Thanks Clarence. That noise is exactly why everything is apart right now. Thought it would be the roller retainer and it was not. Retainer is fine. But the ramps on the kick shaft were in bad shape. Purchased new kick shaft and also purchased the beefier roller retainer and a new retainer clip. Inte...

Thanks Clarence and Dale. Plan to connect w Terry tomorrow.

Thanks Dale. It’s a SoCal Hodaka kick shaft sourced through Terry Larson at Hodaka Parts. I’ll check w him

Engagement or kick gear w 2nd gear looks really good to me.

Purchased new kick shaft and beefier retainer to cure kicker slippage on a B+. Original shaft had 0.2mm shim at splined end and 0.5mm on left engine case side. With new shaft I kept the 0.2mm shim at splined end. The other end now has (2) 0.5mm shims and a 0.3mm. With cases back together and held in...

Hey Clarence and Victor thank you for the support. For a data point on this B vs B+, I have had my bike as a new, leftover, since March 1973 and the mfg date is July 1971. Frame number A59008. Re the difference in rear fender, the Official Hodaka Workshop Manual, History of Change and Modification o...

Hey Clarence, Found in the workshop manual that there was a design change for the B+ that as of frame A-48913 the rear fender p/n changed by adding an A to the previous p/n of 928630 due to "Altered tailight position". Best I can try to figure this out is that the metal stamping for the ta...

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the rear fender used on ACE 100 and B, p/n 928630 and the rear fender for the B+, p/n 928630A? Thinking that since it's just the addition of an A, rather than a different p/n that there isn't a lot of difference, but don't want to find out the hard w...

Thanks for looking Victor!

Must be awful cold not to be able to go to the garage! Was just cross country skiing in ME and it was 7. That was cold…..once you stopped moving!
When you do get a chance I would appreciate hearing back from you. Thanks!!

Viclioce - were you able to check your available fenders?

Thanks Victor. Yes just the rear. Luckily the orig front is well preserved probably due to replacing it w a Petty early on. I look forward to your photos. -Mark

Thanks Clarence, no confusion at all; makes sense. So the question is what are the diffs between the Ace 100 rear fender 928630 and the B/B+ rear 928630A? Adding an A rather than changing the p/n by a digit seems like not much changed. So could 928630 fit a B+ w/o looking bad? Given the change in wh...

I’m in need of a rear fender for my ‘71 B+ I’m recommissioning. Bought it new in ‘73 as a left over and have kept it since. Original rear fractured in line w the rear light assy and I replaced it w a Preston Petty. Would like to put original stainless back on. Not sure what the differences are betwe...