Newbie to the board from Texas

[KICKSTART]

I am about 100 miles west of there.

[admin]

Yes, found it, 17952

Wow, mine is 17956!  I think both of ours are actually 1960 models, but I am not positive.  Check out my build thread in the restoration section.

[KICKSTART]

Rick, please let me know what you find out on the frame numbers.

[admin]

We may never know.  There is no factory documentation.  The best we can do is narrow down the years by changes that people have observed over the years. The last model that has ever been documented was frame number 18186.  We know that Simplex ceased production of these bikes in 1960 and they were only building a dozen or two a month at the end.

Since our numbers are within 250 of the last one built, that means very late 1959 or early 1960 to me.  I will register mine as a 1960, unless someone can convince me otherwise.

[KICKSTART]

I will grab my title tonight and see what it says and post.  Thanks, John

[Sonrisers]

Welcome Kickstart, lots of valuable info on this forum, keep us posted on the progress.

[Mike Sal]

I think it's disgusting that you still have that bike and the paperwork after all these years......I am so jealous!!!

Let us know the frame & motor number from the 56 bike too.  Does it have the brake lite switch on the top of the rear lower bar, or on bottom? 

That Sportsman is a knockout.  I can't believe so many have come up on our site this past year.

Send me a PM with your last name & I'll get both bikes into the registry.
Mike Sal

[KICKSTART]

Will do Mike, and I have another frame, tank, and set of wheels.  I will see what the frame number of that one is as well.  I have this one and the 1957 in storage and will try to go by there this weekend and get those numbers.

[Ricks]

Is the flywheel cover on the sportsman a stamped piece or is it cast brass?

[KICKSTART]

stamped aluminum

[Ricks]

stamped aluminum

So, yours is just painted?  I have an aluminum reproduction, but I also have a cast brass one.  I am not sure if the Brass was factory or not?

[KICKSTART]

As memory serves, it was just aluminum without paint.  The brass one I have only seen on a Sportsman.  I could be wrong about all this.

[admin]

As memory serves, it was just aluminum without paint.  The brass one I have only seen on a Sportsman.  I could be wrong about all this.

I was asking about the one on the sportsman.

[KICKSTART]

Sorry, misunderstood the question. Brass on the Sportsman, at least when I got it.

[Ricks]

Sorry, misunderstood the question. Brass on the Sportsman, at least when I got it.

Is it a stamped piece or cast?  I have a cast Brass one that was powder coated black, but I am not sure if it is original.