General Category => Simplex Sportsman => Topic started by: kartjockey on December 22, 2015, 03:12:59 AM
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http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/mcy/5306954664.html
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are the front spring shafts ( uprights) wider than they would be on a Standard Servi ? Perhaps thats not what I am seeing in the photo .
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are the front spring shafts ( uprights) wider than they would be on a Standard Servi ? Perhaps thats not what I am seeing in the photo .
Doesn't look like a sportsman to me. Looks like a cobbled together simplex automatic. We would need better pictures, but the front fender looks like a regular fender to me. Those tires do not fit a sportsman rim. The kickstand is an abortion of some sort. I also don't see a crank and rod in that motor, which tells me no flywheel either. Looks like a $1000 project bike to me.
Just noticed the title say 1956 simplex sportsman senior. The sportsman senior didn't come along to 1960 or so, and looks like a minibike.
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Maybe it is this one and he graphed that morphodite kickstand on it right after downing that beer! Seat does kind of look like it has a rubber cover. Def priced too high
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PRINT-AD-8-X-11-SIMPLEX-SPORTSMAN-MOTORCYCLE-FOR-1958-/131541886241?hash=item1ea081e521&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&nma=true&si=GfRQ3E%252FT4YMJE%252FqcL9AALbEQqk8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Maybe it is this one and he graphed that morphodite kickstand on it right after downing that beer! Seat does kind of look like it has a rubber cover. Def priced too high
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PRINT-AD-8-X-11-SIMPLEX-SPORTSMAN-MOTORCYCLE-FOR-1958-/131541886241?hash=item1ea081e521&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&nma=true&si=GfRQ3E%252FT4YMJE%252FqcL9AALbEQqk8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Tom, you may be right. Bill Erickson restored a 1958 Sportsman like that. The fenders are the same, as are the brakes of a regular Servi. If there were more pictures, we could tell for sure. If the internal kickstart is missing, that would present a challenge to find one or fabricate one.
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Reese got us some pictures of this bike that I resized for him. It definitely started out as a 1958 Sportsman, as you can tell by the kickstart shaft that runs under the engine. This bike should have a center stand on the kickstart shaft. I also believe the engine to be incorrect, as it has a Wico flywheel. The external kicker looks like a "custom" change. LOL
EDIT: Looking closer at the kicker, that is an internal kicker; looks like it was mounted with a longer shaft and some spacers to push it out.
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way to go you guys! Too bad it is a sportsman in a way. he may never get even half of his asking price because of how hard it is to round parts up for them. I zoomed in though and that speedo says Simplex on the face.
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I think I should offer him 1000.00 and see if he takes it. Who is willing to pick it up and bring it to Portland?
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I have the simplex that was posted in this thread, I decided to start restoring it, got tear down started, can any of you tell me more abo(http://)ut what I actually have here?
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Frame pics
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Hi Matt ,
Good you're getting after it . :)
According to our Registry , the frame seems to fall within the 1956 era and the motor within the 1952 era .
That kick stand looks like a bicycle stand .
Hope that helps .
Pete . :)
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Matt ,
Looks like something wanted a taste of the frame . Maybe a bit of patch work is due . ;)
Pete . :)