The new 2¾ h.p. twin Motor-Reve lightweight, bore and stroke, 50x85 mm. These machines are finished in French grey.
The Moto-Rêve stand is replete with fourteen of the finest examples of lightweight motor cycle manufacture, of which two are specially constructed for the fair sex. Three models only are now built - the 2 h.p. single 62 x 85 mm., the 2¾ h.p. twin 50 x85 mm., and the lady's machine. The following are the principal improvements common to all types, which are none the less to be appreciated for being improvements in detail, there being little radical alteration.
All Moto-Rêve engines are now fitted with the Lodge M.R. plug, specially made for the company by Messrs. Lodge Bros., Birmingham. The carburetter is now provided with a small extra air lever, which need not be touched after it has once been set. The throttle control mechanism is attached to the inlet pipe, so that the tank can be dismounted without interfering with the wires. Throughout the whole machine efforts have been made to simplify the design (in one instance by doing away with as many clips as possible) and to render it symmetrical.
The tank is recessed to take the top tube, so that plenty of room has been left underneath. Large petrol filler taps of the self-locking type are provided. and at the rear of the saddle tube is triangular metal case for spares, while in addition there are two pannier lock-up toolbags made to fit each side of the carrier. One of these contains a particularly well-stocked toolroll, and to fit it exactly a really well-made oilcan is supplied, designed to lie in it in such a way that the spout can never assume a downward position. Improved footrests are now fitted which are extensible, and have at their extremities rubber pads held in aluminium holders, which may be adjusted in any direction. The new foot brake is also worthy of attention. The shoe, which is held in an aluminium holder, engages with the belt rim below the chain stay. The bolt on which this brake works is held in a slotted eye brazed to the chain stay, thus doing away with the necessity for a clip and an easy adjustment.
The stand is of registered design, and is of the spring-back pattern, which when released springs into a clip at the base of the mudguard. The rear tyre is rendered easily accessible in the following manner: The mudguard is halved and is attached to the carrier, the ends of the four stays of which are slotted and have open ends. By undoing four nuts and pressing the stays outwards against spring. on the holding bolts, both carrier and part of the mudguard may be easily removed.
The frame of the bicycle has been strengthened, and the rear fork lug is a wide casting giving great lateral rigidity. The pedal crank spindle is provided with a spring to prevent the cranks from turning when not required for pedalling, and the pedals have a weight to keep them parallel with the ground, both of which improvements facilitate the mounting of the machine. The free wheel is in the back hub, and so well protected from the elements. The mudguards are wide and strong, and that on the front wheel has ample side wings and a solid leather mud flap. The front mudguard stays and down tube are parallel, and the back stays and rear forks are also parallel, thus giving the symmetrical appearance already referred to.
A new adjustable pulley is fitted, which is altered by using spanner, which also fits the inlet dome nut carburetter union nut. Improved handle-bar control levers, held by bolts and not by clips, one operating the throttle and the other the spark lever, are fitted, and their wires are neatly placed on the inner side of the handle-bar. The lamp bracket is now attached to the handle-bar, and is of ample dimensions. If desired, a free engine clutch hub may be fitted to the 1911 Moto-Rêve without alteration. The finish of the machine has been improved all round, and that of the show machines is absolutely standard. The grey colour is both handsome and useful.
The 2¾ h.p. twin 50 × 85 mm., unlike the single, has fixed point ignition, but is practically the same as last year's engine except as regards size. Internally, it has been improved in several details. The silencer. which is carried behind the engine, has a long extension tube, and both it and the silencer on the single-cylinder machine are provided with cut-outs. The crank case is kept as smooth as possible so as to facilitate cleaning. The lady's machine has all the improvements possessed by the other models, and is a machine of particularly pleasing appearance, the engine and transmission of which are neatly protected by efficient shields.
Moto Reve Co., Ltd.
Stand No. 93.
With an obvious "boom" in lightweight motor-cycles ahead, smart agents will immediately seek for this stand, because this particular firm are past-masters in the art of motor-cycle productions of the lightweight class. For 1911 they have two types, the 2.75 H.P. and the 2 H.P., the latter being obtainable with a dropped frame for the use of lady cyclists who are taking to motor-cycling, as many are. In both these types a free engine is provided, a point which seems to us to be particularly important so far as ladies are concerned, for it cannot be denied that starting a fixed engine machine by the mere pedalling is too great a strain upon many of the fair sex.
It will be noticed that there are a great number of detail improvements in the "Moto Reves" for the coming season, improvements too numerous to mention in a short space, but all tending to the general Perfection of the machine. Feeling perfectly confident that the next year will see an enormous demand for lightweight motor-cycles, we would. advise agents to make a careful inspection of the "Moto Reve" stand, because it will mean good business for them. It most be remembered that the firm make a point of dealing, so far as possible, with the trade, and that sole agencies for districts is a feature of their system of business. But apart from these purely business considerations it cannot be denied that the "Moto Reve" is a machine which ought to be seen by everybody interested in motor-bicycles of the lightweight class.
It has many excellent features, and it must be remembered that it is really built as a lightweight mount, and is not a kind of go-between.
