British

Simplex Motorcycles by Hobday

Simplex was a motorcycle produced from 1906 to 1908.

1906 The firm offered a spring frame and used a 6hp JAP V-twin engine with belt drive. Available options were an adjustable pulley or hub gear as well as direct drive.

1908 Fafnir singles or an Antoine V-twin were used. Production was very limited.

Hobday Bros. (Stand 189).

The Simplex motor bicycle is a machine of extra long wheelbase, fitted with a 3½ h.p. Fafnir engine governed on the inlet valve. Simplex spring forks are fitted, and a rim brake is fitted to the front extension of the fork. The magneto is situated in front of the engine and is gear driven. Another machine shown on the same stand is a twin-cylinder Antoine, which has not been altered since previously described in these columns.


Stanley Show, 1907

Previously Hobday had presented a water-cooled Bruneau machine at the 1905 Stanley Show

Source: Graces Guide

N.B. Several firms used variations of the Simplex brand.