General Category => Introductions => Topic started by: Todd on August 16, 2020, 12:45:16 PM
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Hey everybody, This won’t be popular with the purists! My father bought my 55 simplex in Bakersfield in 1972ish and had it as yard art until 2010 when I drug it to my house. It sat in my garage for near 10 years when COVID hit and I had more time at home than I was accustom to. I started the fabrication in March and minus a few details I finished it in late July (some evenings and weekends).
This build was my spin on a rat rod board tracker. Built with almost 100% of stuff I had around (including the 20hp Kohler motor) and what I didn’t have I built from scratch. I became a part of the site to keep up with the simplex world and start working on some final details I need to work out. I have several build pics, might be worth explaining the build if there is an interest.
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Pictures will not post, to big of a file. I will work on that.
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Welcome Todd!
Resize your pictures to 800 x 600 pixels and that usually works well on the forum.
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Welcome Todd . :)
Definitely post pics .
Always interested in what folks come up with . 20 HP almost sounds intimidating . :D
Pete . :)
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You have my attention! And welcome.
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Lets try this
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Wow, very interesting! Is that a Weber or Dellorto carb?
Be careful, Simplex brakes weren’t enough for the 4 hp of their motor, yours can get you in trouble quickly.
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Brakes are an issue, first run out the brake arm on the drum plate flipped forward as the original brakes are very worn. Luckily I was able to stop by dragging my feet on the ground. It can idle down the street at near 20 mph. There is nothing safe about this.
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Are those motorcycle tires or bicycle tires on your Franken-cycle? If motorcycle, where did you get them? Thanks
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Brakes or not.....it looks damn cool!
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Thanks I like the bike and its crazy to ride. I could not find anything for a motorcycle tire except for the traditional Coker tire. It was back ordered so I went with a bicycle tire for now, I like the color so I am not sure what I will do. I named the bike Murder Hornet as I heard about the Murder Hornet coming into Washington on the radio while working on the bike, seemed to fit.