I wonder if this worked. Can you see pictures? If you can't then I screwed this up. If you can, then here's another Hodaka 250SL back to life. It was given up for dead in 1977 (cause: terminal kickstart failure) and rolled in to the back bushes to rot with only 830 miles. Nothing, except the front w...

How much of it still moves and turns? When I got my SL the front whee and steering head were only moving/turning parts - this bike looks like more of the same. But somehow my head pipe elbow survived, even though it was full of water. Your top end, crank, and magneto are probably rusted solid. I eve...

It's surprising how many differences there are between the SL and ED, e.g., trans ratios, handlebars, seat,, cylinder, rear brake rod and arm, etc. I would have thought Hodaka could have kept costs down if the SL configuration was more of an ED with street gear.

Thanks Paul and everyone. It looks like both of my shocks don't fully extend anymore. One of them is stuck solid at 14", and a bit, the other that moves a bit is at 14.75 - 15". I sandblasted and painted the bodies and springs so they look really good, anyhow. I don't see SL specific shock...

Thanks Paul, are you really, really sure that's not an ED shock length Paul? I'm thinking they're measuring somewhere between 14.5 to 15" on the SL, but it's hard to tell, one was squirting oil and the other is seized, and they're both on the bike.

I wonder what is the eye-to-eye length of the rear shocks on the 250SL? At the moment, my shocks are about 1" different from each other :? . The longer one is leaking so I turned both of them upside down (with the damper/fluid body at the bottom). That didn't help as there was still a big puddl...