275, 1298
— Belt Drive on, 696
— Change Speed Gears for, 919, 927
— Cost of Running a, 941
— -— Single-geared, 810, 906
— Tandems, 1184
— Work, Change Speed Gears for, 949
Passing on the Wrong Side, 1299
Pastime, Motor Cycling as a, 877

PATENTS—

Adjustable Backrest, 942
— Pulley, 1310
Auto-carrier, 1184
Automatic Cooling Device, 1266
Belt Fastener, 1266
Carburetter Control, 800
Castor Wheel Sidecar, 1266
Chain Belt, A, 774
Compound Valve, 774
Cylinders, Frame Construction, 850
Detachable Air Tube Joint, 942
Driving Gear, 988
Engine Attachment, 1310
Exhaust Cut-out, 1238
Handle-bar, A Motor Cycle, 1266
Hub Clutch, 1184
Knee Grip Device, 1184
Lamp Bracket, A, 774
Magneto Gear Wheels, Securing, 964
Mudshields, Detachable, 850
Oil Squirt, An, 1266
Pressed Steel Frame, 988
Quadricycle, A Modern, 964
Sidecarriage, Castor Wheel, 850
Speedometer Drive, 1310
Spring Seat-pillar, 876
Tricar Passenger Arrangement, 964
Two-speed Gear and Free-engine, 876
Variable Jet Carburetter, 1238, 1310

Peal and Dawson Billiard Matches at Olympia, 1122n
Pedal-control Gear, its Weakness, 629
Pedal Cyclist, Towing a, 825
Pedalling Gear Ratios, 1015
— in Hill-climbing Competitions, 930
Pedals. Should they be Prohibited in the Tourist Trophy Race ? 1022
Pekin to Lake Baikal per Motor Cycle, 762
Penang, Motor Cycles in, 908
Performances of a 31 h.p. and Sidecar, 82a
Petition to the Motoring Organisations, 1213, 1229
Petrol, Antipodes, Consumption Trial in the, 839
— Ashopton (Derbyshire), Supplies at, 1145
— Consumption, Excessive, 747
— Five Shillings a Gallon, 708
— Gauges, 683, 758, 1019
— Home-made Injecting Pipe (illus.), 626
—'Imports of, Enormous, 1258
— Leak, The Danger of a, 875
— Level too Low, 673
— Motors, Lectures on, 964
— Paraffin v., for Starting Injections, 969
— Proportions of Air and, 1073
— Rotary, Engine, 1076
— Steam v., 699, 700, 760, 788, 900
Pigeons or a Motor Cycle, 1226
Piston Heads, Deposits on, 1251
— Rings and Cylinder, Wear of, 647
Plea for Wired-on Tyres, 650, 651
Plugs, Aster Sparking Plug, 698
— Design of, 814, 834, 835, 861, 906, 927, 970
Influence of, on Starting, 1251 Sparking, 861
— Eisemann, Two New, 863
— Smallest made, 1238
— Test, A Simple Plug, 907
— Trouble, A Plug, 826
— Voltage at, 674
Points for Designers, 856-858
Police Activity, 630, 684
— Methods, 743
— Traps, 632, 633, 669, 709, 786, 815, 838; 839, 864, 875, 886. 887, 952, 976, 1024, 1060, 1086
Working of, 825
Policeman’s Pilgrimage, A, 633
Pontefract M.C.C., Competitors in the 200 Miles Reliability Trial (illus.), 691
see also Club News
Portsmouth Naval Officers Races at, 1190, (illus.) 1226
Potterer or Sportsman ? 1304
Power, Loss of, 647, 826, 874, 1014, 1103, 1138, 1139, 1309
— Maintenance of, on Lightweights, 1235
— Poor Compression and Greater, 860
— To Increase, 1308
— Unit, The Precision, 694
Premier, The 1911 Twin, 1028, 1029
Preston to Lancaster Road, State of, 786
Pretoria, Motor Cycling in, 798
Prince Francis of Teck, The Late, 1033
— Portrait of, 1025
Private Riders and the Auto Cycle Union, 1275
Pros and Cons of the Two-stroke Engines, 679
Provincial Competitions, 859
Public Advertising, The Abuses of, 925, 927
— Schools Field Day at Badminton (illus.), 1024, 1040
Pulleys, Adjustable, 629, 1316
— Drilled Pulley Flanges, 1019
— Locking Rings, How to Overate Adjustable, 706
— Removing Belts from, 1236
— Security for Engine Pulley, 1013
— Variable Pneumatic Pulley, A, 814
Pump Connection, Instantaneous, 1042 Puncture-proof Bands, 724
Puzzling Case, A, 1104, 1264

Quadricycle as a Passenger Machine, 1250
— Modern, A, 964
— Novel, A, 870, 871, 904
French, 908
— Sociable, A, 1097
Quarterly Trials, see Auto Cycle Union
Queensland, Motor Cycling in, 904
Queries, Sidecar Query, A, 1044
— Various Interesting, 898

Racing, Lubricating Oils for, 964
Radiator Fins, Repair for, 962
— Sloping Cylinders and their, 796
Ratio, Measuring Bore and Stroke, 696
— the Gear, 674
— Question of Gear, 1182
Reading and District M.C.C., Competitors in the Hill-climb at Lulham Hill (illus.), 644
Real Enthusiasm, 885
— Thing, The, by Owen John, 1285, 1286
Rear Lights on all Vehicles, 989
— Springing, 1100, 1250, 1298
Reboring Cylinder, 1211
Record Ride, Preparing for a, by Hugh Gibson, 829, 830
Records, American, 1099, 1162
— Arnott, H., Holder of the World’s Speed Record, 815
— Birch, F., New Push Cycle Record
(illus.), 1237
— Brooklands, Attempts at, 1030, 1090, 1162
—• — Class, at, 748
Zenith-Grudua, at, 1207
— Clark’s End-to-end Record, 762
- End-to-end Record, 684, 725, 743, 762, 784, 787, 811, 948, 951, 972, 977, 995,
1019, 1020
— Beaten, 932, 933
Lightweight, 670, 684, 758, 807, 862
Sidecar, 633, 740, 798
— Future, 951
— Hour Single-cylinder Record, 1162, 1200A
— Long Distance, 1274
— Martin, Harry, at Glasgow, by, 787
— Officially-confirmed, 763
— Olympia, Record Exhibited at, 1200B, 1204
— Road, Banned, 1227, 1229
— Tyre Record, A Satisfactory, 748
— Winter Attempts, 1025
— World’s Speed, 736
Red Warning Light, Clever Arrangement of a, 1061
Reducing Current Consumption, 799
— Noise, 746
Reflex Mirrors, Red, Necessity of, for Push Cycles, 1294
Registration, Low, 1086
— Numbers not Transferable, 673, 1041
Reliability Trials, Checking in, 631
Religion and the Motor Bicycle, 809, 845
Renewals and Repairs, 682
Repairers, Liability of, 633
Requirements, Average Tourist, 654
Retarded Spark, Overheating with, 1308
Revenue from Motor Cycles, 1004
Rex 1911 Models, 1066, 1067
Rhodesia, The Motor Cycle in, 1226
Rich Detachable Gaiter, 1235
Richmond Meet Expenses, 633
Riding Conditions in Co. Donegal, 630
— Hints, 723
—; round Corners, 653
Rims, Strong, for Colonial Machines, 1222
Road and Track, Tests on, 632
— Board, All about the New, 1025
Meeting, 1200B
Work for the, 749
— Congress, The International, 786
*— Dangers at Night, 1070, 1072, 1087, 1227, 1301
— Signs, Disfiguring, 925, 927
— Surface in the South, 641
Robinson, P. S., on his 1905 Pattern 3 h.p.
Two-speed-geared Rover (illus.), 1136
Roller Blind Mudscreen, 1251, 1299
Rolls, Hon. C. S., Death of, 684
Roman Road to Edinburgh, 782
Rotary Engines, 814
— Petrol Engine, 1076
— Valve Engine, A New, 687, 706, 757, 762
Round the Welsh Coast on an Enfield, 923
Route Book, The Motor Cycle, 763

Routes—

Banbury to Sittingbourne, 723
Canterbury to Windsor, 825 Derbyshire to Northumberland, 940
Edinburgh, An Alternative Route to, 114 G
— Banchory (N.B) from, 849
Edinburgh, to London, via Carlisle and Kendal, from, 962
Fulham to. Morecambe, 874
Leeds to North Wales, 825
London to Carmarthen, 897
— to Liverpool, avoiding large towns, 895, 896
— through Wales, 848
“ New ” Route North, 831
Yorkshire Coast, Route from the South to the, 848
— to Devonshire, 919

Rover, 34h.p. Free-engine, 1025
Rowland, Miss Maud, Lady Devotee, Another, 887
Royal Automobile Club, Duke of Teck as Chairman, 1086
— Petition to, 1213, 1229
— Engineers from Aldershot Encamped at
Rowlands Castle, Wireless Section of the (illus.), 677
Rudge-Whitworth Motor Cycles, 715, 957, 958
Rule of the Road, 943, 950, 1101
Runabouts, Another Light Runabout, 1021
— G.N. Quad, a Light Runabout on
Sporting Lines, 1295
— Spider Runabout, A, 1086
Running on one Cylinder, 1139
Russia, Motor Cycling in, 1223
— Transmission, Russian Rider’s Views of, 1277

Saddle Position, Low, 784
Sale of a Tricar, The, 1268-1270
Salt Water in Acetylene Generators, 1145, 1208
Sampson, Lyons, Death of, 684
Scavenging Device, An Automatic, 1276
Scientific Testing of the Motor Bicycle, 703
Scotland, Open Hill-climb in, 909, 953
— Touring in, 773
Scott, Experiences with a, 744, 784
Scottish Motor Spirit, 723
— Route, 799
— Team Trial, Winning Team in the
(illus.), 902
— Waverley Trophy Trial, 816
Scouts, Herts A. and A.C. Scout Day, 816
Screens on Sidecars, 861
Screws, The Square-headed Belt Fastener, 748, 861
Scriven, Jack, Serious Illness of, 709, 839
Seat-pillar, A Spring, 876, 1293
Second-hand Machine, Buying, 1138
Commencing with a, 987
— ?— Hints on Purchasing a, 874
Security Bolts Needed, 673
Semi-automatic Carburetter, 776
750 Miles on a Singer Moto-Velo, 797
Sheffield and Hallamshire M.C.C. (illus.),
645, 708, 1069 r — Winter Run to Bridlington.
1278 Short Circuits, Preventing, 1308
Show Suggestion, Exhibition of Detailed
Parts, by B. H. Davies, 1039
Sidecars, Attachments, 796 Fitting, 776
Left or Right-hand, for, 1135, 1145, 1210, 1224
— — Strain of, 826
- Babylonia, Motor Cycle and Sidecar in. 1293 ?
— Castor Wheel, 850, 1266
— Choice of, 696
— Choosing a Twin for Sidecar Work, 986
— Connection, A New, 947
— Double-seated, 924
— Driving for Ladies, 802, 803, 861
from the Sidecar Seat, 922
End-to-end Sidecar Record, 633, 709, 740, 798
— Engines, 600 c.c., and, 880
— India, for, 1184
— Law Relating to, 646
— Left or Right-hand Attachment for, 1135, 1145, 1210, 1224
— Licences for, 965, 1005, 1075, 1076, 1086, 1100, 1200B
— Lightweight, Sidecaring with a, 940
— Machine for Sidecar Work, 1139
— Method of Fitting, 940
— Motosacoche, Sidecaring with a, 864
— Passenger Work, Variable and Single
Gears for, 1184
— Performances with a 31 h.p. and Side car, 825
Sidecar, Powerful Sidecar Combination Wanted, 1104
— Query, 1044
— Screens on, 861
— Single-geared Machines and, 862, 926, 993, 1022, 1070, 1209
— 600 Miles Tour with a Sidecar, 1290, 1291
— Steam Motor Bicycle and, 1034
— Steering Difficulty, 1265
— Through London Traffic on a Sidecar, 648, 682
— 24 Hours’ Regular Running of a Side car, 838
Side-slip, 697
Signposts, Misleading, 1301
— Up-to-date, 831, 1200A
Silence, Suggestions for, 877
Silencers, 783
— Explosions in, 747
— Holes in, 697
— Result of Riding without a Silencer, 835
Test of, Suggested, 1070
Simms Magnetos in Australia, 1042
Singer 31 h.p. Model. The New, 1088
— Moto-Velo, 750 Miles on a, 797
Single and Twin-cylinder Machines, Speed of, 1138
Variable Gears, Hill-climbs, in, 926
— — — Passenger Work for, 1184
Single-cylinder Engines, Huge, 875
M.M., The, 718
of 600 c.c. Are they Wanted ? 801, 838, 863
Record, The Hour, 1162
— — Roadsters of 31 h.p. at Olympia, 1240, 1241, 1301
Single-geared Machines and Sidecars, 862, 926, 993, 1022, 1209
— Passenger Machine, 810, 906
Six Days’ Trials, see Land’s End to John-o’-Groat’s Trial
— Hundred Miles Tour with a Sidecar, 1290, 1291
Sloping Cylinders and their Radiator Fins, 796
Slow Running, Adjustments for, 674
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Donation to Middlesex Hospital, 1086
Soldering Outfit, A Neat, 997
South Devon M.C.C. Open Hill-climb, 1009
— Manchester M.C.C. Hill-climb, 845
Southport M.C.C., Members Assembled for a Hill-climb (illus.), 645
Southsea, H.M.S. Excellent Sports at, Officers’ Slow Race on the Parade (illus.), 898
Spanner, Bariman One-hand, 774
Spare Parts, Delay in Delivery of, 707
— — for a Distant Land, 799
— Tour, 875
Spark Retarded, Misfiring with, 1236
Sparking Plugs, see Plugs
Speed, Air Springs and, 1042
— Contests in the Midlands, 689
— Limits, 1258
Five-mile, at Fenny Stratford. 861
Inquiry, 816
- Ten-mile, 909
— Records, 815
- Single and Twin-cylinder Machines, of, 1138
— Table, A Useful, 748
Trials at Clipstone, 742
- Wane of, 722
Speedometers, Dial, to illuminate, 975
— Drive, 1310
- Driving Mechanism, Fitting, 674
- Jones Speedometer for 1911, 1108
Spider Runabout, 1086
Spokes, Spring Fork Attachments, 962
Sporting and Touring, 1134
Sportsman or Potterer ? 1304
Spray Carburetter, The M.M., 768
Spring Forks, Danger of Attaching, to Cycle Designed with Rigid Forks, 865
Design of, 1201-1203
Laminated Spring Fork, A, 1238
New, 800
Strength of, 748
— Frames Appreciated in New South Wales, 1223
Springing Devices, Novel Seat, a, 1293
— Rear, 1250
Square-headed Fastener Screws, 748
Squeak, A Mysterious, 941
Stand Clip, A “ Kick-operated,” 858
Stanley Motor Cycle Show, 1105, 1162
Accessories of the, 1048-1057 Forecast of, 1084, 1085
Luncheon, Speeches at, 11 22D
— — Motor Cycle Exhibits, 1124-1127
Starting, Device for Easy, 1265
— Difficult, 772, 919, 1013
— Handle, Magneto Ignition and, 826
Two-speed Gears, for, 1221
— Influence of Plug Design on, 1251
— Sluggish, 848, 849, 1139
Steam Motor Bicycle and Sidecar, 1034
- Petrol v., 699, 700, 788, 900
—•- Why not, 788, 900
Steering Design, 927, 996, 997
Stethoscope, The Motor, 748
Stolen Motor Cycles, see Motor Cycles Storage of Rubber Belts, 810
Strain of Sidecar Attachments, 826
Streatham and District M.C.C. Open Hillclimb at Limpsfield, 908, 977, 982, 1006-1009
— (illus.), 1006, 1007, 1009
see also Club News
Street Collision, 722
Stroke and Bore Ratio, Measuring, 696
Stud Tyre for Motor Cycles, A, 1234
Success of the Motor Cycle in Manoeuvres, 803
“ Surrey,” by J. C. Cox, LL.D., F.S.A., 876
Sussex, Stoney Coast Roads of, 976
Sutton Bank Hill-climb, 787, 894, 909, 910-915, 929 (illus.), 909, 911-914, 922
—. Lightweights at, 928
— Coldfield A.C. Reliability Trial, 1031
Speed Contest, 724
— — — see also Club News Switzerland, Holiday Tour in France and, 1214-1217
Sydney Club’s Reliability Trial, 1302
— (N.S.W.) Hill-climb, 736

Tandem Tricars, 696
— Passenger, 1184
— Quadricycle, 1044 Tanks, Leakage of, 897, 1014.
— Size of, 1250
Tappets, Leakage of Oil Past, 874
Tasmania, Hill-climbing in, 632
Taxation Question, 994
— Exemptions, 1074
Teck, H.S.H. the Duke of. New President of the Auto Cycle Union and Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club (illus.), 1086, 1123
— The late Prince Francis of, 1033, 1060
Portrait of, 1025
Ten-mile Speed Limits, 909
Tests on Road and Track, 632
The Motor Cycle Buyers’ Guide, 1005, 1128
— __ — Route Book, 763
— — Cyclist, a Poem, 1270
Thefts, How to Prevent, 952
Thieves’ Favourite Haul, 670
Thirteen Miles for a Penny, 633
Thoughtless Conduct, 1070
Thousand Miles Test, An Unofficial, 1087
300 Miles a Day for a Week. 1062
Three-speed Gear, A New, 1137
- Hub Gear for Lightweights, 936, 1012
Three-wheeled Motor Cycles of 1911, by B. H. Davies, 1296, 1297
Through the Army Manoeuvres, Motor Cyclist Dispatch Rider’s Adventures, 1038
Tourist Trophy Race, Snaefell Course Adopted, 1227
Entrance Fee, 1274
Future of the, 706
— Junior, The, 965, 966, 1022, 1071, 1072, 1134
Meeting of Competitors at Olympia, Outcome of the, 1200c
— Pedals. Should they be Prohibited ? 1022
— Private Riders and the, 1275
— Provisional Notes, 1086
— Regulations, 1005, 1015, 1059, 1060, 1208
Criticised, 1100
Round the Course on a Lightweight, 103"0
The 1911, 1077, 1147. 1200A, 1204, 1206, 1224, 1258
— — — New Regulations, 1005, 1059, 1060, 1129
Tourists in Holland, 1259
Tour, Care of Tools on, 783
— France, in, 772
— Germany, in, 723
— Holiday, in France and Switzerland, 1214-1217
— Normandy, in, 746
— Scotland, in, 773
— Spare Parts for a, 875
Tours and Trials, Luggage for, 652
Towing a Pedal Cyclist, 825
Towns, Naming of, 1134, 1221
— to be Avoided, 681
Track Racing at West Ham, 669
Tracks and Roads, Tests on, 632
Traders, Of Interest to, 668
Traffic, Lightweights in, 785
— Signals, 706
Trailer, Double-purpose, 812
Tramway Lines, Watering of, 1047
Transition Stage, 907
Transmission, Chain, 7 75, 776
and Belt Combined, 925
— Russian Rider’s Views of, 1277
Trial of a 3| h.p. Brown, 671, 672
Trials, Hill-climbs in, 785
— Bugbear, A Special, 679
Tricars, Demonstration of Fire Tricar, 632
— Passenger Arrangement, 964
— Sale of a Tricar,* The, 1268-1270
— Tandem, 696
— Tricar Conversion, 1045, 1046
Tricycles. Will the Tricycle come again ? 969, 1298
Triumph, 1908, No Speed in Engine, 849
— Cycle and Motor Cycle Club, Annual Dinner, 1123
— Motor Cycle Co.’s Profits for 1909, 1025
Triumphs, New, four Models for 1911, 1058, 1059
Tubes, Duplex Inner, 993, 1102, 1146
— Size of Inner, 745
— Tip for Carrying Spare, 1221
Tuning-up while Riding, by C. T. Underwood, 626, 1309
Twins, High-powered, at Olympia, 1218- 1220
Future of, 1188
— Lightweights, J.A.P., The New, 1200D
Twin, Overheating of a, 1212
— Respecting a Twin, 987
— Single-cylinder Machines and, Speed of, 1138
— Turning of a Twin, 986
Two and Four-stroke Engines, 747
Two-speed Douglas, The New, 732
— Gear, Clutch and, Advantages of a, 774
Efficient, An, 1215
Free-engine and, 876
New, 903
Plea for the, 1209, 1224 Starting Handle for, 1221
The N.S.U., 925
— Machines. Why are they Slow on Hills ? 859
Two-stroke Engine, see Engines Tyres, Belts and, 746, 783, 1020
— Danger Signal Strip, with a, 724
— Experiences, 783, 905, 949, 972
— Gaiters, 784
- High-powered Machine, 703
— Large, for Passenger Work, 723
— Low Prices, 882
— Margetts Sectional Tyre, 988
— Plea for Wired-on, 650, 651
—- Repair Outfits, 784
— Satisfactory Tyre Record, 748
— Steel-studded, 963
— Stud Tyre for Motor Cycles, A, 1234
— Successes, 800
Three-rib, 876
— Trials, 761
— Willersey Hill-climb, in the, 942

Unecar, Novel and Interesting Machine, 824
United States, see America

V-type Engine, A Strange, 930
Valves, Adjustment and Lift of, 697
— Broken, 808-9
— Crank Case Release Valve, 940
— Grinders, 1208, 1249, 127 7
— New Valve Affects the Running of an Engine, 674
— Position of, 1249
— Rotary Valve Engine, 757, 762
— Seat, Pitting of, 986

— * Slide Valve Combination, New, 1272, 1273

— Springs, Strength of, 1265 Variable Compression Device, A, 1264
— Gears, A.C.U. and, by B. H. Davies, 779, 780
— — Chain Transmission and, 833
— Experiences with an Infinitely, 968, 969
— — Single Gears and, for Passenger
Work, 1184
— — in Hill-climb, 926
Variably-geared Machines in Open Classes, , 926
Varsity Oarsman and his Motor Cycle (illus.), 646
Varying the Compression Ratio, 832
Veeder Odometer, Method of Attaching to a Motor Cycle, 850
Vibration in Engine Stiffness, 646
Vilaine, River, Beauty Spot near Rennes (illus.), 879
Voltage at the Plug, 674

Wales, Round the Welsh Coast on an Enfield, 923, 924
— Touring in, 897
Wanderer Improvements, 876
War. The Motor Cycle in. 77 7, 7 78, 902
Watches, Handle-bar, 7 48
Water-cooling, 1129
Water-splash. Negotiating a, 865
Waverley Trophy Tearii Competition, 893
Wear of Piston Rings and Cylinder, 647
Weights of Motor Cycles. Touring, 631
Welsh Coast, Round the, 970
West Ham, Track Racing at, 669
Westmoreland M.C.C., Competitors and Officials at Orton Scar on Occasion of the Hill-climb (illus.), 693
Wheels, Small, 1211
Whirlpool Carburetter Jet, 724
White, J. Francis, Religion and the Motor Bicycle, 809
Wilding, A. F., Champion Tennis Player and Motor Cyclist, 633
Ride from London to Constantinople, 1123
— — Summoned for Riding a Motor Cycle
without a Licence, 633
— — To the Near East by Motor Cycle
and Sidecar, 1242-1245
Windsor, From Canterbury to, avoiding Traffic, 825
Winter Clothing, 942
— Competitions, 943
— Reliability Trial, 1061
— Concerning the, 1282
— — — Preparations for, 1303
The Proposed, 904. 926, 931,1020
— Timed Tour, A Prolonged, 1100
— Twelve Hours’ Run, Another, 1162
Wired-on Tyres, A Plea for, 650, 651
Wireless Section of the Royal Engineers
— from Aldershot Encamped at Rowlands Castle, Havant (illus.), 677
Wolf Motor Cycles for 1910, 636
World’s Speed Records, 736 Worn Bearings, 773

Yarmouth Speed Trials, 909
Yates, Bert, An Interview with, 628
— — Portrait of, 628
Yorkshire, Auto Cycle Union Open Penalty Run in, 841, 842
— Hill-climb Fiasco, 625
— Timekeeping in the, 634
— Links between Devonshire and, 919
— Motor Cycle Competitions in, 1061

Zenith-Gradua. more Records at Brooklands, 1207

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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

1910 The Motor Cycle: Index Jul-Dec

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