The Motor Cycle Magazine 1903

First issue 1903 March 31st

No. I. Vol. I.

• To the Readers of No. I Motor Cycle Monstrosities (illustrated)
• A Word for the Tricycle. A Mud Sp ash
• Carburetters, Surface and Spray (illustrated)
• Sparklets
• Repairing Tyres Carburetter Reliability
• Carry a Half-round File Weights & Measures
• How to Repair a Burst Tyre A Word for Dry Batteries Sand or Earth Testing the Accumulator A New Plug The Density of Petrol - Testing Platinum - Join a Club - The Throttle Valve for Economy - The Irish Automobile Fortnight - Exhaust Spring Washer - A Tip for Handle Switches .. .. 8, 9,10, II, 12
• The Position of the Motor Cycle
• Motor Cycles as a Class
• Easy Control
• The Captain of the Motor Cycling Club (illustration)
• My First Motor Bicycle Ride
• The First Run of the M.C.C. (illustrations)
• Barden v. Fournier (illustration)
• The Agricultural Hall Exhibition
• Questions and Replies
• The Bichrone Bicycle Motor (illustrated) .
• New Patents (illustrated)

No. 2. Vol. 1. April 8th 1903

• Leaderettes: Military Motor Cycling - The Handiness of the Motor Cycle - The Question of Silence - Public Opinion .. .. 21, 22,
• Mrs. Hulbert on her Motor Cycle (illustration)
• The New De Dion Racing Motor Bicycle (illustrated)
• Carburetters: Surface and Spray (illustrated)
• Notes from France
• The New Simms Bicycle Motor (illustrated)
• After Thirteen Attempts
• The Prophet of 1881
• New Bowden Motor Cycle, 8th April 1903
• The Light Motor Cycle (illustrated)
• A Lady Back Tandem (illustration)
• A Bradbury Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• A Rough Sketch of a New Motor Tandem Tricycle
• 6,000 Miles on a Motor Bicycle
• A Veteran Motor Cyclist (illustration)
• Letters to the Editor: Congratulations —Never ride on the Rim—Club Runs 36
• Questions and Replies: Belt Slipping—Intermittent Firing—Belt Pulley out of Truth -Accumulator Run Down —Primary Battery for Charging Accumulators—Do Spark Intensifiers Damage Coils ? 37, 38
• New Patents (illustrated) 39

No. 3. Vol. I.

• Leaderettes: A Warning Note—The Density of Petrol—Policemen on Motor Bicycles—Standardising Control Smoothness of Action
• A Glasgow to London Non-stop Trial
• ” Don’t! ” by Archie Barr
• An Interesting Motor Bicycle (illustrated)
• Riding Hints, by C. W. Brown
• Some Notes on Accumulators
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• The Automobile Club’s Forthcoming Races—
• “ The Motor Cycle ’’ Cups '
• The Coming of the Motor Bicycle
• Carburetters: Surface and Spray (illustrated)
• Useful and Practical
• A Good Combination
• A Worm-driven Motor Cycle
• A Good Tip
• Questions and Replies: Insulated Primary Circuit (illustrated) Faulty Valve Setting —Principles of Induction Coil (illustrated)
• Letters to the Editor
• A Suggested Design, by The Schemer (illustrated)
• Some 1903 Models (illustrations)
• New Patents (illustrated)

No. 4. Vol. I.

• Leaderettes -. Forecarriages--First Rides— The Pedestrian’s View—The Auto-Cycle Club
• The Easter Exodus (illustrations)
• The Novice at Large
• Riding Hints, by C. W. Brown
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• Past Defects and Present Requirements of Motor Cycles
• Back Firing
• Spark Timing
• Another Place for the Motor (illustrated)
• Dogs I have Encountered
• The Course for the Gordon-Bennett Motor Cycle Races (illustrations)
• Catalytic Ignition
• Some Tips for Travellers
• The Gordon-Bennett Fortnight
• Questions and Replies ; Knocking Noise - Motor Magneto and Piston Troubles - Too Highly Geared - Accumulators Short Circuited
• Some 1903 Models (illustrations)
• Letters to the Editor
• New Patents (illustrated)

No. 5.

• Leaderettes: False Economy -Cheap Transit The Carriage of Motor Cycles —Nomenclature—Against Capes
• The Peugeot 2 h.p. Motor Bicycle (illustrated) Dry Cells when Stranded
• Is Paraffin Possible ? by P. Warren Noble
• Riding Hints, by C. W. Brown Sparklets (illustrated)
• Silencers for Motor Bicycles, by A. C. Davidson, A.M.I.C.E
• A Monster Motor Bicycle (illustrated)
• Mysterious Failure of Accumulator
• Running a Motor Bicycle on a Mixture Petrol, Picric Acid, and Paraffin
• The Star-Griffon Motor Bicycle, April 29th 1903
• An Easter Jaunt (illustrated)
• Notes from France : Water-cooled Engines—Power of Engines—Some High Speeds
• Birmingham Motor Cycle Club (illustrated)
• The Use of the Four-volt Lamp Intensity of Spark in Relation to Power
• Motor Cycle Timekeeping
• Racing Monstrosities (illustrated),
• Questions and Replies : Running Badly - Driving Methods -A Battery Failure - Converting from Belt to Chain Drive
• Letters to the Editor: The Handicapping and Classification of Motor Cycles—A Good Run—Low Power without Pedalling — Pedicycle and Mobicycle -Another Place for the Motor Forecarriages
• Recent Patents—(illustrated)

No 6. May 6th 1903.

• Leaderettes: Proposed Legislation -Adjustment —Motor Cycling for Ladies —The Petrol . ^'Question
• "Easter Experiences,” by Hugo Wortham ^(illustrated)
• Motor Cycle v. Motor Car. A Collision
• A Higher Effort, by The Schemer (illustrated)
• The Motor Cycling Club Run (illustration) Sparklets (illustrated)
• Al Fresco Meals, by A. J. Wilson
• J. W. Stocks at Clipstone (illustration)
• A Motor Cycle Group at Clipstone (illustration)
• Motor Cyclists at the Gordon-Bennett Eliminating Tests (illustrated)
• A Novel Motor Bicycle (illustrated) The Development of the Motor Cycle The Doom of the Tandem
• Riding Hints, by C. W. Brown -.122-124
• Dr. E. J. Power on a 4½ h.p. Hamilton Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• The Automobile Club
• The Motor Cycle Reliability Trials
• Mr. H. Martin Breaking the World’s Motor Bicycle Record (illustration)
• Letters to the Editor
• The Motor Cycling Club
• Motor Cycles at the Brighton Walk (illustration)
• Questions and Replies : Charging Accumulators from Alternating Currents -Troubles with a Wick Carburetter—Deficient Sparking —Increasing Power of Motor
• New Patents: A Horizontal Motor (illustrated)
• Opening Run of the Edinburgh Motor Cycling Club

No. 7- Vol. I. May 13, 1903

• Leaderettes: The Motor Cycle Reliability Trials —Suggestions for Making the Trials Complete Classification in the Reliability Trials— Motor Cycle Volunteers—In Spite of the Time Table
• Harry Martin at Canning Town (illustration)
• Week Ends on Wheels. By A. J. Wilson
• Five Rex Motor Cycles ascending Stoneleigh Hill (illustration)
• 6,000 Miles on a Motor Bicycle
• The Auto Cycle Club Committee
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• "Wake up, Ladies! ” By Mrs. Edward Kennard Lady Motor Cyclist (illustration)
• Glasgow to London Non-stop Trial (illustrated) The Development of the Motor Cycle Purchasing a Second-hand Motor
• Administering a warming up to Motor Bicycles at Canning Town (illustration) ? • >43
• Riding Hints. By C. W. Brown - • 144-145
• Mr. A. Yates on the Humber Motor Cycle (illustration) (Bert Yates)
• Latest Type Ariel Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• Motor Cycles ascending Stoneleigh Hill
• Work for the Auto Cycle Club
• The Conversion Mania The Ardennes Circuit
• Questions and Replies Loss of Compression Explosions in Silencer—Various Fitting Motor to Ordinary Bicycle- Quadricycle Troubles
• The Troubles of the Motor Cycle Maker
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents (illustrated)

No 8. May 27, 1903

• Leaderettes: The Handicapping Question - The Motor Cycle Reliability Trials — Heavy Petrol- -680 Spirit Again
• To view the Paris-Madrid Race
• The Question of Leggings
• Crawfordsburn Hill (illustration) Section and Plan of Stoneleigh Hill
• A Group of Testers at the foot of Stoneleigh Hill (illustrated)
• Riding Hints (illustrated)
• Some Carburetter Wrinkles
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• A Simple Change Speed Gear for Motor Cycles (illustrated)
• The Irish Fortnight. By A. J. Wilson
• Weller Motor Bicycle (illustrated)
• Motor Bicycles and Forecarriages
• Wake up, Ladies! By Mrs. Edward Kennard
• The Paris - Madrid Rex Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• First Experiences of an Avant Train (illustrated) The Paris-Madrid Race
• Letters to the Editor: Low Power without Pedalling -Picric Acid and Surface Carburetters The Motor Cycle Reliability Trials
• The Glasgow to London Non-stop Trial (illustrated)
• The Sheffield Hill Climb
• The Motor Cycle Reliability Trials
• The Irish Hill Climb
• The Belgium Reliability Trials
• Recent Patents (illustrated)
• Excessive Horse Power

No. 9. May 27th 1903

• Leaderettes: Camping Motor Cycle Reliability Trials Necessary Accessories
• The Quadrant Motor Cycle and Mr. Thos. Silver (illustration
• Sealing Cracks in Water-cooled Heads
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• Wake up. Ladies! By Mrs. E. Kennard
• The Novice at Large
• The Bristol Post Office Sports: A Regrettable Accident (illustrated)
• Motor Racing at the Workington A.C. Sports
• The Paris Madrid Race: The Start of the
• Motor Cycles—The First Day’s Racing- Map of Route 1 illustrated 1
• Motor Cycle Reliability Trials Committee Meeting '
• Induction Valve Spring Keys - 187.
• The Triumph Motor Bicycle and Mr. L. B. Tucker (illustration) 187
• The Motor Cycle. Has it come to stay ? 188-190
• An Excellent Rough Weather Outfit
• Position is Everything
• Current Chat
• Letters to the Editor
• The 200 Miles Motor Cycling Club for the S. F. Edge Trophy
• The Auto Cycle Club Committee
• Glasgow to London Non-stop Trial
• Questions and Replies
• Patents

No. 10. June 3, 1903

• Leaderettes: Legislation—Racing Tracks— Motor Cycles in Traffic
• The Automobile Club’s Revised Bill
• A Monstrous Racing Quadricycle
• Motor Cycle Pacers (illustration)
• Motor Speed Trials in Ireland
• Wake up. Ladies! By Mrs. E. Kennard
• Sparklets (illustrated) 202-203,
• Another Test Hill (illustrated)
• Riding Hints. By Mr. C. W. Brown
• Werner Motor Cycle Factory (illustration).
• The Johnson Two-speed Hub
• Petrol Supply in Ireland
• Electric Ignition for Motor Cycles (illustrated)
• The Motor Cycle Reliability Trials
• Paris-Madrid Race (Snapshots of Competitors)
• The Care of Motor Cycle Belts
• At the Start of the Paris-Madrid Race
• The Longuemare Carburetter (illustrated)
• Current Chat
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Mr. E. Arnott Interviewed
• The Story of the Motor Cycle Race (Paris- Madrid)

No. 11. June 10, 1903

• Leaderettes: Motor Cycles for Elderly Riders — Lessons from Racing — Paris-Madrid Race 223-224
• Snap Shots on the Road at Whitsuntide (illustrations^ 225
• Sparklets (illustrated) 226-227, 236-239
• Motor Cycle Headgear 226-227
• A Run on a Borrowed M'Bike 228-230
• Current Chat 231
• Week-ends on Wheels. No. 2- Whitsuntide Woes. By A. J. Wilson, (illustrated) 232-234
• Clothing. By Douglas Leechman M.C.E.I. (illustrated)
• Practical Motor Cycling. By T. H. Hawley
• Acetylene Gas for Bicycle Motors
• Useful and Practical
• Letters to the Editor
• The Jehu Clutch
• An Effective Silencer (illustrated)
• A Detachable Sociable (illustrated) Questions and Replies
• Recent Patents

No. 12. Vol. I.

• Leaderettes: Unnatural Conditions A Wise Proposition - Air Cooling versus Water Cooling 247-249
• A Singer Tri-voiturette (illustration) 249
• An Appreciation 249
• Sparklets 250-251,260-263
• How I Started My Motoring 250-251
• Weighing Motor Bicycles for the Paris-Madrid Race 251
• Electric Ignition for Motor Cycles (illustrated* 252-254
• Our First Breakdown 254-255
• Motor Cycle Touring (illustrated) 256-258
• Climbing Hills with a Trailer Riding Hints. By C. W. Brown
• Belt Troubles and their Cure. by Harry Parsons
• Taking Motor Cycles into France Current Chat
• Letters to the Editor
• Auto Cycle Club Committee
• The 200 Miles Reliability Trial
• Questions and Replies
• New Patents

No. 13. Vol. I. June 24, 1903

• Concerning Laws - 271-272
• Albert Champion (illustration) 272
• Parbold Hill (illustration) 273
• The 1,000 Miles Motor Cycle Reliability Trial 274-275
• Stag's Hill, looking down.(illustrations) 274-275
• Sparklets 276-277. 234-287
• A Petrol Famine 276-277
• Current Chat . 278
• The Empire City Track (illustration) 279
• The Two Sides of Trailering 280-282
• The Graham Motor Sociable (illustrations) 280-281
• Some Electric Ignition Items -. 284-286
• A Friendly Dust Up (illustration) 286
• The Transport of Motor Cycles to Ireland 287
• Notes from France - - 288
• Four New Designs for Motor Cycles (illustrated) 289
• Questions and Replies 290
• Letters to the Editor 291-292
• Motor Pacing 292
• Recent Patents 293

No. 14- Vol. I. July 8th 1903

• Leaderettes: Motor Cycling for Children— Be Considerate—Incompetent Authorities 295-296
• Mr. T. Silver and his Quadrant (illustration)
• From John-o’-Groat’s to Land’s End on a Motor Bicycle in 64h. 29m. (illustrated)
• Sparklets
• Motor Cycling in Lancashire The Song of the Trailer
• The Ardennes Motor Cycle Race (specially illustrated) 300-302
• The Two Hundred Miles Reliability Trial (specially illustrated) 303-306
• Current Chat 307
• Motor Cycle Touring Some Hints for Tourists in Ireland (illustrated)
• Motor Bicycles for Ladies
• Lubricating and Air Cooling for Small Motors. By E. H. Arnott
• The Castlewellan Speed Course (illustrated
• Notes from France
• Letters to the Editor
• A Useful Pressure Gauge
• Questions and Replies
• Recent Patents
• A Useful Motor Cycle Alarm

• No. 15. Vol. I.



• Leaderettes -. Motor Cycle Pacing—The Same Subject—A Reliable Tyre Wanted - - 319-320
• The Latest Type of Sociable Attachment (illustration)
• The Liverpool Motor Cycle Club (illustration)
• The Latest 2} h.p. Ormonde Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• Sparklets 322-323, 336-339
• Forecarriages. By G. H. Smith 322-323
• A Tandem Motor Tricycle Suggested Design (illustrated)
• On taking a Motor Cycle into France
• Riding Hints
• Current Chat
• Catford Hill Climb (illustrated)
• Gordon-Bennett Course (illustrated)
• Motor Cycle Speed Trials (illustrated)
• Recent Designs in Motor Cycles
• Useful and Practical
• Motor Cycle Touring
• The Monument, Phoenix Park (illustration)
• A Police Trap (humorous illustrations)
• Roadside Inns
• Pilette on a De Dion Tricycle (illus.)
• The Lord Lieutenant's Police Escort (illus.)
• The Wheatley Cup (illustration)
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents

No. 16. Vol. I.

• Leaderettes: The Motor Bill — The Trailer Question - The 1,000 Miles Reliability Trials — The Club’s Rejoinder — Practical Confirmation . 347’348
• Motor Cycle Speed Trials, Dublin (full page illustration)
• Sparklets
• Forccarriages. By G. H. Smith
• Reimers and Another (illustration)
• Current Chat
• A Water-cooled Motor Bicycle (illustrated)
• 6,000 Miles on a Motor Bicycle
• Rigal, one of the Competitors in the Recent Match, Fournier.Rigal. at Paris 354
• Racing in County Down (illustrated) 355-356
• Fallowfield Races, Manchester (specially illustrated) 357
• “ The Lord of the Highway.” By Archie Barr 358-359
• Coming through Dunstable in the 200 Miles Reliability Trial (illustration) 359
• Motor Cycle Touring (illustrated) 360-363
• Motor Cycles and Army Signalling (illustrated) 364-366
• Letters to the Editor 367
• Questions and Replies 368
• Recent Patents 369

No. 17- Vol. I.

• Leaderette: The 1.000 Miles Reliability Trials- The Question of Pedalling A Fresh Regulation- Motor Cycle Track Racing— The Exclusion of the Monster 371-372
• A. C Wright and B. Yates at Castlewellan (illustration)
• Dunstable Chalk Cutting illustration)
• Current Chat
• A Relic of the Past
• The Jesmond Motor Bicycle 'illustration
• The Motor Cycle Speed Course
• The Starley Motor Bicycle
• The Noble Motor Bicycle
• Canning Town Races (illustrated*
• Two Days’ Imprisonment in a Paris Gaol (illustrated)
• A Motor Cycle Tour in Belgium
• Sparklets
• Practical Motor Cycling
• Letters to the Editor
• Questions and Replies
• Recent Patents

No. 18. Vol. I.

• Leaderettes: Holiday Time The Motor Bill The 1,000 Miles Reliability Trial
• Crundall on the Humber (Full page Illustration)
• Current Chat
• The Relative Dimensions of Cylinders. Jules Gobiet
• Sauvenicre on the Clement Racer (Illustration)
• Mr. Sleigh on his Humber Tricycle (Illustration)
• The 200 Miles Reliability Trial (illustrated), second round
• Practical Motor Cycling Useful and Practical (Illustrated) Notes from France
• Through the Ardennes (illustrated)
• A Run on the New Imperial Rover
• Sauvenicre at Full Speed (illustration)
• A New Three-speed Hub (Illustrated)
• Letters to the Editor
• Questions and Replies
• Recent Patents

No. 19. Vol. I. August 5, 1903.

• Leaderettes: The 1,000 Miles Reliability Trials. Police Persecution. Two Things Wanted 4'9-420
• Members of the Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Automobile Club, Two Photographs (Full page illustration)
• Current Chat 422-423
• 200 Miles in a Day. By B. H. Davies (illustrated) 424-426
• Notes from France 427
• Military Motor Cyclists 427
• Through Normandy on a Motor Cycle 428-429
• Map of the 1,000 Miles Reliability Trials Routes (Full page illustration)
• An Excellent Spring Frame (illustrated)
• The 1,000 Miles Reliability Trials
• Practical Motor Cycling
• The Noble Motor Bicycle
• Sparklets
• Tricks of the Trade
• Riding Hints. By C. W. Brown Letters to the Editor Questions and Replies Recent Patents

No. 20. Vol. 1.

• Leaderettes : Classification by Cylinder Capacity. Governing Motor Cycle Trials. The Motor Bill. A Royal Commission 443-444
• Full Page Illustration — Mr. Tessier the “Bat”
• Current Chat
• A Week-end Trip (illustrated)
• Riding Hints
• Maps of the 1,000 Miles Trial
• Elementary Principles of Ignition
• Racing at Canning Town (illustration)
• A Run on a “Peerless" (illustrated)
• Practical Motor Cycling (illustrated)
• Messrs. Young and Watkins starting in 200 Miles Trial (illustration)
• Why the Motor Bicycle would not go Sparklets (illustrated)
• Useful and Practical
• 6,000 Miles on a Motor Bicycle Letters to the Editor
• Queries and Replies
• Recent Patents

No. 21. Vol. 1. August 19, 1903.

• Leaderettes: Hill-climbing in the Trials. The Pleasures of Pedestrianism. The Motor Bill . 467-468
• The Empire City Trotting Track, Yonkers,
• N.Y. (illustration, 468
• Current Chat 469-470
• A Pioneer Tour (illustrated >, by R. T. Lang 471.473
• Dickinson’s Patent Filler (illustration)
• Durtel at the Cote de Laffrey (illustration)
• The 1,000 Miles Motor Cycle Trial.
• Fully reported and profusely illustrated 474-479
• Notes from France (the Laffrey Hill climb)
• Mr. Newman on the 2f h.p. Chase motor.
• Starting a Group of Competitors from the Crystal Palace (full page illustration)
• Loss of Power in Motor Cycle Engines
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• Questions and Replies
• Novelties on Their Trial
• An Irish Reliability Run Letters to the Editor
• Practical Motor Cycling (continued)
• Recent Patents

No. 22. Vol. I. August 26, 1903.

• Leaderettes: The Road Trials. Efficiency and Organisation. A Retrograde Step
• THE AGE LIMIT.
• THE CUP RACES AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE
• List of Entrants in the 1,000 Miles Trial
• Motor Cycling permitted by Law at Fourteen
• THE 1,000 MILES RELIABILITY TRIAL. (The second week.) Specially Illustrated 493-499
• THE SPEED CONTEST 500-501
• Current Chat 504-505
• High Speed v. Large Cylinders—by “Rotator” 506-507
• Sparklets 506-507
• The System of Marking in the 1,000 Miles Reliability Trial
• THE S. F. EDGE 200 MILES RELIABILITY TRIALS Reliability Trials in France
• Letters to the Editor
• Questions and Replies
• Recent Patents

No. 23. Vol. I. September 2, 1903.

• Leaders: THE FORTHCOMING MOTOR CYCLE TRIALS IN PARIS
• The Motor Cyclist and the New Act
• Mr. E. H. Arnott on his 3.25 h.p. Werner (illustration) 517
• Current Chat .
• Some Less Known Machines in the Trials
• Mr. H. Rignold with his 2.75 h.p. Riley Motor Bicycle (illustration) 520
• THE THIRD ROUND OF THE S. F. EDGE CUP (profusely illustrated; 521-522, 527-528
• Notes from France
• 25 OF THE 28 SURVIVING COMPETITORS IN THE 1,000 MILES TRIALS, with key map. Riding Hints. By C. W. Brown
• Canning Town Races (illustrated)
• Snapshots in the 1,000 Miles (illustration)
• Experiences of the 1,000 Miles Trial
• Sparklets
• Through Normandy on a Motor Bicycle. II. 532-533
• THE JUDGES' AWARDS IN THE TRIALS 534
• Letters to the Editor
• Questions and Replies

No. 24. Vol. 1. September 9th 1903

• Leaders: THE JUDGES’ AWARDS. UNION S STRENGTH. A New War Instrument 539-540
• The A.C.G.B. and I. 1,000 Miles Trial 541Speed Trials at Southport 541
• ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF IGNITION 542-544
• A Middle-aged Motor Cyclist (illustrated) 544
• HIGH SPEED v. LARGE CYLINDERS. By Jules Gobiet 545-546
• Tricycling Pleasures by Cyclo Motor - - 547
• Current Chat (illustrated) . - •548-549
• MY FIRST CENTURY. By R. T. Lang - - 550-551
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• A REALLY GOOD MOTOR CYCLE FOR LADIES. By Mrs. E. Kennard 552-553
• FLAT BELTS. By Ernest H. Arnott 554
• Notes from France 555 A
• Plea for the Motor Cycle Rider 556
• A New Side Carriage (illustrated) 556
• An Enthusiastic Motor Cyclist 557
• Letters to the Editor 558
• Questions and Replies 559-560
• Recent Patents (illustrated) 561

No. 25. Vol. I. September 16, 1903.

• Leaders: THE MIXING OF CYCLES AND CARS. The Inequality of the Test. Free Insurance. The New Act
• The Kerry Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• Notes from France
• Current Chat
• A. C. Wright on the Ormonde
• THE 100 MILES NON-STOP RUN (illustrated) 571-574
• A Veteran Motor Cyclist Riding Hints
• THE 50 MILES NON-STOP RUN
• The Irish Reliability Trial
• Motor Cyclists and the New Act. By John A. Williamson, Solicitor
• A Run on a Quad
• The Freemasonry of the Motor Cycle
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• Practical Motor Cycling (illustrated)
• The Automobile Club 1,000 miles Trial
• Letters to the Editor
• Questions and Replies
• Recent Patents

No. 26. Vol. 1. September 23, 1903.

• Leaders -. Lack of Enterprise. False Economy.
• The Control of Motor Cycles 587-588
• Riding Hints. By C. W. Brown 589
• From Buckhurst Hill to Barnstaple (illustrated) 590-591
• Current Chat (illustrated) 592-593
• The Crownfield Lady’s Motor Bicycle
• The Latest Peugeot Motor Bicycle (illustrated)
• THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB 1.000 MILES TRIAL, CLASS Al (illustrated) 595-596
• THE FRENCH TRIAL BY CUBIC CAPACITY * illustrated
• Notes from France (illustrated)
• Practical Motor Cycling
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• Sparking Contacts
• Chain Belts
• A Water-cooled Tandem (illustrated
• Military Motor Cycling (illustrated)
• A Useful Table
• HIGH-SPEED v. LARGE CYLINDERS
• Letters to the Editor .
• Questions and Replies
• Recent Patents

No. 27. Vol. I. September 30, 1903.

• Leaderettes: Lamps A Striking Contrast Motor Cyclists and the New Act
• Elementary Principles of Ignition (illus.
• A Tankless Motor Bicycle (illustrated >
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• Motor Cyclists and the New Act
• THE 1,000 MILES Trial. Class A1
• THE 200 MILES NON-STOP RUN - FOURTH ROUND (illustrated) * 620-621
• Notes from France 623-624
• French Trials: The Winner and Others. Some of the Competing Machines (full page illustrations) 625,630
• Motor Cycle Touring 626-627
• Sparklets (illustrated) 626-627
• The Motor Cycle Corps at the Army Manoeuvres (illustrated) 628-629
• Letters to the Editor 631
• Questions and Replies 632
• (Recent Patents - - 633

No. 28. Vol. I. October 7th, 1903.

• Leaderettes: The Non-stop Trials. Racing Standards. Fatigue 635-636
• Notes from France 637
• Current Chat (illustrated) 638-639
• A BUSINESS TOUR ON A MOTOR CYCLE illustrated) . .640-642
• Late News—The Century Tandem at Bexhill illustration' 643
• THE SOUTHPORT SPEED TRIALS specially
• A Neat Conversion (illustration). The Attempt to Strangle the Quad 647
• How I Improved my Motor Cycle 648-649
• Sparklets (illustrated) 648-649
• Building a Motor Cycle. By an Amateur (illustrated) 650-651
• Some Recollections of the Manoeuvres (illustrated) - - - - - 652-653
• Questions and Replies 654
• Letters to the Editor 655-650
• Recent Patents 657

No. 29. Vol. I. October 14th, 1903.

• Leaderettes« THE QUESTION OF STANDARD DIMENSIONS. Further Arguments
• against the Large Engine—The New Act 659-660
• A General View of the Southport Speed Course (illustration)
• Riding Hints. By C. W. Brown
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• SOUTHPORT SPEED TRIALS (full page
• Motor Cycle Touring by E. H. Arnott
• The Elementary Principles of Ignition
• The Cost of Motor Cycling 670-671
• Mr. J. H. Rowse’s Pillion Seat (illustrations) 671
• Sparklets (illustrated) 672-673
• The Control of Motor Cycles 672-673
• The Chateau-Thierry Hill Climb (illustrations' 672-673
• Notes from France (illustrated) 674-675
• The New Michelin Motor Bicycle Tyre
• The Southport Speed Trials (illustration)
• A Clever Conversion (illustrated)
• Questions and Replies Letters to the Editor
• 1904 Minerva Motors
• Recent Patents

No. 30. Vol. I. October 21st, 1903.

• Leaderettes 1 The French Motor Cycle Trials. The Transmission Question. Sunday Competitions .
• At the Winchester Run (illustration)
• Current Chat (Illustrated)
• AN AUTUMN TOUR (Illustrated)
• MOTOR CYCLE LEGISLATION
• An Interesting Amateur Design (illustration!
• The Watawata Belt. J. Edge climbing Havelock Hill (illustrations!
• Hints and Tips. The Motor Volunteer Corps The 1904 Minerva
• The Motor Cycling Club Final Contest
• The Birmingham Motor Cycle Club Climb at Rednal (illustrated)
• The Elementary Principles of Ignition (continued)
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• Passenger Motor Cycle Attachments
• Some Impressions of a Recent Visit to Paris
• Auto Cycle Club News
• An Awkward Predicament 698-699
• Snapped in the Act of Mounting (illustration) 699
• High Speed v. Large Cylinders -.703-701
• The Pitcher and Bartlett Motor Tandem (illus )
• A Two-speed Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents
• A New Motor Cycle Oil Lamp
• Lycett’s Stand and Carrier

No. 31.

• Leaderettes: A Neglected Type. A Common Objection. The Storage Difficulty
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• An Autumn Tour (illustrated)
• The Kyma Sociable
• Auto Cycle Club Committee Meeting
• The Quandary of the Quad
• The Racing at Dourdan Late News
• An End to End Ride on an Ariel
• The Advantages of High Power
• 1904 Clement-Garrards
• Riding Hints
• A Happy Land
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• Preparing for a Run Dr. Brown and Mr. Oliver Stanton (illustration) Handle-bar Control for Motor Bicycles (illustrated
• The Sidecarriage
• A Police Trap (illustration)
• The New Miller Cetolite
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents
• The New Minerva-Longuemare Carburetter

No. 32. Vol I. November 4th, 1903.

• Leaderettes -. The Federation of Motor Cyclists. Motor Cycle Organisations
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• Ascending Rose Hill, Rednall (illustration)
• Mr. Harry Tate on a Chase illustration)
• The 1904 Triumph Motor Bicycle.
• The Motor Cycling Club
• “THE MOTOR CYCLE” READERS’ COMPETITION-:
• The Elementary Principles of Ignition (illustrated)
• The Demon Scorcher
• THE 200 MILES RELIABILITY TRIAL FINAL RUN (illustrated)"
• The Phoenix Two-speed Gear (illustrated) 745
• The Centaur Motor Bicycle 746
• Chain versus Belt 747
• An Interesting Amateur Design (illustration) 747
• Sparklets 748-749
• Experiences with the Samson Band 748
• Canvas Belts on Motor Cycles 749
• Winter Run of the Motor Cycling Club 734-749
• FROM BOULOGNE TO THE PYRENEES (illustrated)
• Mr. S. Wright with his Excelsior (illustration)
• An Early Pattern (illustrated)
• An Excellent Machine Aeolus Gear driven Motor Bicycle (illustrated)
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents
• Minerva Improvements (illustrated)

No. 33. Vol I. November 11th, 1903.

• Leaderettes« Motor Cycles and the Weight Limit- The Numbering of Motor Cycles A Group at Golden Gates, between Hockliffe and Woburn (lllustration)
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• A Light Four-wheeled Motor Cycle (illus.)
• Carburetter Adjustments
• Tips (illustrated)
• The Moto Cardan Gear (illustrated)
• A Lady's Motor Bicycle
• A Handy Little Two-seater (illustrated)
• Motor Cyclists and their Engines Late News- Show Rex’s
• RACING AT DOURDAN
• FUN WITH A SECOND HAND QUAD ..
• Starting a Motor Bicycle
• Sparklets (illustrated)..
• The Motor Bicycle in City Traffic
• The Ormonde Chain Belt illustrated)
• A Useful Paraffin Valve (illustrated)
• The Irish Local Government Board Regulations
• M.O.V. versus Automatic Inlet Valves
• A Novel Sidecarriage Attachment
• Werner Motors Ltd., v. A. W. Gamage Ltd. ..
• “The Motor Cycle" Readers’ Competition
• Notes from France
• The Schmidt Gas Lamp (illustration)
• Questions and Replies
• The Clarendon Motor Bicycle (illustration) ..
• Letters to the Editor..
• Recent Patents

No. 34. Vol. I. November 18th 1903,

• Leaderettes: The Future of the Motor Cycle. The Shows
• Gaillon Hill Climb (illustrations)
• A GUIDE TO THE SHOWS. Describing some of the most interesting exhibits (illustrated)
• A Non exhibitor’s Specialities (illustrated)
• THE FRENCH 1,000 KILOMETRES TRIALS (illustrated)
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• The Xl-All Two-cylinder Motor Bicycle (illus.)
• Just off, an incident in the 200 Miles Trial (illustration)
• The Finishing Point on Gaillon Hill < illus.)
• The Reliability of the Motor Bicycle (Milligan with his 2.5 h.p. Bradbury- (illustration
• HILL CLIMBING AT GAILLON
• The Control of Motor Cycles Sparklets (illustrated)
• Press Representatives preparing to follow up the 200 Miles Trial (illustration)
• Discussing the Merits of a New Machine (illus.)
• Fun with a Second-hand Quad (continued)
• The Micrometer Clutch (illustrated)
• Another New Chain Belt (illustrated)
• From Scotland to Scandinavia (illustrated)
• Lycetts’ New Tool Case (illustration)
• Questions and Replies
• The Limitation of Cylinder Capacity
• How the S. F. Edge Cup was won
• Letters to the Editor
• “The Motor Cycle" Lamp Design Numbers ? illustrated
• Recent Patents

No. 35. Vol. I. November 25th

The Motor Cycle Magazine November 25th 1903, Contents

• Leaderette: The Size of the Numbers; etc. in? Motor Cycle” Suggestion Accepted .. .. .. . .
• THE STANLEY SHOW: Motor Cycles and their-Accessories (fully illustrated)
• THE NATIONAL SHOW: A Description the Motor Cycle (fully illustrated)
• Current Chat (illustrated) ..
• A Halt for Lunch at the Red Lion, Hatfield (illustration)
• Carburisation..
• The Neofold Tricycle (illustration) ..
• Paillard with the Paillard Water-cooled Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• The Latest Pattern (illustration)
• Notes from France. The French 1,000 Kilometres Trials (illustrated) ..
• Some Ryley 1904 Accessories (illustrated)
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents
• French Motor Cycle Trials

No 36. December 2nd, 1903.

• Leaderettes : Water-cooling on Forecarriages. Desirable Improvements.
• A Reminiscence of the Motor Cycling Club Non-stop Trials (illustration)
• The 200 Miles Reliability Trial. A Retrospect
• A Scene on the Great North Road (illustration)
• A Record of Progress, by A. J. Wilson (illustrated)
• Registration and Driving Licences for Motor Cycles.
• The Ariel Coupling (illustration)
• Meeting of the Motor Cycle Traders’ Association. Late News
• Notes from France
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• Visits to the Shows. Details of more new Machines
• High Speed v. Large Cylinders, by Rotator
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• The Edwards new Non-slipping Device (illustrations)
• A Flooded Road near Reading (illustration)
• Group of some of the Members of the Motor Cycling Club (illustration)
• A Successful Winter Run
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• The Empire B.P. Support
• Menzie’s Free Engine Arrangement
• The New Revolution Motor Cycle Stand
• Recent Patents

No. 37. Vol. I. December 9th, 1903

• Leaderettes: Sociability and Silence. Still about Quiet Running. Tandem Design
• Mr. and Mrs. Phillips on their Excelsior Tandem (illustration)
• The Auto Cycle Club Dinner (illustrated)
• Desirable Improvements, by Mr. Mervyn O’Gorman
• The Singer> Belt-driven Motor Bicycle
• Mr. J. Van Hooydonk’s Lecture at the Auto Cycle Club Dinner, reproductions of some of the lantern slides (full page illustration)
• The Elementary Principles of Ignition (illustrated)
• The Dunlop Carburetter (illustrated)
• The Registration of Motor Cycles
• The Modern Motor Tricycle, by B. H. Davies(illustrated)
• The New Simms-Bosch Ignition System for Motor Cycles
• A Striking Poster (illustration)
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• Silencers, by Dr. Wood McMurtry (illustrated*
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• The New 1904 Werner (illustrated)
• The New Palmer Cord Tyre (illustrated)
• Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents, by G. Douglas Leechman 919

No. 38

• Leaderettes: Motor Cycle Taxes. Retaliation. Motor Cycle Volunteers 921-922
• Current Chat (illustrated) 923-925
• C.T.C. Meeting 926
• A Glance at the Shows 927
• Useful and Practical (illustrated) 928
• THE PARIS SHOW : A Review of the Motor Cycles (fully illustrated) 929-932
• Riding Hints, by C. W. Brown 933
• A Night Ride in the Highlands 934-936
• Sparklets (illustrated) 934-936
• AN INGLORIOUS TOUR, by Zelos 937-939
• Starting a Monster (illustration) 939
• Questions and Replies 940-941
• Letters to the Editor 942
• Recent Patents, by G. Douglas Leechman 943

No. 39. Vol.I. December 23rd 1903

• Leaderettes : The Non-slip Tests. Reliability Trials. Easily First 945-946
• The Simms-Bosch Magneto (illustration) 946
• THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF IGNITION (illustrated) 947-949
• Exterior of the Grand Palais, Paris (illustration)
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• 25,000 Miles on Motor Cycles, by B. H. Davies
• The Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• THE PARIS SALON: FURTHER DETAILS (illustrated)
• An Improved Petrol Gauge
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• The Early Days, by John J. Leonard
• The Leonardis Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• Useful and Practical: The Cobb Mechanism. A New Direct Drive for Motor Cycles (illustrated)
• STATISTICS OF THE SHOWS, by H. R. Greene
• The Wail of an Exhibitor
• The Swift Two-speed Motor Bicycle
• Questions and Replies
• Several Adventures
• The Bat Forecarriage (illustration)
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents, by G. Douglas Leechman
• A Reproduction of the Driving License

No. 40. Vol. I. December 30th, 1903.

The Motor Cycle Magazine December 30th 1903, Contents

• Leaderettes : 1904—Litigation
• Ascending River Hill (illustration)
• Current Chat (illustrated)
• Quaint and Curious Objects (illustrated)
• Facsimile of Registration Form (illustration) .
• Motor Cycling in West Australia
• The Wolf Motette (illustration)
• Practical Motor Cycling (illustrated)
• The Werner Registered Frame Action
• Are Pedals Necessary ?
• Maintaining the Power • .
• The Ader Motor Bicycle (illustration)
• Sparklets (illustrated)
• A Midnight Ride
• Useful and Practical (illustrated) Questions and Replies
• Letters to the Editor
• Recent Patents, by G. Douglas Leechman

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