If u are in Canada I have a complete bottom end for you. Ran it last year and all is good to go but seals are old

I think you need to decide on whether you want an on road bike or off road only. A full resto is easy and fun, all parts are available with some searching, and refurbishment advice is available here. I did a almost complete renovation on a model 94 Wombat, a full by owner restoration is out of quest...

The drop in replacement I mentioned is the 24mm Mikuni carb from Strictly Hodaka, $189 I think.

Wow, I am pleased to see the new building. Those porta potties were getting very friendly last year after four days of use

I too struggled with carb issues on my 94. Lots of parts, jets, gaskets etcetera to get it right. It is a model B carb, and the last problem was to fix the too rich mixture in the quarter to three quarter position. That took a new needle jet and needle to resolve, but it runs perfectly now. Looking ...

I too struggled with carb issues on my 94. Lots of parts, jets, gaskets etcetera to get it right. It is a model B carb, and the last problem was to fix the too rich mixture in the quarter to three quarter position. That took a new needle jet and needle to resolve, but it runs perfectly now. Looking ...

Then I have been in the Red Pony! Did a big tour of New Mexico on my ST 1300 in 2009 and had a burger in Madrid. Neat little town.

image.jpeg image.jpeg Have watched all seasons of Longmire, and really like the scenery. Now I know where it is filmed. How about the town? What is its real name? Some of you may be fans of the Netflix series "Heartland" which is going on eleven seasons now. I am fortunate to live 15 minu...

Wow, it looks amazing. Right down to the signal lites. Looks like a runner for sure. Looks like you will be doing a road trip!

Glad to hear some of you are making the most of winter. Here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, we have had a two week cold snap, temps down to 10 below Fahrenheit for you Yanks, minus 25 C for the rest of the world. Not much snow except in the mountains where skiing is in full swing. We just returned fro...

I too had the "walk of shame", pushing my bike a half mile in the blazing sun. Turns out one of the wires in the stator had rubbed and shorted out. I would check there first unles of course the piston is seized tight

Board is pretty quiet these days so I thought I would see whether the baffle I have for my model 94 Wombat is complete and correct. When running it seems much loader than i remember my Ace 100 sounding. The spark arrestor says Ace 100 , so that is what got me thinking whether this was correct for th...

Planning a month or two this winter in the Palm Springs, CA, area and wondering whether there any Hodaka lunatics or vendors in that area. Not planning to take my Wombat down there, it is still not registered here so a border crossing from Canada could be a big problem, but would like to see any oth...

I was wondering whether it was a lacquer over the polish. It is very stubborn to remove. If that is correct, then I will need to clear coat them once I am finished?

I am going to mount an 03 wombat set of forks onto my model 94. In the process of cleaning up the forks and trying to get the oxidation off of the lowers. I have been using 000 steel wool, but it is extremely slow going, will take hours at this rate and don't know if my old hands will hold up. My wi...

Most newer bikes have internal bar weights to keep the buzz out of the bars. If you take one out, as I did on my KLR, the harmonic vibration is immediately noticeable. They are usually tapped for a retaining bolt that spreads it out a bit and insures a tight fit. I would bet that any metric bike sho...

Got a call today from a guy who has six bikes and wants to sell them all. Wombat, Combat Wombat, rest are 100s various models. The first two were of interest to me, so I pressed for some details. Apparently they are runners, but haven't been started in ten years, looking for 1000 and 1500, but he wa...

Roger, Bill and SoCal, thanks for this advice. I will follow it completely. Rob, I got my wiring all routed and tidy, so should be good for now. It is not a concours resto, just a refurbish, omg I have already spent to much! Next time will start with a better bike!

Is the vibration constant through out the Rev range? If it only appears at specific revs, and only noticeable in the bars, then it may just be a harmonic vibration. Cure is some bar end weights or internal slugs

Just installed a 6v voltage regulator from a model 03 unto my 94. It struck me that the powder coating is so complete that any component that requires a frame ground needed to have some of the coating removed in order to insure continuity. In the case of the vr, I grounded it through the coil mount,...

Thanks to all who helped on this topic. The 03 donor has great chrome wheels, the correct handlebars I want, and one clutch perch that I need. I am going to push ahead with the fork exchange, my buddy has a TIG welder, so we can transfer the steering stop from one bike to another, and touch up the p...

Bill, I see now that I have the 03 at home, the steering limiters are different. Did you need to do anything to the 03 lower triple clamp to get the correct amount of turning angle? Your bike looks great!. no chance for my 03 to be a resto candidate, best fate will be a donor cycle. . So, reading ot...

That's a good idea. Would my nice stainless fender mount on the 03 Forks?

Did you re-Chrome the rear rack and too tube? I wish mine looked that nice

Nice set up! Only thing I didn't see is a rolling motorcycle table for those big resto projects.