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kartjockey

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Sportsman in hiding!
« on: December 22, 2015, 03:12:59 AM »
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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2015, 04:50:02 PM »
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2015, 06:27:00 PM »
Quote from: OnaWingandaPrayer on December 22, 2015, 04:50:02 PM
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2015, 03:20:18 AM »
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2015, 05:17:55 AM »
Quote from: kartjockey on December 23, 2015, 03:20:18 AM
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2015, 01:20:11 PM »
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2015, 02:16:34 PM »
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2015, 04:11:41 PM »
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2021, 02:53:02 PM »
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 about what I actually have here?
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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2021, 03:31:33 PM »
Frame pics
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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2021, 03:54:46 PM »
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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Re: Sportsman in hiding!
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2021, 04:00:25 PM »
Matt ,

Looks like something wanted a taste of the frame . Maybe a bit of patch work is due . ;)

Pete . :)
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