Show MOTORCYClE lEAPING NEW EI BRAND BRAMO OF SPURT SPORT Rider of Power Bicycle Jumps Machine After Passing Over Small Rises The Tho average American enjoys enjo's ex excitement excitement ex- ex and Is enthusiastic over an any sport that Is sensational A new sport now In vogue is called motorcycle leapIng leap leap- Ing Automobile polo hasn't anything on this It was originated by Oakley Weibel an employee of or the Goodyear Goodear Tire 6 Rubber company compan Akron 0 O. and was exploited by him on a country road Just outside that city Motorcycle leaping can be accomplished pUshed best on a road with a fairly steep grade broken by short rises known as S water breaks These water ator breaks are found on the side of or a billor hill bill or slight Incline and are for tor the purpOse purpose pur pur- pose pOBe of diverting dl tho the course of or th the tho water to the side of or the road A moderate moderately fast speed Is necessary tho the faster Coster tho the speed the farther the leap By coming down a grade at a a- fast clip and anti Jumping his machine with his knees when whon the water break is reached the tho motorcycle and Its rider clear tho the top ton with such sueh momentum that quite a n. distance Is covered cred before tho tIm machine touches touch s the ground Recent trials have resulted In leaps leap of ot f from twenty to twenty four feet Ceet and nd at a maximum hol height ht of or cI eighteen Inches One trial for Cor height resulted In Ina Ina a leap of at eighteen feet teet at a height of at I four twenty Inches The execution of or this sport is not difficult Tho The only precaution that need be taken Is to keep keen the front wheel stead steady while off ore tho the ground Also never appl apply the the brake while In Inthe the thc air all as all alighting hUn in this manner might result In a sudden dash over tho the handle bars bare This manner of or leaping on a motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle motor motor- cycle can be bc practiced on country roads where ash walks extend from one side to the other or an any other similar form Corm Cormor of or a raised section In iii the road A downward course Is III not necessary the only difference Is that the distance on the level is not so groat froat Should this sport become thoroughly Instilled stilled into the tho motorcyclists motorcyclist's system system tem tern tho the demand for Cor specially constructed constructed constructed con con- bumps will be urgent If It this stage e of the game ever er arrives meets will wilt be held to test the ability and cleverness ernese of each rider as present races race arc are held to test speed I |