I was watching American Restoration this week and Rick and company restored a Sportsman minibike . It was used and painted as a Shriner parade bike . They rebuilt the Continental engine ? . It was a kick start 4 stroke with a laid back cylinder similar to the Honda engine .  This Shriner spent a wicked amount but has a really nice bike .

  Hello and thank you to the forum members , for the sharing and exchange of information .
 
  I am OnaWingandaPrayer (mike) . The name is one from another forum I frequent , and the fact I ride a GoldWing 1500 as daily transportation . I live in San Antonio,Fl . I've had a Simplex since around 1972 . It is/was near complete when we rolled it of the truck and into the shop . i was 14 at the time and into bike racing . I did short track(flat track) , motocross , and a little roadracing as well . Most of that was done on SL350 Honda . Back to the Simplex . I took it apart and put the small parts into a box . Ya'll know how life happens and things get passed by .It's still that way today . Though all these years later I hope to begin in the near future to build it back to better than how it arrived .
    So I will be here now and in the future to call on you folks for help and ideas . Sorry for the long read . I just wanted let you know the where/how comes about me .
  My day job is turning diesel fuel into electricity . Its magic I tell ya  . I work at a an Electric Coop and do maint on standby/peak shave generators .