Yep, that dog won't hunt. Nice try Albert. You have the patience of Job. Too aggressive heat cycling? That looks pretty crispy. It was probably a goner before you started whanging.

Hey, now you're...tal......kin'.......... Yes Captain...

Great dirt bike. Very capable. Tank you for serving in the Marines.

Slick Maxie. Silver Surfer.

Like vertical!

Yikes! That must've smelled like a machine shop when it was running. PS- Captain, I'm going to use the last line of your last . posting - frequently. Proper citation will be attached - and I'm not talkin' that "a wise man once said" crap.

Glad you're back in biz, Maxie. Your builds are the best and I always learn a ton. Thank you!!

Awesome stable, Maxie. I suggest fabbing a roulette wheel-type affair with each bike assigned a space on the wheel. Head to the shop, give it a spin, and go riding. Takes the torture out of deciding which bike to take for a spin. Win win win win win.

I'm stealing the idea. Put a flywheel puller, an impact driver and a torque wrench in there and you could do the whole schmeer. A Hodaka-specific tool tote.

In the picture of the clutch nut, the back half of the threads are intact while the front half are "machined" away entirely. The clutch cage is keyholed and all the screws are fractured in the exact same way suggesting the pack was intact when it experienced instantaneous deceleration to z...

Probable wouldn't have made a difference here. I'm trying to figure out what happened. Was it that the clutch nut simply loosened up and fell off?

I dig the home made spring puller.

Good news - lots of those available for replacement. Just curious: was the clutch wired or assembled with nylock nuts?

No kidding "no patina"! That baby positively glows. Beautiful Maxie.

Very clever. I'm interested in a similar set-up for a CW that Hodaka Dave modified for more travel fore and aft. I don't like the feel of the chain hitting the metal "hook" chain guide.

Hey, thanks for providing the nitty gritty on your awesome scooter. I agree with Clarence - the color scheme is beautiful! How is the pivot point set up on your chain tensioner?

Hi Dale, I should have qualified that. Failed "for reason other than acute trauma".

Wow! Nice scooter. I'd like to know more about it. Maybe a picture of the other side?

Well its about time someone around here showed a little chain adjuster love. Its like a perfect part. I don't recall ever seeing one fail. Here's to the chain adjuster, Albert.

Sounds like you have (most of?) a motor too. Time to perform a well-documented disassembly and clean up. Only then will you know what you have and what you'll need. Take a lot of pictures and use ziploc bags etc to keep parts organized. Don't be discouraged by a little (lot of) rust. That is SOP in ...

First trip "back" to Good's Cycle Shop? What a jackpot. Thanks for bringing it back here, Maxie. Facebook is just not my thing.

Or is it a "55" as in the age of the bike?

Well isn't that something. Nice Maxie - as always. You've reinspired me to start thinking about putting together a "sleeper" DS. I have the parts for it. Hmm...

Careful with the punctuation, Clarence. "Good, you are with us!"