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RandyS

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hello from paso robles,ca
« on: May 22, 2014, 05:51:43 PM »
picked up my first simplex, 10/1953, u.s. property
ex-owner thought maybe it belonged to the post office
no spark yet, but enjoying it anyway
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2014, 06:10:34 PM »
Welcome! I wonder if it was military?? thats my guess!
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2014, 06:16:32 PM »
od green is it's next color
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2014, 06:28:51 PM »
Interesting!  The bike looks to be a mixture of years.  Late tank, early handlebars, 1953 or earlier transmission.  The motor is 1953.  Look under the neck and see if there is a number there.  Please post a couple more pictures so we can see more details.   Post a picture from the rear so we can see if the frame is straight or has a dog leg in it.

Welcome to the group!
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2014, 06:57:09 PM »
frame #06034  more pics this weekend
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2014, 07:03:23 PM »
Quote from: RandyS on May 22, 2014, 06:57:09 PM
frame #06034  more pics this weekend

One of the earliest 1953 bikes built.  The made a few shifter bikes in 1953, but most were automatics.  The automatics outsold the shift bikes by such a large margin, they stopped making them in 1954.
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2014, 06:27:43 AM »
Do you see any blue paint anywhere? I was told that my Simplex was a USAF bike. It is setup like yours and only 29 off from your frame number and was painted A F blue. Unfortunately it is missing the contract plate from the round crankcase cover.
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2014, 06:35:04 AM »
Very nice bike. Can you tell if that is the original color or if not can you see any of it's original color showing.
The inventory stamp makes me think military also. It would be fun to try and find out some of it's history such as where used and what branch of service. I'm with RickS "more pictures please" and if possible confirmation on original color.
Again nice bike.
Cheers
Stafford
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2014, 07:24:35 AM »
heres a pix of. my af bike . when I scraped the old paint off the tank, I found the original numbers. I have 2 more af models that are unrestored
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2014, 07:27:45 AM »
more of tank
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2014, 07:48:06 AM »
Hi BJM,
Do you have any before pictures? I enjoy seeing how they looked when found.
Cheers
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2014, 08:10:50 AM »
hows that
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2014, 08:20:05 AM »
Very nice,
Thanks
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2014, 08:27:01 AM »
It would be easy to replicate the ID plate now that there is a picture of one!
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Re: hello from paso robles,ca
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2014, 06:58:10 PM »
bought as it is pictured. bad black paint job. I want to get it running before striping and painting it. the frame seems straight [?] the head lamp seems wrong ,the tail lamp ? [dietz]
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