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- Thu Nov 26, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Hodaka Thanksgiving from long ago
- Replies: 4
- Views: 701
Re: Hodaka Thanksgiving from long ago
Excellent story Bob, and love the snow on the bikes Ed. It must have been deep! Thanks for sharing and Happy Thanksgiving.
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:19 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Mission impossible
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3941
Re: Mission impossible
Wow what a mess Clarence!
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:47 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: 03 patina build
- Replies: 127
- Views: 21863
Re: 03 patina build
Hahaha Matt, I hope it wasn't my handiwork! Sounds like something I might do. LOL
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:35 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: 03 patina build
- Replies: 127
- Views: 21863
Re: 03 patina build
As a general rule on clutches you need to have at least one steel plate between every fiber plate in order to take advantage of the friction between the plates, but you can double up on steel plates anywhere in the stack to achieve the desired overall thickness without adversely affecting clutch ope...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:54 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: 03 patina build
- Replies: 127
- Views: 21863
Re: 03 patina build
The schematic for the 03 shows 5 steel and 4 fiber. That's probably why the rebuild kit had that configuration. I'm just trying to make sure to keep everyone confused.
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Just for Fun! Add One If You Can!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2443
Re: Just for Fun! Add One If You Can!!!
Thank you all for the laughs. Makotosun I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Yours hit just a little too close to home!
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:44 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Question on forum organization
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1929
Re: Question on forum organization
I think having it all lumped into one basket is consistent with Hodaka's approach... keeping it simple and using basically the same bike for every different use. I kind of like it the way it is but would continue to be entertained by the forum regardless of the organizational aspect. Probably would ...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:05 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Just for Fun! Add One If You Can!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2443
Re: Just for Fun! Add One If You Can!!!
Hahaha, excellent!! That one will be hard to top Victor!
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:57 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Gary Baileys book
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2163
Re: Gary Baileys book
Paul I feel like we should set aside a whole evening for discussion of the Coriolis Effect on moving objects relative to the surface of the Earth, such as hurricane systems and toilet drains. I wish we didn't live so far away from each other.
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:36 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Super Rat tires
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2084
Re: Super Rat tires
I have C755 4.10-18 Cheng Shins on both of my race bikes. Very light and fit and wear well. Duro also makes a 4.10 that is comparable and Dunlop has a vintage small knobby set that looks even better but I haven't tried them yet. I have all three options here in stock at my shop and they should be av...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:33 pm
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Gary Baileys book
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2163
Re: Gary Baileys book
And yes before someone jumps all over me I know that water drains clockwise in the northern hemisphere. It was a joke
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:30 pm
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Gary Baileys book
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2163
Re: Gary Baileys book
Matt could it be that like a toilet bowl draining... in the northern hemisphere we naturally circle to the left and in the southern hemisphere we would turn to the right? :roll: I once had an old-timer tell me that the Indians turned more naturally to the right because the throttle was on the left s...
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:29 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Clutch issues....
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6063
Re: Clutch issues....
Vic, with regard to draining and filling the gear oil over and over, if you lay the bike on it's left side you can remove the clutch cover and clutch without draining the oil. Just trying to streamline your process a little.
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:47 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Tight piston wrist pins
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1599
Re: Tight piston wrist pins
I'm with Brian that the piston will expand at a greater rate than the pin when they heat up thereby relieving the tight fit. However given the experience that Ed recites often about seizures due to the tight fit, I suspect that the problem isn't when the engine heats up for the first time, but when ...
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:56 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Steering Stem Ball Bearings model 98
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6696
Re: Steering Stem Ball Bearings model 98
Vic, your photo appears correct on my PC and Bill's has him on his ear. Vic did you find any ball bearings while your head was turned?
- Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:35 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: The Hodaka Story
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1187
Re: The Hodaka Story
I think this is what Dal is talking about, from https://ironandair.com/blogs/news/hodaka "For 25 cents, readers could order a pamphlet — The Hodaka Story — that explained the company’s philosophy, preached about how riding should be fun and affordable and claimed that because the backcountry fo...
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:48 pm
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Best Time at Unadilla!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 815
Re: Best Time at Unadilla!
Thanks guys! I have to tell you that I am so proud of Chase. He's a good kid and he would have fit right in with us 50 or 60 years ago when we were getting started with dirt bikes. He helps me on the farm too! Sarah Lane was trackside at Unadilla taking pictures and she always gets really great shot...
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:35 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Best Time at Unadilla!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 815
Best Time at Unadilla!
I have ridden the National track at Unadilla many times and it's always a special experience, but this time I got to do it with my 13 year old grandson Chase! Many years ago as a very small child he helped me build my Super Toad. It was only fitting when they announced that there would be a Junior c...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 1:56 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Combat Wombat Clutch
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2287
Re: Combat Wombat Clutch
Vic if I'm understanding you correctly I think you are saying that with the bike in neutral and idling when you pull in the clutch lever the bike stalls, still in neutral. This would be something more than dragging plates. Something is wrong with the clutch outside of the actual plate stack. I will ...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:37 pm
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: What kind of hub is this?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1415
Re: What kind of hub is this?
The early 80's YZ's and IT's had double leading shoe front brakes like that, but they had leading axle forks with much more travel than the forks in the picture would provide. The picture might be a Yamaha wheel married to 34mm Hodaka forks (which were the same forks Yamaha used in the early 70's.)
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:48 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: 90 short swing arm
- Replies: 5
- Views: 670
Re: 90 short swing arm
The early Ace 90s had that swing arm. I believe it changed around 1966.
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:50 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Ace 90 rear wheel bearing spacer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1224
Re: Ace 90 rear wheel bearing spacer
Re-reading your post it appears the spacer may be 3mm longer than the inside shoulder measurement. I feel that might be excessive if the inner and outer races of the bearing are flush with each other.
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:46 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Ace 90 rear wheel bearing spacer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1224
Re: Ace 90 rear wheel bearing spacer
I have made several wheel spacers over the years and as a cautionary note I would say that it's important for the spacer to contact the inner races of the bearings before the outer races bottom out in their recesses when the axle is tightened. If the outer races bottom out first and the axle is tigh...
- Tue May 19, 2020 6:41 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: HELP Yamaguchi with Hodaka motor
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2509
Re: HELP Yamaguchi with Hodaka motor
Hmmm... I guess that's why we don't ride enginecycles... I was with Clarence until Mr. Webster interjected. Thanks for the lesson, even us old guys can learn something new every day!
- Thu May 14, 2020 6:50 am
- Forum: HODAKA CHAT GROUP
- Topic: Hodaka 250 front hub/axle assembly
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1822
Re: Hodaka 250 front hub/axle assembly
From that picture it appears that the shoulder of the axle contacts the inner race of the bearing and the seal rides on the larger diameter surface of the axle shoulder.