Except for the fact that the cylinder sleeve broke!!

A nickle plated chain would finish it off nicely.

My recollection is that you are looking for any Hodaka that might have been sold by your grandfather who was a Hodaka dealer and owned Ditcher's Cycle Shop in Ohio. Just reminding myself.

Welcome back Maxie

Hahaha. Took me a minute Matt

I don't think Massimo was around in the 60's and 70's, but I'm not sure. Couldn't find any evidence of it. The Massimo company that makes mini bikes today is much younger than that. Thanks for the idea though. The list now is up to 212 largely due to the suggestions from this group. I started adding...

Some other mini bikes that I missed are Arctic Cat, Coleman, and Tote Gote.

Good one Matt! Late '60's Italjet powered folding mini scooters.

Here is the new updated list based on everyone's suggestions. At some point I may add start and end dates for all the brands that I can find that info for. Motorcycle Brands in the 1960’s and 1970’s 1 Aermacchi 2 Agrati 3 Alron 4 Allstate 5 Alouette 6 American Eagle 7 Ancillotti 8 AJS 9 AMP 10 April...

Thanks for the suggestion. Actually Joe had suggested GRM in an earlier post, so I have added it to my list.

It looks like Meguro was a stand alone company until sometime in 1960 when it merged with Kawasaki. So indeed it qualifies.

I remember the Moto Skeeter too. After reading an article in the new VMX Magazine I added two British trials bikes from the 70's also, Frasier and Scorpion. This brings the list up to 175... Ed is correct that many of these were either gone or not yet available in the year 1970, but I tried to resea...

Collectively we added another 32 in one day!

What fun! I've been adding to this list from time to time but had really slowed down until now. With the assumption that all these additions are correct, the list is up to 172 at this point! I'll post it again later.

Let me see if this works, Motorcycle Brands in the 1960’s and 1970’s 1 Aermacchi 2 Agrati 3 Alron 4 Allstate 5 Alouette 6 American Eagle 7 Ancillotti 8 AJS 9 AMP 10 Aprilia 11 Ariel 12 Aspes 13 Attex 14 Bella 15 Bennelli 16 Beta 17 Bianchi 18 Bimota 19 BLM 20 BMW 21 Bombardier 22 Bonanza 23 Bridgest...

And just to be clear, on my list several of the brands that were available in the early 60's were gone by 1970 and there were several more that started after 1970. I believe the number of companies in 1970 might be closer to the 100 count that you mentioned.

Clarence, When I figure out a good way to get my list on this forum I'll attach it so you can see and remember. It's kind of fun. Frame making companies like Rickman are listed because they did sell complete motorcycles. To answer Ed's question on the other thread, I would venture to guess that near...

I have been compiling a list of Motorcycle brands in the 1960's and 1970's and have 140 on the list. It's based primarily on dealership based ads in old motorcycle magazines. Some of them are rebranding of the same motorcycles in different countries, such as Puch and Alstate, or Sprite and American ...

Wow talk about getting off topic!

I have been compiling a list of Motorcycle brands in the 1960's and 1970's and have 140 on the list. It's based primarily on dealership based ads in old motorcycle magazines. Some of them are rebranding of the same motorcycles in different countries, such as Puch and Alstate, or Sprite and American ...

Very cool story!

I had a bunch of DG modifications (including a head) on my CR125 back in the early to mid 70s. I know, I know, it's not a Hodaka,... and it may not have made any difference in performance... but it made me feel faster!

It seems like we are discussing three different things. There seems to be some consensus of anecdotal evidence of a "seat of the pants" performance enhancement from the Webco head over stock. What is more difficult to assess is whether there is difference in cooling effectivity. The "...

You are describing classic lean symptoms. Hopefully it's just a clogged pilot jet, but it could be anything that introduces more air or less fuel.

Wow Giver, good job on the coloring, it's much easier and more fun to follow!