Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-08-24 | Page 16 | Peck's Speeder is Stock Machine with Own Improvements

1 SPEEDER IS MACHINE WITH OWN ON IMPROVEMENTS Daring Darin b Rider Made All of Chan Clia Changes es' es Nee Needed ed at 0 Own WIl Expense With Uh an all ordinary stock machine and anti his own mechanical ingenuity Ra Ray Peck one ono of ot the daring riders at the Wandamere this season has lIas attracted the attention gf the experts ex experts experts ex- ex of th the factory factor which turned out Ills his machine Ills motorcycle claimed to 10 bo the fastest 7 horsepower machine In the world Is now on display in the windows of or the Bicycle Supply company on W. W Broadway Two years ago Peck purchased an Excelsior stock machine from Irom the tine Lo Los Angeles Angelca a agent Before man many weeks had passed the racing game cau caught ht his fancy and he started to work on his machine As It stands today the tho machine machine machine ma ma- chine carries no specially constructed parts parts' Peck making from stock parts n the only chan changes I. I es 1 that has been made maden III It U. U left HH L the factory When cn Peck had lightened the motorcycle mot mot- cle to racing racin form Its speed be began an anto to attract the attention of Los os AnKeles Angeles Angeles Ange AnKe- les and nd Brighton fans Last year jear e l' l he Jt won on more events than an any other one rider on the Los Angeles s track Coming to Salt SaIL Lake this year he hc has continued his successes and despite three weeks In the hospital the result of ot a a. spill still occupies a 3 prem premier cr po position pu- pu In the list of riders Pecks Peck's ever every spare moment Is IB spent In fn In experimenting with ith his machine Until this thin time Peck has been riding and experimenting on his own own rc rc- While the thc factor factory sends out u t tIts Its representatives to the tracks with specially constructed machines machine I. I Peck has never wrItten a line to tho the factory He un still uses the same name engine ine that the machine was waR a equipped ed with when hen he made his purchase The rho cost of chantI chant chang I ling ing the thc machine machine from road l type e to rac racing racing roc rac- rac ing t type ne has been borne b by y 1 Peck eck It Is claimed that Pecks Peck's machine has beaten all aJl other racing machines whether equipped with specially constructed constructed con con- engines or not Tho speed of f the Peck machine has lias attracted the at attention tit ut- of ot the factory and yesterday he he received a telegram asking hint him go goo p go o to Columbus after th the rn o to r d r o t f t o oat season season season to make malee a trial trial at nt lowering worlds s record Motorcycle racin racing fn In Salt Lake la js somewhat slower blower than than at sea sea- sealevel level because of ot the altitude Tl TI I c cLos L Los o os s Angeles track was v aa considered the fastest in tho the world but it has haR partially destroyed ed d The Columbus track is considered the next faste fastest t tand and It Is possible that Peck will go gothere gothere 10 there ther at the close nl ot the he Wandamere season