Hoducka Hodaaaka saying it correct

[taber hodaka]

The correct way to say it is HODOCKA. Clarence

[ossa95d]

Hey Clarence,
Maybe you ought to make this one a "sticky post" so it's always on top!

[hodakamax]

When I bought my first Ace 90 from a local dealer in 1965 they pronounced it Hodaaka. When I got my dealership our distributor in Oklahoma pronounced it the same. The're all Hodaakas in southeast Kansas and surrounding areas. I try to say it the right way when talking to foreigners (not from these parts.) Forgive me if I slip when talking to me in person.

Maxie

[taber hodaka]

I copied it out of an old resonator from Hodaka .
Clarence

[RichardMott]

In the 1970s when I was first introduced to this brand, it was taught to me as Hodaka with an A "like APPLE". I found out later (although in all fairness and old friend did call it Hodaka with a short "A". I thought he was wrong.
When I made my first pilgrimage to Oregon in 2005, I was corrected with the "open your mouth and say AAAAH" A sound. I think it was Ed Chesnut that was the one.
So I think we here in the East used the Apple A and the West used the doctors request AAAH sound. Not duck.

Vowel sounds in English can drive me nuts. Just my observation.

[viclioce]

I've never pronounced it any other way than Hoe-daah-kuh! Even when I didn't own one! ; D Victor

[taber hodaka]

Ho-dock-a from a old resonator? clarence

[Bullfrog]

Just to remove the requirement to interpret letter or phrase sounds . . .

Hoe-dock-uh.

Ed

[RichardMott]

And Ed has the final word.........**

Oh wait, I just did, HA!

[hodakaguy]

Here it is in Japanese:
3 syll. ho-da-ka, hod-aka ] The baby boy name Hodaka is pronounced HHOW-D-ahKaa- †. Hodaka's language of origin is Japanese and it is also used mainly in the Japanese language. The name's meaning is 'tall ear of grain'.

[Bullfrog]

So the mountain in Japan which is named Hodaka (namesake of Hodaka Motorcycles) is a "tall ear of grain"? Interesting.

The pronunciation provided was reviewed and approved by all levels at PABATCO before being published in the Resonator - including Maurice Lee (Engineering) who came to PABATCO from his job at the Hodaka factory in Japan. I have some "inside" knowledge on that particular little blurb . . . I wrote it wayeeee back when.

Ed

[hodakamax]

Potaaato, potahhto, still a spud.

[Scribbler]

Wish I had a dime
for every time
someone called mine
a Hondaka....

[MWL]

Wish I had a dime
for every time
someone called mine
a Hondaka....

There was a Hondaka for sale on Craigslist recently....

[bchappy]

Little off the subject but I am amazed at the number of clerks in automotive stores and even local motorcycle shops that have never heard of a Hodaka. If they are under 50 years old there is a good chance they never heard of it. I just tell them to write it down and search for it on Google when they get home.

[hodakamax]

I must say I've never heard of a Hondaka but it did make me laugh! ----Funny.

Maxie

[RichardMott]

What would one call a Honda with a Hodaka motor?

A good start!....

[taber hodaka]

It is a hondaB or a wannaB

[bchappy]

Rick, I would call it a Hondaka. I installed a 1962 Dodge motor and push button transmission in a 1957 ford when I was 20 years old. I called it a Fodge. Wonderful memories.

[RichardMott]

In High School, one of my auto-tech-school classmates family owned a junk yard. They pulled a stolen 1958 Corvette out of a water filled quarry that had no engine. He put in a 312 CI Ford V-8 and tranny. Used a Ford rear too. Fast little devil, but I always thought of it as a Frankenstein car.

I was a MOPAR man in High School.

[Larry S]

2 years ago I built a Hodaka powered Rokon Trail Breaker.I call it a Rodaka.

[rtboone]

Greetings

If you paint it green, you could call it a "Rodaka Toad"!

Just a RT (random thought)

Tom

[hodakamax]

Larry, I've told you before on the Forum that the Rodaka is one of the coolest bikes ever. Good work! Don't ever sell that thing without calling me.

Maxie

[Larry S]

Thank you Maxie for the kind words . If it is ever sold , it will be sold by my heirs.