Miss Porter and her Sloper
Apr 27, 2022
3 minutes
Photographs: MORTONS ARCHIVE
This rather wonderful photograph appeared in The Motor Cycle of February 25, 1932, with the caption: “There is nothing of the frail lady about Miss Violet Porter of Auckland, New Zealand, who has done over 30,000 miles of lone touring on her BSA since August, 1929. She recently rode 250 miles to see Wizard Smith’s record attempts at 90-mile Beach, and startled the mechanics by appearing shortly after dawn.”
Miss Porter’s motorcycle is a BSA Sloper, though it’s the more
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