Thanks especially Ed for your "Whomping wads of wondrous wisdom...". Shades of the original Resonator! Measuring the minor and major diameters of the shaft spline equals 20.5 mm and 24.5mm respectively. The possibility of the bike coming equipped with a non-Hodaka 14T sprocket might be sli...

My Hodaka Wombat points are another strange case for the Hodaka think to roll over. What has happens (with TWO sets of point so far :shock: ) is that the contact point in the pivot arm starts loosening in its mount until the gap stays completely closed. Functionally -- or dysfunctionally more aptly ...

Moo, hmm. Is that a Honda C105T (Trail 55: iron head, pushrod) over on the other bench or the C100 with the leg guards removed?

Alright, I think I'm ready to talk about this now -- and apologies for the bad language in the subject line. Here's an incident record of my 250SL counter shaft history: 1. At 6244 miles the STOCK and ORIGINAL counter shaft sheared. I sourced a NOS counter shaft and put the engine back together with...

Now the THIRD countershaft has sheared at the sprocket . Why oh WHY?!

But I'm so demoralized that I'm not ready to talk about it yet...

Re cutting the combustion chamber to a more modern design yields great results at modest cost. Super Combat 2.jpg That looks like the Singh Groove modification upped to the Nth degree. Singh Grooving would typically be four kerfs placed like compass points (centered bowl chamber) and their function...

Epilogue:
Clutch works great with the 6 (of 7) new friction plates. Can even find neutral with the bike running now -- that was a lost cause until now. That's why I thought Hodaka deleted the neutral light on the model 70.

Also sandblasted the glazed surfaces of the steel plates with 20-50 grit.

Hodaka fans are so fortunate to have folks that have invested so much time, effort and money to make parts available for our machines! Terry and Bev, Paul, Greg, Jamie, Bruce, Scott come to mind immediately. Thanks to all of them! Oh my, that recent stock of 250 friction plates I reported wasn't a ...

A 1969 Hodaka Gravel Rash calendar was recently passed along to me. I believe that it was meant for distribution to Hodaka dealers. It's large, dimensions are 24" x 18" an provides 365 days of quips, puns, jokes, and random silliness. Marv Foster would have been the creative and driving fo...

I don't know if this is correct, but I seem to remember someone saying that clutch plates from a Suzuki 250 (unknown which year or model) would work in the Hodaka clutch. If so, see what they recommend for use limits. ### It looks like Hodaka-Parts has clutch plates (the steel ones as well as the f...

Thanks for the feedback. My friction plates are very close to the factory thickness then. Overall the plate stack would be barely a mm shorter than new. Springs are 28.5 mm +/- Oil is Lucas 10w40 motorcycle oil. First time using this oil and the transmission shifts way better. Can even find neutral ...

Clutch slipping on my 250SL so I deglazed the seven steel plate with 180 emery and a cross hatch pattern. This helped some but there's still slip in 5th gear. Does anybody know what the minimum thickness of the fiber plates should be? This could be hard to answer because I don't think there ever was...

Speaking of condensers I replaced one on my 94 wombat and it runs a lot better. is it me or would a new condenser make it run much smoother, it's under the tank now ..... My 94 Wombat used to intermittently run grossly underpowered when the condenser was starting to go out. Wouldn't pull more the 2...

I think Gregg Floren bought a Sprite Avenger from a seller on Vancouver Island (British Columbia) five or six years ago. I wonder how that project is progressing.

POR-15 sealer for moderately rusted tanks.

Caswell two-part tank sealer if the tank is like a sieve.

NO Kreem ever!

I tried electrolysis on my 94 Wombat tank and it works.

As a precaution, the process gives off explosive hydrogen gas. Next time I'll make sure I use tank electrolysis outside only (remember the Hindenburg).

From the hard knocks I've had with both points and condensers I would say this may be points. While your points might look clean and fine I find that they still won't conduct without an aggressive resurfacing with 400 emery paper. Another points issue that stumped me for awhile is that one of the co...

Darrell, I occasionally drift off to sleep musing about what the heck could be causing your repeated contershaft spline failures. Still with no real brain-storms. Question: Are your rear hub cushions and your chain tensioner in good working order? Ed Thanks Ed, at least the problem seems to be putt...

Bob, HD 22 is on my to-do list. I was one of the first to sign on for the Bad Rock Ride.

Darrell

Sorry about the bad language in the subject line... There was a perfectly rational explanation for the clutch slipping after all: an extra .5mm clutch disc spacer. No voodoo involved as with the shearing countershafts (Albert, the wheel does turn without any undue resistance). Configuring the spacer...

Bah, I've just installed my third countershaft in a 250SL -- the splines have been shearing on the sprocket. The problem appears to be unique to me and my 250, but that's a digression. Anyway, on first ride the clutch is slipping now. Cable free play and actuation point seem to be in spec -- but it ...

Look at how many drill holes it took to balance this 250SL flywheel!

I suppose all the metal lost through corrosion since has thrown it back out of whack.

Wassell Motorcycles (England)

Wassell motorcycles were branded as Tyran for the US market.

And there was KEYSTONE minibikes. Two-stroke TAS motor with manual clutch.
One brake on the rear wheel, but at least it was a drum and not a tire binder.

The defination of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. What are the odds that you got a defective heat treated main shaft, and by some odds got a second defective heat treated main shaft, when no one else seems to have?. I restored a SL250 this summer for ...