Hello addicts.
I did not realize i was a simplex collector until yesterday. I was messing with them 15-20 years ago, then my business got in the way and i quit.
I stopped at a yard sale yesterday, and discovered a sportsman sitting way up high on a shelf. I paid two or three times what it was worth and dragged it home. When i got there, my wife rolled her eyes at me and asked why i needed another one of those stupid things.
It is because it has an original engine on it. None of the others i took home have that. I went and counted,,,looks like i have eight now. Most are little mini bikes, bought when the 2 boys were little and rode too,,, 1 senior, 3 big bikes with “other” engines, and nowthis one. I forgot how much fun they are. I cleaned the points and carb as best i could. It runs, sort of. I rode it a mile,,then pushed it home. Seems like carb problems. MT57 carb.
I retired last month, so hopefully will be back playing with bikes again.
