Simplex Compact Sportsman

[joem]

I just finished this one...

 

[chrisr]

Very nice!

 

[Havasu Dave]

Nice bike.

 

[joem]

Thanks
I got from a fella down in Florida a few years ago then lost interest in
It.but I finally got going on it...this is what I started with.

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[danjmah]

Beautiful!!

 

[Harquebus]

Never seen anything quite like it with a triangular frame and ‘tractor seat’. It has a 1950’s flair. What year is it?

The new seat looks huge compared to the old.

 

[joem]

I think it could be a 1962

The seat is very comfy
It’s a old Indian motorcycle seat pan

 

[peg]

Nice !

 

[Harquebus]

Wow, thanks for the vintage ad. :wink:
I knew your seat was different. Was the original rusted to pieces?

Best when viewed with an average adult male astride the bike.... kinda reinforces the notion that minibikes were invented by and designed for adults all along.

 

[manchester1]

Beautiful job. :bowdown:

 

[Rupp 72]

Great restoration! Yes it is a 1962. I used to own that exact same model with flat fenders and a single front suspension spring. That is the only simplex sportsman compact model I could find where the tank decal actually had a crown over the "V". If you look closely in the ad you shared you can see it. I thought that was kind of unique.

 

[ratfink396]

Turned out very nice, Joe! Thanks for sharing the pics!

 

[joem]

WOW I see that little crown now, I never noticed it before...cool