been cleaning parts and waiting for tires to show up . both wheel assembly's are cleaned ,grease repacked , throttle cleaned up , foot rests good to go . tubes are waiting ... ordered parts , new cables , air filter , rubber flaps for front fender ,air boot , will wait till tires are on and parts th...

dale thank you just ordered one up vrey much appreciated . im sending you a PM ...albert

is it me or is it hard to find a knobby tire that will fit a 18 inch rim on these bikes ? iv been looking for 3 days now almost frustrating. any more ideas on how to find a rear tire for a combat wombat .....albert

so i should explain my confusion with the chart that victor brought up . starting with the original data row. the frame in question , wombat frame , the numbers start out at 23,24,27,25,28,26,& 30 , why the jumping around . it starts with a wombat frame at 23 , than a combat frame at 24 , than i...

have the fenders cleaned up and the front installed , handle bars cleaned up and put on , front wheel assembly cleaned regreased . any recommends for tires , 21 front 18 rear , would be appreciated ....albert

after careful thought , pages of math , head scratching , and carefully looking at all the ideas that were put out there I'm going with July - 1973 .... albert

good tip . but this bike is cleaning up real good the plastic sleeves are a little dis colored but not to bad , i,m choosing to put them back on with out any paint . im washing parts in the parts washer then rubbing down with WD-40 and steel wool and there coming out pretty darn good . there is not ...

dirty_rat , i used your vin and my vin and charts and graphs a few tables , with no results . i home school my 15 year old grandson i think i found todays math class project , will share the results if any ...albert

good start so far . swing arm and front forks on , rear shocks coming apart , thanks again Kelly for the video helps immensely. they should clean up very nicely. plan is rear shocks then front tire assembly . back to real life this week might slow down progress ....albert

im reading a book and what shows up today but a steering head badge from a 1912 pierce motorcycle . go figure

progress made , but whats up with the 3 stamped in the Steering fork bracket , just another number that the guy would pick from the factory

thanks for the link . i contacted them and will order one in the next couple of days .i followed victors way to find the month and came up April , so that being said DIRTY_RAT lets try it ,here's the frame # D20425 how's this jive with victors answer ....albert

is there anyone that can suggest where to get a steering head badge plate . and just how do you find the month that a particular bike was manufactured . im missing one thanks ....albert

clarence., thanks for the offer i plan on getting a rebuild package from HODAKA PARTS that should take care of things and the exhaust springs are missing, what you see in the picture is baling wire that someone tied on to hold the pipe on . victor this bike has all the parts , except the springs , f...

we cant be to careful when it comes to taking apart the steering head . don't want all those ball bearings flying around the garage floor

so finely got caught up enough to start getting into this project . some thing to look at , the fork boots are tore up so rebuild the forks , the air cleaner joint will need replacing , the clutch cable treaded part broke at where it screws into the case by the clutch lever , maybe that's why it got...

yes clarence thats me , 30 miles north of st cloud , thank you for sharing your past with us . very interesting . yes my grandson is helping with our hodaka projects . when we painted his hodaka he was 10 years own and blue it was ,well this summer hes going on 15 so we striped it down and painted i...

thank you clarence . seems like you had a very interesting working career. not many people can say they had a " very rewarding career " . take my case i started roofing at around 14 so by the time i joined a union at 18 i was all ready started at 85 % of a journey man , kind of unheard of ...

Clarence how did you get to be part of the forest service if I may ask...
Albert

Central Minnesota, 11 below now at 9AM, couple of inches of snow on the ground, but days are getting longer. Still have a lot of fire wood and plenty of good books . By the end of the week I should be able to get my combat wombat barn find on the table and start cleaning it up. Clarence nice story a...

thank you guys for helping me understand the condenser better . i will remember what dale said , fresh wires, connections and components are the way to go......albert

Speaking of condensers I replaced one on my 94 wombat and it runs a lot better. is it me or would a new condenser make it run much smoother, it's under the tank now .....

Bruce lun , how about a picture of your bike

i did electrolysis on a tank and it did very well . i did it outside mixed the water and borax right in the tank , i used a metal rod that i put plastic spacers on that kept the rod from contacting the metal of the tank and dont remember how long it took but cleaned it up . then dryed and coated wit...

that is a bummer . id look at mine but now i dont know. maybe back in the day you were distracted doing all those adds for the magazines . haaahaaa