My son also came home with a Combat Wombat project, which we tackled first, but I will detail later, but it relates to this build as well. The Combat needed a pipe, and they tend to be a bit rare. My son located a fellow in Tacoma with a "lot" or a bunch of Hodaka parts including a bunch of tanks, pipes and three rollers. A trip to Tacoma, a lowball offer accepted, and now I am starting to resemble Bruce at Hodaka Parts in Idaho! The key items we needed (seat and pipe) were in the mix. and the price for the lot was about what I was looking to pay for just those two parts!
Included in the new lot was a set of late model Super Rat wheels in nice shape (18"/21") and a variety of tanks in various states of disrepair. 5 bins of frame and motor parts, so we should be able to build most of this bike out of inventory! It is not going to be a restore at this point, more of a custom rider for the Bad Rock and maybe some vintage racing.
Well - as luck would have it, my son was a bit bored, so he plowed around and cleaned the carb and installed it, and added a nasty chamber from something that sorta fit. Slide on a good tank from one of our other bikes and we have a rat to test and see if the motor can be made to fire.
Long story short, we got it to light off, and actually, it sounds pretty good. At least we know it has no odd noises and the tranny seems OK. An order to Paul for the upgraded shifter tonight and we are about to go spelunking into the case!