Mike called about 9 pm. He fought 20 mph head winds across Illinois today. Electrical problems still prevail. He says he has spent enough time and money on it. He has a headlight, but no turn signals. He will use hand signals for the rest of the trip. He will try to get half way across Nebraska to a...

From Mark Eichhorn: Met up with Mike in Valparaiso IN at fellow Hodakaholic Steve's shop. Went for breakfast, then did some maintenance on the 250. Battery testing was giving mixed results so Mike decided to try a new battery. He also found a bad connection to the rectifier, so we're hoping those tw...

I might have missed it, but what was the altitude difference between your home and the venue of the ride? My concern is if your mixture might be too lean. That would cause a condition that might cause seizer.
Just my 2 cents

He will be having Breakfast with Mark Eichhorn in Valapariso this morning. Mike's battery died. They will try to get a new one, but is seems his charging coil is not functioning. This feeds the stop light and turn signals. Man, 40 year old electronics are a nightmare.

Mike called in tonight. He did about 400 miles making it to Plymouth Indiana. He had a tail wind. No problems with the bike. He asked for info on hotels in the area. I found two that were about the same price. I mistakenly booked the wrong one. At least it was the cheaper one. Too late for a refund....

Jake sent in some photos from Mike's camera on his way to Finleyville and Jake's garage (I think). Also his campsite In Shawnee State Park 18891760_10209284562337746_3375651746402995738_o[1].jpg 19024900_10209284564057789_5625159414065240401_o[1].jpg 18953331_10209284562297745_9163545224140218132_o[...

Ok, Mike called in today. I hadn't mentioned it before, but Mike have a problem with his headlight and tail light while in NJ. After replacing the broken head light, it was discovered, the lighting coil was fried. Sterling installed a re-wound one which only last a short time. By the time he got to ...

His next stop will be Finlyville PA where he will visit with fellow ECHJYA member Jake Sites.

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Mike called last night. He was in Bedford PA. He will spend the night in Shawnee State Park. He had a bit of a concern when he was unable to get into 5th gear. Turns out one of his plastic bags got pulled into his chain and clogged his shifter mechanism. Here is where he is as of 6 PM last night. ht...

Announcement of “The Lincoln Highway Big Ride” What is this ride you ask? Well it can finally be announced and has been confirmed! The “Big Lincoln Highway Ride” is definitely taking place. The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States...

I have a .013" brass feeler gauge I made. When I use it, the timing is perfect according to my timing light.

Trip odometer too.

Hooray, done.

Even the new one Paul sent had issues. My neighbor made a new one. Free for me, so no harm done.

B: Trial and error method Place a stand or block under the motorcycle so it is held upright with the rear wheel clear of the ground. Shift transmission to low gear. Remove the two Phillips head screws securing the shifter cover to the magneto cover and set cover aside. Using a metal stylus, scribe a...

A: Measurement Method Remove magneto cover assembly. Remove the foot change inside cover. Measure from the inside surface of the magneto cover to the nearest face of the shifter sliding pin. The proper measurement is 35.1mm (1.38 in.) (measured at the center of the shifter arm slack). Loosen the loc...

Arizona er, I mean Jack,

The plastic is on the opposite side of the photo and there is only the plastic, the decal and the paper on top which the decal should stay with when it lifted from the plastic. I tried warming it already. No luck.

Bill, I am sure you are right. I have applied many decal like this. I think this decal is old stock and the plastic is not releasing properly from the paper and decal. To make things worse, the individual numbers and the Hodaka logo in the decal are not connected and will not release together. It is...

Guys,

There is no adhesive on the clear plastic back side. What sticks it to the bike?

I am having trouble getting my 250 SL battery decal to separate from the clear plastic. It wants to stay on the plastic and not stay with the top paper. I don't want damage it. :o It is the white one, not he red one shown on the SH website. Any hints. :roll: https://www.strictlyhodaka.com/product-p/...

Posted in February from Brian Z, To determine if your coil is okay, measure the resistance between the black and blue wires of the coil. The ohmeter should indicate low resistance (less than 10 ohms). Now measure from the spark plug cap to the frame. The ohmeter should measure somewhere in the thous...

Ha, Ha, HA! This bike came without a kill switch. Just a couple of loose wires that I had to make sure didn't touch each other or the engine would die. So I bought a cheap kill switch online. Before soldering up the wires, I did an ohm check of the switch. Good thing I did. It is backwards. ON is cl...

I don't know what else to say except to try doing the case removal routine to get better indexing to get the spring relaxed to minimum.
On my WomAce with the 03 motor, I have this folding kicker. Works great. You shouldn't need a lot of rotation to start a properly tuned Hodaka.

I copied this photo of a Road Toad from the Hodaka Fan Club Facebook page to show the kicker in its proper home folded position.

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Click on attachments at the bottom of the screen. Follow the instructions. Click on add files. Your computer will display files to add. Click on the one you want to display. Hit open. Click on "place inline". I hate my job.jpg Add a file comment if you want. Hit preview or submit. This is ...

B: Measurement Method Remove magneto cover assembly. Remove the foot change inside cover. Measure from the inside surface of the magneto cover to the nearest face of the shifter sliding pin. The proper measurement is 35.1mm (1.38 in.) (measured at the center of the shifter arm slack). Loosen the loc...