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Show -uu POWER AND IRE 10EI MOTORCYCLE "Power is a mighty Important thing these days and nearly everyone is seeking it in one form or another," said F. W. Hotaling, the local Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson dealer. "Of course the iirst thing we think of is the big war in Europe where all the countries are fighting for power but I was thinking of the power of the modern motorcycle motor-cycle what it will go through and the grades It will climb. "The clutch which delivers that power from the motor to the rear wheel is taken for granted by riders just as we take the telephone and electricity for granted but because it is subjected to much abuse and seems to like it Is no reason we should not give It a thought. The Harley-David-son clutch stands out as an excellent piece of engineering work that with practically no adjustment will stand up almost indefinitely. Four carefully hardened and ground steel discs working against a friction material facing of special composition provide in the clutch a means by which the motor can Instantly be thrown into gear or out of gear. That is not the way an engineer would say It but it amounts to that. The contact con-tact discs are of largo size, having a surface of more than G3 square Inchos. "The Harley-Davidson clutch has remained re-mained unchanged In principle for four years, showing that it has reached reach-ed the stage where it cannot be Improved Im-proved in design or construction. The clutch is ball bearing, the ball race being throe Inches in diameter fitted with ball3 1-4 Inch In diameter. A wide range of clutch adjustment is provided and although seldom necessary neces-sary is easily made. "Double clutch control In the Harley-Davidson design makes it possible to operate the clutch with either the hand or foot, a big advantage In traveling trav-eling bad roads or In shifting gears. In every detail the clutch is well made and certainly this Is Important in a motorcycle." net |