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Engine & Transmission / Oil Bath Air Cleaner
« on: September 13, 2015, 05:19:14 PM »
A friend of mine tells me that the frame mounted oil bath air cleaner was only used on the military Simplex. Is that true?
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Photo Gallery / My Bicycles
« on: August 23, 2013, 07:36:22 PM »
Mike suggested in another thread that there may be some interest in the old bicycles that I collect. So here we go, one at a time.
This is a 1941 Firestone "Flying Ace" manufactured by the Colson Corp. of Elyria, Ohio. For sheer coolness, I'd have to say this is my favorite bicycle. As you can tell, I like patina! My preference is to revive, rather than restore.
This is a 1941 Firestone "Flying Ace" manufactured by the Colson Corp. of Elyria, Ohio. For sheer coolness, I'd have to say this is my favorite bicycle. As you can tell, I like patina! My preference is to revive, rather than restore.
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Buy, Sell, Trade / Old Bicycles and Bicycle Parts Wanted
« on: August 23, 2013, 01:00:48 PM »
I hope this is OK to post here, but I'm also into old balloon tire bicycles and bicycle parts. PM me, I may be interested in what you have to sell. Thanks.
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Frame, Tank, Seat, Controls, Etc / Gas Tank Sealer
« on: August 22, 2013, 10:37:17 AM »
Got my gas tank off and stripped down. Bare metal looks good from the outside, but I've shaken out some pretty thick pieces of rust from the inside. Fishing for the best tried and true method for rust removal in this type of situation. And has anyone tried this product or similar products? If so, what is your opinion of them?
http://www.caswellplating.com/restoration-aids/epoxy-gas-tank-sealer.html
http://www.caswellplating.com/restoration-aids/epoxy-gas-tank-sealer.html
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Other Things Simplex / A tip o' the hat to Wayne Mahaffey
« on: February 22, 2013, 09:29:27 PM »
I just wanted to pay some recognition to Wayne and the great service he provides us Simplex owners. I'm sure some of us would be pretty hard pressed to find our missing parts without him. I certainly was. I know you'll probably never see this, but THANKS WAYNE!!!
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Buy, Sell, Trade / Teardrop Tail Light
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:27:57 AM »
Like Dave Beck, I too am looking for a complete teardrop tail light with lens. If these things start coming out of the woodwork 
,I'd like to place myself in line after him.
Thanks.
,I'd like to place myself in line after him.Thanks.
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Other Things Simplex / Tail light
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:20:08 AM »
I'm looking for a Simplex teardrop tail light, but until the real thing comes along, does anyone have a suggestion about a similar looking style from some other motorcycle or 
? that could work and might be a little easier to find?
? that could work and might be a little easier to find?
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Introductions / New Members
« on: March 05, 2012, 01:47:20 PM »
Since I'm new here, I'm a little hesitant to start making suggestions, but if there were a separate category for people to post their introduction, it might help the other categories from being peppered with introductions. I know that when I signed on, it was unclear as where to post my introduction.
The weather is pretty crappy here today and since my Simplex is buried behind a bunch of other bikes, I can't pull it out to read the serial numbers and get better photos to post. I promise to get this done on the next nice day. This is Oregon, so who knows when that will be.
The weather is pretty crappy here today and since my Simplex is buried behind a bunch of other bikes, I can't pull it out to read the serial numbers and get better photos to post. I promise to get this done on the next nice day. This is Oregon, so who knows when that will be.
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Introductions / Introduction
« on: March 02, 2012, 10:21:13 AM »
Just found this site. So, after several years I'm finally going to finish trying to find the rest of the parts that I need to complete my '48 Simplex. The story behind this one, is that I bought it about 30 years ago, collected and chromed a bunch of parts and then sold everything, for what reason, I don't know. For years I regretted that decision and finally bought it back a couple of years ago. It's now a little worse for the wear from sitting in a musty old barn and missing some parts. I'm looking forward to exploring this site and meeting other Simplex owners and locating some parts. Just in case anyone is interested, my other two wheeled interests include, prewar balloon tire bicycles of which my main focus is Cleveland Welding, Colson and Schwinn, and yes, there is the obligatory Whizzer or two.
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