General Category => What Year is my Bike? => Topic started by: butch27 on October 05, 2013, 08:12:46 PM

Title: Frame change
Post by: butch27 on October 05, 2013, 08:12:46 PM

What year did Simplex change to the widen frame in the back?

Title: Re: Frame change
Post by: butch27 on October 05, 2013, 08:15:18 PM

Oh -and why did they change?

Title: Re: Frame change
Post by: Ricks on October 06, 2013, 04:31:25 AM

I think the change occurred in 1953 to accommodate the new automatic clutch.

Title: Re: Frame change
Post by: butch27 on October 06, 2013, 06:51:08 AM

Thanks Rick.