Object Details
- Simplex Manufacturing Company
- Description
- Beginning in 1935, the Simplex Manufacturing Corporation of New Orleans made motorbikes, which were smaller and lighter than motorcycles. Their simple designs made personal transportation accessible to young people and adults. Owners found many uses for Servi-Cycles, including errands, pleasure rides, and package delivery using a three-wheeled model. Top speed was 40 miles per hour, and average cruising speed was 30 miles per hour. Postwar sales were strong, but Servi-Cycle sales declined in the 1950s because of the growing popularity of imported motor scooters. Simplex ended motorbike production in 1960 but made motor scooters until 1972, when the company went out of business.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Paul Treen
- 1935
- ID Number
- TR.317365
- accession number
- 230387
- catalog number
- 317365
- Object Name
- motorbike
- Other Terms
- motorbike; bicycle; Road
- Physical Description
- steel (body material)
- rubber (tires material)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 27 in x 74 in; 91.44 cm x 68.58 cm x 187.96 cm
- overall: 38 in x 27 in x 73 1/2 in; 96.52 cm x 68.58 cm x 186.69 cm
- place made
- United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Bicycling
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Sports & Leisure
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_843033
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-5dcf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
