Author Topic: and remember these motorcycles....... (Read 2785 times)

Tom · « **on:** December 08, 2017, 12:42:52 PM »

I rode my friend's Combat Wombat for a while also a DT175 Yamaha IIRC. Hodaka had some cute names.

http://motorcycleinfo.org/2009/02/hodaka-motorcycles/

giusto · « **Reply #1 on:** December 08, 2017, 12:54:38 PM »

Thanks for the post

I remember riding my buddies Wombat...but I don't remember what happened to it...seem like is was around 1974

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #2 on:** December 08, 2017, 01:37:15 PM »

Hodaka owners have a club and still get together once a year I believe in the PNW. Think the designer is from Oregon.

Lannis · « **Reply #3 on:** December 08, 2017, 01:43:44 PM »

Had a DT-175, new, but always considered a Hodaka something to aspire too, maybe because they were cool looking. Certainly not because of the names the company gave their bikes!

I really need to ride a 175 again. Back then, it seemed like the perfect combination of trail-ability and road-ability. I used to ride it from Farmville VA to Virginia Tech on weekends when I wasn't taking my R5, and it performed fine out on the highway - it would hold 60 MPH in top gear unless it was a LONG hill, and then just shift down once or twice and still hold 55 or 60, enough to stay out of trouble on any but the most aggressive highways.

Maybe that's just the rose-colored glasses speaking, though. I may get another just "to be young again".

Lannis

Pop · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2017, 01:56:36 PM »

Home base is Helena, WA. Started in 64 with the Ace 90. I have just got to put finishing touches on my 65 Ace 90. I am going to try to post some pics.
Pop

rdbandkab · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2017, 02:02:30 PM »

Spotted at the Portersville, PA Steam Show earlier this year:

* We saw a 2-stroke Maytag washer there that probably was as fast as the Hodaka...

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2017, 02:08:19 PM »

Quote from: Lannis on December 08, 2017, 01:43:44 PM

Had a DT-175, new, but always considered a Hodaka something to aspire too, maybe because they were cool looking. Certainly not because of the names the company gave their bikes!

Lannis

I had a 175 Yamaha dirt bike too before I got a `74 250 Rickman Montessa. We used to ride under the power lines from Bonneville Dam in Oregon near Portland. Usually came home hurt.

Pop · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2017, 02:12:59 PM »

Three attempts at pics. Frustrated. Use your imaginations.
Pop

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2017, 02:13:19 PM »

Meh, Give me a Sherpa!

Bernie Schriver on a Bultaco Sherpa T

Lannis · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2017, 02:51:38 PM »

Quote from: Pop on December 08, 2017, 02:12:59 PM

Three attempts at pics. Frustrated. Use your imaginations.
Pop

OK.

Hey, who's the girl and how did you get her to pose like that?

Lannis

Pop · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2017, 04:16:14 PM »

Quote from: Lannis on December 08, 2017, 02:51:38 PM

OK.

Hey, who's the girl and how did you get her to pose like that?

Lannis

Money,lots and lots of money.

cruzziguzzi · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2017, 03:04:47 PM »

Oh HELL yes.

Had a Super Rat and a Wombat but always desperately wanted a Combat Wombat!

For my money - I won't even bother to look at a Hodaka without the original style chrome tank. They just seem "off" to me otherwise.

Todd.

steven c · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2017, 04:59:59 PM »

Always been a Hodaka fan, lusted after the Ace 90 when I was a kid,could convince my parents to let me buy one with my paper route money. I got this book on the history of Hodaka for free with the purchase of Bike Exif calendar.
Great story on how they cane to be.
https://www.amazon.com/Hodaka-Motorcycles-Ken-Smith/dp/1937747360/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512946541&sr=8-1&keywords=hodaka+book

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