Thanks! I hope they like it, and if not, I really could care less because I love it!!! I have a new case on the way for the ace and then I just need the top triple clamp. Once I get that, I'll get it together and running before digging into making it pretty. :D I'm excited! Also picked up an Indian ...

Hey Am103. I live in Cedar Falls and have excellent examples of both of the bikes you are working on. I race the Combat Wombat and the Ace 100 is my daily rider. Neither one is a 100 point resto but the CW is an excellent race resto and the Ace is an equally excellent rider resto. Both were rehabil...

Thank you!!!!!!! You are soo awesome! Exactly what I needed! I'm going to be busy trying to help my cousin buy his first dirtbike tomorrow out of town, but once I get the chance to make these, ill weld em on and post pics! Thanks again!

Does this look right for the tab on the frame?

20150714_205215.jpg Got the bikes. Quick question....was this a mount for number plates? Would anyone be able to help me out and send a picture of what it should look like as well as dimensions of the piece? Really getting excited to dig into these. Going to weld that on the frame and repaint it bl...

Neither bike has even been registered. The motor numbers are P38124 for the ace and h06129 on the combat wombat. The ace 100 appears to be a 1970.....the combat wombat appears to be a wombat motor unfortunately.

IMG_0860.jpg He claims he's got the original pipe. Sent me this picture tonight. Happy that it has a seat too! He says the seat cover isnt ripped, but who knows! He also says the tanks are in really good shape and they have no dents, no rust in them, and arent rotting out on the bottom. This might ...

If you can find an engine for a combat wombat, or correct pieces depending on which bottom half of the engine you have, you can reconstruct one. But beware looking for parts on eBay. My experience has been that 99% or more of parts listed for a Hodaka are misidentified. Guys seem to through in as m...

Well sounds like I'll have to be on the lookout for a CW motor then! Thanks to both of you! No reason to rebuild this Combat motor then. And I don't plan to try and make money on them, I just would rather have the correct one in...because even for me, not knowing much about Hodakas...(yet)...I still...

Has anyone had any pin striping done? There isn't a lot of room on these bikes to put stuff, but I would like to have a pin strip dedication to my grandfather on the bike someplace. I'm not sure what exactly yet, but I'd like to incorporate his race number and a saying of some sorts. Any pictures o...

Aaron, you might want to go to the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) and view the vintage rules to help guide you on modifications that are legal for specific classes. Mods are allowed but must be of the era. Suspension updates are allowed but limited to stock travel and so on...

I hate to be the killjoy, but the engine from your Combat Wombat looks suspiciously like an iron barreled Wombat engine. The Wombat engine has one major difference that prevents it from being a drop in replacement, this being that the Combat Wombat pipe will not mate to the Wombat cylinder. The alt...

I think Brian is right, It appears that the bottom two pictures are a 94 Wombat engine, not a 95 Combat Wombat. The lower ends are about the same except for straight cut primary gears in the 95. The 95 has a different piston, cylinder, head and a 28mm carb vs a 24mm for the 94. This is all unfortun...

Here's the pics of the motors....he didn't get any of any numbers on them though.

Kinda funny a few of you are from Kansas...These bikes are coming from Wellsville, KS. The seller is meeting me next Sunday at a Hare Scramble I'll be racing at anyways that's in southwest Iowa.

I will get some pictures of the motors and post them up!

Aaron, your project is interesting to me in two ways. First, the Combat Wombat (95) was the last bike I ordered and rode (a lot) before I sold my Hodaka/Maico business in the early 70s. Secondly 40+ years later I found a grim 94A in a barn with a racing past. I restored it into a vintage racer and ...

Aaron I live down the road from McPherson College. It's a pretty cool college! A lot of guys that go to school there sound like they have the same outlook as you. Every year they have 1 or 2 car/bike shows, people from all over come to it (like Jay Leno). It is pretty cool to see the young and the ...

Go to the Strictly Hodaka home page and there is a button at the very top right where you can search. My browser does not open the little window until you actually click on the magnifying glass. Type "manual" and all the manuals will come up (4 pages of them.) The owners manuals all have ...

Welcome to the group Aaron. Where are you located? Probably others close to you that you can trade idea (and parts with). The alloy rims on the CW are the valuable ones as there was not that many put on Hodakas. The Ace rims are shiny chrome but they are pretty available. Both have stainless fender...

Welcome Aaron! The projects look to be quite restorable. I'm envious. The last one I did had been ridden to its mechanical death and then thrown outside for decades. I like your idea of restoring one to its racing past. It's fun to restore one to its original condition but it's more fun to modify H...

Arizona Shorty, Glad to hear they are easy to work on!!! Oh yea, I got some cash to spend. I work full-time and am putting full time college on hold. That gives me cash and time to figure out what I want to do with my life. I was looking into McPherson College in Kansas, for Auto and Motorcycle Rest...

Hello everyone, Today I bought my first two Hodakas. Going to pick them up next Sunday (BIG drive). I've done a little reading and research on these bikes I bought... One appears to be a 1973 Combat Wombat (95). The second bike is an Ace 100 (92). My uncles used to race motocross and raced a lot of ...