General Category => Introductions => Topic started by: DustyGold on February 26, 2019, 05:30:43 PM
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Do ya'll know where I might buy a manual or a book, or something pertaining to a 1956 or 57 Servi-cycle? I just found one close by a few weeks ago & brought the old gal home. She's pretty enough to ride to a barn dance. I can't find any information on the web concerning this bike, or servi-cycles in general for that matter. The engine number is M23083B. If I remember correctly, the frame number is 15004. Thanks for any information.
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Welcome to the site! I went to the registry here and your bike is already posted. Says it came from an Ebay listing a few years back. Posted as a possible 1956. But we being MEN we need pictures! So post when you can. Go to the Manuals section and view the 1960 manual. Should help you out.
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Welcome . :)
If she's that pretty , you should be a good way down the road .
Definitely post a few pics .
And , don't be afraid to post any questions . ;)
Pete . :)
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I will try to post some pictures. I've never done it before so I don't know if I will be capable.
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Thanks for the pics. Be sure to read through the literature posts. Lots there.
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Someone seems to have done a nice paint job on the tins .
You have a good start for your 'project' .
The M manual will likely be your best friend , at least for a while . ;)
http://www.simplexservi-cycle.com/index.php?topic=430.0
Pete . :)
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Someone seems to have done a nice paint job on the tins .
You have a good start for your 'project' .
The M manual will likely be your best friend , at least for a while . ;)
http://www.simplexservi-cycle.com/index.php?topic=430.0
Pete . :)
So can you tell from the photos alone, this is NOT the original paint job. I have been wondering about that. I really think the wheel rims have NOT been painted, EVER!! The paint on the rims is rough. As for the blue paint, I think it looks too nice to be original. The gas tank only has one (1) servicycle logo on one side of the tank. Is that correct? I would think each side would have a decal when the bike was new.
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Agreed . That blue is way too nice for original .
The decal is wrong for the year of your bike . It was used on the 1952 model ONLY .
I believe the decals for your year should be , one each side of the tank , see the image below .
In 1955 there was a special anniversary tank decal used on some models . I suppose it's possible that if your bike is a very early '56 , it 'might' have had those . I don't think I've ever seen that special '55 decal .
By the condition , I think the wheels are original paint .
Pete . :)
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Post a closer picture of the idler pulley. It looks like an incorrect spring on it. The spring should be the same as the transmission hanger spring.
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Rick is right .
That Idler spring is definitely wrong . See how the belt is nothing close to tight .
See the pic below for how the belt should be .
Pete . :)
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Agreed . That blue is way too nice for original .
The decal is wrong for the year of your bike . It was used on the 1952 model ONLY .
I believe the decals for your year , one each side of the tank , should be :
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNdYLjd6/screenshot-87.png)
In 1955 there was a special anniversary tank decal used on some models . I suppose it's possible that if your bike is a very early '56 , it 'might' have had those . I don't think I've ever seen that special '55 decal .
By the condition , I think the wheels are original paint .
Pete . :)
That bike is a very late 1956, no way it is an anniversary year bike.
I've never seen an anniversary Tank decal, but I have a rear fender with the anniversary decal that Tom is working on getting reproduced. If anyone has a tank with the decal, please take a couple of high quality pictures and send it to me.
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I didn't see a special tank decal for tje anniversary model either.
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Welcome to the site! I went to the registry here and your bike is already posted. Says it came from an Ebay listing a few years back. Posted as a possible 1956. But we being MEN we need pictures! So post when you can. Go to the Manuals section and view the 1960 manual. Should help you out.
Can you provide me any more information on this bike from "the registry?" The reason I ask is because that doesn't jive with the story the guy told me about the history of the bike. He told me the story AFTER I had already bought & paid for the bike. He told me he had inherited the bike 10 or more years ago from an old employer. The employer had been sitting on the bike for years according to this guy's story. There is a license plate on the rear fender showing (giving the impression) this servicycle was last registered in 1973. The seller didn't have any reason to lie to me because I didn't ask anything (or really care) & I had already bought the cycle when he told me the tale. Thanks for any additional information. I'm just curious about it's history.
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I didn't see a special tank decal for tje anniversary model either.
Tom, in Wollard's book, bottom of right, page 16. I think that is an anniversary tank sticker. What say you?
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Certainly looks like it. I used a big magnifying lens. But it doesn't have the fender decals. Strange!
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It appears to be a captured frame number that was sold on Ebay back in 2012. In or from Michigan. Well documented frame numbers help to substantiate other numbers and offer great accuracy to the list. So it looks like your number may have been observed through Ebay at the time of sales and then captured in the registry.
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Post a closer picture of the idler pulley. It looks like an incorrect spring on it. The spring should be the same as the transmission hanger spring.
I have been trying for days to upload some other photos I have concerning this bike. I don't have any idea why I was able to post the first few pictures above & now I can't post anymore. I even down loaded Photoshop & resized the "new" photo(s). Lastly, I tried uploading a photo or 2 of the photos I initially posted above. I am not able to upload one of those either. Does anyone have an idea what might be causing this issue. The photos above were the first I have ever posted on a social media, so I am NOT very savvy concerning this sort of thing. Thanks
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Rick should be able to rectify the problem .
Pete . :)
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test
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Well, my test worked, so I would guess you file size is too large. Each photo can not exceed 1500kb in size. Email them to me and I will resize them for you.
Simplexservicycle@gmail.com
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Well, my test worked, so I would guess you file size is too large. Each photo can not exceed 1500kb in size. Email them to me and I will resize them for you.
Simplexservicycle@gmail.com
I appreciate that. But for now, I think I will try to keep learning this new Photoshop app as time allows. I would like to periodically be able to post photos on the web. Like there is a first generation Camaro site I've gone to for years. I haven't ever posted anything there either because I didn't know how. If I can't figure it out, I will email the photos. But this is Monday night, so Mike Wolf & Frank Fritz are supposed to come by & take me out picking somewhere, as they do most every week. Thanks ;)
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Well, my test worked, so I would guess you file size is too large. Each photo can not exceed 1500kb in size. Email them to me and I will resize them for you.
Simplexservicycle@gmail.com
I appreciate that. But for now, I think I will try to keep learning this new Photoshop app as time allows. I would like to periodically be able to post photos on the web. Like there is a first generation Camaro site I've gone to for years. I haven't ever posted anything there either because I didn't know how. If I can't figure it out, I will email the photos. But this is Monday night, so Mike Wolf & Frank Fritz are supposed to come by & take me out picking somewhere, as they do most every week. Thanks ;)
You might try a hosting site like : https://postimages.org
It's very easy and simple .
Pete . :)