Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-16
ADVANTAGES OF A MOTORCYCLE.
Soma Of The Various Us.s TO WhIeh
MOTORCYCLE can be Put.


will be apparent after read~
ing the following narration
by the Scientific American.
an authority on matters per-
tanning to such things:
THE MOTORCYCLE AND FARMER
A motorcycle is a luxury to
the city man, but TO the
farmer it is both a luxury and
a business necessity After
the chores are done he car
get on his machine, go to
town in fifteen or twenty
minutes, go to the theatre, OF
spend the evening at the club
or park, and not have to put
in three or four hours Oh the
road With the old family
plug. The mntorcycl4 needs
very little care; Is inexpensive
to operate, and is a piece G
machinery that every 1arm I
who can afford it should
have.
Leaving out the pleasure
side, the motorcycle is very
useful on the farm in making
quick trips to town. Maybe
the housewife finds thai she
is going to ran short of gro
ceries for dinner 1t is only
a matter of half an hour to
make a trip to town and get
the needed supplies, Sup
pose it is during the wheat
harvest and the work is rush>
ing, a bolt or casting Is
broken and the whole -crew
is thrown out Of work. You
can make the trip to town Oh
your motorcycle, get the
needed part and have the
machine running in less than
an hour, while if you had to
hitch up the family horse and
make the trip it probably
would take half a day. "A
motorcycle is very handy in
case of emergency. Speed in
getting the doctor or some
medicine has saved many a
life.
Every motorcycle should
be equipped with a luggage
carrier. With one of these a
load Of eight or nine hundred
pounds may be carried. One
carrier may be attached back
of the seat and another in
front Of the handlebars. In
this way a motorcycle may be
used in making butter de-
liveres in town, and taking
vegetables and other pro-
ducts to market and exchang-
ing them for groceries and
other necessities. A chair
attachment may be used on
the front Of the motorcycle
and a luggage>carrier on the
back. Two persons can ride
then, for pleasure or busi-
ness
Some parsons who own
motorcycles use them to run
the washing machine, churn,
cream separator, and other
machinery. A belt is at
tached from the rear wheels
to a fywheel on the machine.
This is using a motorcycle to
a great advantage, but ac-
cording to a motorcycle ex~
pert it should not be used for
running machinery. A motor
cycle engine is made to be
air-cooled, and this will not
be | roper!y accomplished un~
less the machine is in motion.
The engine should not be
run more than three minutes
standing still, or the piston
may begin to stick. The
guard must be removed when
betting it up, and on some
machines this requires cons
siderable time, The mac
hines must also be held
steady or it will throw off the
belt. This is usually accom-
plished by means of a rope.
If the the belt comes # it
may get mixed up with the
wheel, causing considerable
damage. A motorcycle en-
gine will not do it's best work
unless it is running at about
1000 revolutions a minute,
and this is almost too fast fo1
the average piece Of machin-
cry. Some arrangement il
needed to reduce the speed.
A counter>shaft usually is
used for this purpose.
1t is not a paying PROPOSE.
tion to use valuable motor.
cycle engine to rnn machin,