. Automotive industries . Side-car Attachments In side-car design there is very little development toreport as compared with twelve months ago. There is,however, a tendency to provide a flexible coupling be-tween the cycle frame and side-car chassis in order toprevent broken frame tubes owing to the stresses im-posed through the side-car chassis from its wheel. Thisaim is attained by Beardmore by connecting the side-car axle to the frame through the medium of a short,laterally arranged laminated spring which displaces asection of the usual steel tube; upon the axle the bodyis mounted with Cee
. Automotive industries . Side-car Attachments In side-car design there is very little development toreport as compared with twelve months ago. There is,however, a tendency to provide a flexible coupling be-tween the cycle frame and side-car chassis in order toprevent broken frame tubes owing to the stresses im-posed through the side-car chassis from its wheel. Thisaim is attained by Beardmore by connecting the side-car axle to the frame through the medium of a short,laterally arranged laminated spring which displaces asection of the usual steel tube; upon the axle the bodyis mounted with Cee springs, intervening in the usualway, the front part of the body being spring mountedon the rigidly supported chassis. Two-seated side-cars(tandem or side-by-side seats) are now rarities. Side-car taxicabs are now running in three Britishtowns, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow; thestandard side-car machine is used usually with an twin engine, but a special two-seated body is fittedwith a sedan or folding Pr-ssed steel rear stand of Beardmore machine Xo maker has yet standardized electric lighting, butpractically all of those producing machines over 3 several of those making smaller types are preparedto fit a dynamo lighting equipment at an extra electric lighting is used a combined magneto anddynamo is becoming popular, two of the most widely usedoutfits being the Lucas Magdymo, which has two arma-tures, and the M-L Maglita, which has one armaturegenerating the lighting current and a stationary ignitioncoil in the magnetic circuit. An addition has been made to the names of importantengineering firms associating themselves with motorcycleproduction. B. S. A. has for many years made completemachines; the show of 1919 saw the introduction of theBeardmore 3%, two-stroke machine with a numberof novel and commendable features, such as the use ofpressed steel for a fuel tank forming the top member ofthe frame, unit power plant and laminated s
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