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koops4

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MPH ?
« on: January 05, 2012, 05:36:40 AM »
I was wondering what could I expect for speed on an original Simplex?  Late '50s direct drive model.
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Re: MPH ?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 06:12:11 AM »
The direct drive models end somewhere around early 1941.  After that, they went to clutch drive, and then in 1953, automatic drive.  The automatic works like a minibike torque convertor, and were the fastest of the simplexes.  They could get to approximately 45 mph.
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