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Motor cycles and overland feats dominate the year 1912
The article surveys American motorcycle makers pushing 4 hp singles and 7 hp twins at low prices, predicts high outputs in 1912, and notes American wins in the Vanderbilt Cup. It also chronicles travel and racing elsewhere, including the Gippsland trip, Traralgon and Bairnsdale locales, and Francis Birtles’s arduous West to East Australian ride with record times and punctures, highlighting endurance and motorist progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pri Firme
United States
England
R. Malford
Drig & Losier
Shang
Greny
HeyBald
Federaies
Patoe
Ney Uti
Haap
Gippsland
Barriedale
Lee Vets
Alee
Opper
Palen
Sale
Bairnsdale
R. DV
Palmer
Mercedes
Faus
Erson
Bullock's Island
Mitchell
Norton's Club
Traralgon
Cunninghame
Hoyfeld House
Carsais
Tceal
Rene Naling
Sever
Maggie
Carstairs
Partics
Tod
D. B. Brown
Hearne
Benz
de Palma
Mercdes
Brown
Francis Birtles
Melbourne
Australia
W.A
Birtles
the Wilde
Port Augusta
Adelaide
City of Churches
Wellington
Coorong
Wedneway
Australis
Timmy