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Post by dusty350 on Jun 6, 2024 7:22:20 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 7, 2024 7:33:58 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 9, 2024 7:32:04 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 10, 2024 6:39:30 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 13, 2024 6:41:47 GMT 1
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Post by liffy16 on Jun 13, 2024 8:14:10 GMT 1
Who were hodaka ?some japanese upstart?to early for China I'd of thought
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 13, 2024 8:23:04 GMT 1
From Wikipedia;
Hodaka Trail Bikes Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles from 1964 to 1978. Close to 150,000 motorcycles were produced within that time. Prior to 1964 Hodaka made engines for the Yamaguchi motorcycle brand.[1]
The worldwide distributor of Hodakas was PABATCO, for Pacific Basin Trading Company. Its headquarters were in the rural town of Athena, Oregon. PABATCO designed and engineered a majority of the motorcycles, and Hodaka in Japan was responsible for the engine and manufacture and assembly.[2] Pabatco was owned by Shell Oil Company from 1965 to 1978. The name Hodaka comes from a mountain near the factory and means "To grow taller".
The Oishi brothers, owners of Hodaka, had taken an extended trip to Europe in the late '50s and during that time they purchased close to 50 European and English motorcycles to take back to Japan to study. It is also rumored Hodaka might have indeed designed the complete Yamaguchi SPB50, not just the engine. Hodaka was also a producer of machine tools and it has been said they borrowed the concept of one of their quick-change gear clusters in one of their metalworking lathes to construct the shift mechanism in the Hodaka gearbox, with the resulting spring-loaded shifting mechanism being patented.[3]
Starting to manufacture complete motorcycles in 1964, Hodaka/PABATCO is credited by some with starting the trail bike craze in the United States. This was due mainly to the design by the off-road motorcycle enthusiasts at PABATCO. On the second year of production Hodaka experimented with reed valves and almost brought them to market. But for some unknown reason they dropped the idea. And subsequently Yamaha is credited with being the first to produce this power enhancing feature.[2] Hodaka models are listed below.
In the late 1970s, a combination of events led to the demise of Hodaka. Falling US dollar exchange rates against the Japanese yen, a shift in demand from dirt bikes to larger road bikes, and general economic weakness fatally wounded the company. Shell attempted to purchase the Hodaka company at one point but the offer was rebuffed by Hodaka in Japan. Some of the tooling was later sold to the Korean company Daelim after Hodaka closed in 1978. In 2014, a complete history including in house notes, blueprints, photos etc. was published. The book is called "Hodaka: The Complete Story of America's Favorite Trailbike". The book is authored by Ken Smith from Australia and has the most comprehensive history of the Hodaka motorcycle brand ever written.
Every year the town of Athena, Oregon, holds an event in June entitled Hodaka Days which includes a parade of Hodaka motorcycles, a bike show, observed trials and motocross competition.[4]
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Post by donkeychomp on Jun 13, 2024 21:11:00 GMT 1
Surprised there was never a Hodaka Davidsan.
Alex
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 14, 2024 6:38:44 GMT 1
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Post by mouse on Jun 14, 2024 7:20:26 GMT 1
Hmmmm, wonder what a combination of the two would be like?
Mouse
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 15, 2024 7:52:51 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 16, 2024 7:49:33 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 19, 2024 5:51:56 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 20, 2024 6:51:25 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 21, 2024 8:14:10 GMT 1
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Post by arrdy350 on Jun 21, 2024 10:11:49 GMT 1
Had mine 10 years never going to sell it. Great first bikes 😀
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 25, 2024 6:28:50 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 29, 2024 7:33:32 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jun 30, 2024 7:55:03 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 4, 2024 4:09:14 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 5, 2024 6:40:01 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 6, 2024 7:55:56 GMT 1
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Post by donkeychomp on Jul 6, 2024 21:30:01 GMT 1
I had no idea it got that cold in Italy. Alex
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 9, 2024 6:32:19 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 12, 2024 7:10:09 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 15, 2024 6:46:22 GMT 1
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Post by arrdy350 on Jul 15, 2024 6:54:52 GMT 1
Got that Suzuki T500 pic as a metal sign in my shead.
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 18, 2024 6:51:02 GMT 1
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Post by dusty350 on Jul 21, 2024 9:06:47 GMT 1
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