Well yeah, Matt, I'm sure you're right that the crank seals are shot. So thank you for that, although it now kickstarts super easily on the first kick and seems nice and peppy. So while I agree that I will do the seal, I kinda wonder if it's somehow actually still intact! Just brought it in for the ...

Update! Towed it to pop start, which worked! It actually runs and sounds super freaking cool! So that's exciting! Anyway, upon starting, the clutch issue went away, so that aspect of my original problem set was just the typical "stuck clutch plates" and is now resolved. Clutch stick could ...

Hi, I'm trying to resurrect a barn find 99 Road Toad and have it roughly "gone over" but I can't get it to shift. Seems like it's stuck in a high gear. The shifter does move and you can feel what seem to be correct detents, but moving the bike back and forth always feels the same, never mo...

So this leads me to believe that my Toad's previous owner killed the bike by letting the oil pump dry out and blow air straight into the intake. Sad and tragic. I'm envisioning eager kid doing "tune up" of the bike, getting rid of injection improperly, going out for first ride and boom. He...

Hey @toadroad88, Careful with that oil injection delete idea. I just bought my first Hodaka(s) a few days ago and am in the process of checking them out. The Road Toad model 99 I got had its oil injector disabled (hose cut and left dangling) and the engine is seized hard. I have a suspicion that the...