Hodaka Q&A

[taber hodaka]

What is meant by the term, square engine? ------

[Bullfrog]

Oh, oh! (the over-enthusiastic kid in the back of room is jumping up and down and waving his arm )

Ed

[taber hodaka]

Not a Greeves. What is your answer Ed?

[danshale]

Villiers w/ Parkinsen top end, aka cotton Cougar

[taber hodaka]

You could all be right and I could be all alone, on top of the hill. Ed can you help me, Buferd, Victor . ----- Clarence

[viclioce]

Clarence, the only thing I remember about square motors were the Maico Square blocks and there was a Yamaha YZ 400 square block. Those motors had basically square or cube shaped cylinders, possibly to keep the fins from sticking out too far from the frame. That’s the extent of what I can recall about square motors. Victor

[Bullfrog]

A "square" engine has the same bore and stroke. As in 50mm bore and 50mm stroke.
Ed

[Bullfrog]

There is another answer which is not so "Hodaka-ish" ---- but I won't go there for a bit. Waiting to see if I described the "square" Clarence asked about.
Ed

[taber hodaka]

Ed your answer is the one I was looking for. I think it has something to do with our age (my age)? To us of the past, a long stroke engine is going to be a slow rpm engine with a lot of torque, boom, boom, boom. A short stroke engine is not going to have allot of torque but will be a screamer. In the day the hodaka engine being square was a plus for me. The rule of thumb in the old days was to set your points to the thickness of a tobacco can and set the plugs to a thin dime, silver dimes wore the faces off. also if you set the points at 12 set the plugs at 24. just a old time rule of thumb. ---- Clarence

[taber hodaka]

Hodaka painted with a electrostatic process. How did hodaka cure the painted items and what did they call the color of the paint they used from 1964 to about 1973? --Clarence

[taber hodaka]

Early hodaka painting was enamel called by hodaka (hodaka red) it was applied using the electrostatic process and cured by baking. ------------- Clarence

[taber hodaka]

When were the trifold flyer's / brochures printed and where were they printed? For the 100B model 92A?, 100B 92B? and the 100B+. Dates and where were they printed? ------ Clarence

[taber hodaka]

Who is running the number generator, that is adding thousands of viewers to my post?? Clarence

[ossa95d]

Let's see... there are 6 pages with let's say 25 posts per page, that means there are 150 posts. If you divide the 41,000 visits by 150, it means that on average each post was read 273 times. Seems a little high considering the small group that we have.

[ossa95d]

But then the Old Man Going North thread has amassed 85,000 views.

[Bullfrog]

Am I a number generator? (I've viewed the most recent question at least four times. . . . but I still don't have answers)
Ed

[taber hodaka]

The trifold Ace 100B model 92A was printed 2-15-1970 and it was printed in Japan.
The trifold Ace 100B madel 92B was printed 4-01 1971 and printed in the US.
The trifold Ace 100B+ model 92B+ was printed 1-1-1972 in Japan.
I try to answer the post about every five days, encouraging others to answer. ------------- Clarence

[taber hodaka]

How many ml in a 98cc hodaka? ------ Clarence

[taber hodaka]

What hodaka had the first painted gas tank?

[Bullfrog]

98 ml
Ed

[taber hodaka]

Ed you are correct again. I was trying to cc some heads but my beaker was in ml, so I had to look it up. I just could not believe, the number of folks reading this. I will try and call you. Clarence

[dirty_rat]

First painted tank would have been the model 97 Super Combat.

[taber hodaka]

(1) what model had the most significant changes, including the ace 90 through the 93B and the 92B+. (2) what date did Chuck Swanson send out his first letter to the hodaka dealers? ---- Clarence

[taber hodaka]

Bulletins number 1 & 2 were not signed and three and four were not dated. Clarence

[taber hodaka]

The first big change was in the ace 90 MK || production. I call the first ace 90's, prototypes that's just me. Changes went into effect after frame 231. Chuck Swanson the parts and service managers bulletin 111 came out after the MK || ace 90. Changed were the complete front end including front fender, handlebars and holder. Other changes included the frame, rear shocks, rear axle, and the license plate bracket, .At this time the motor stayed the same . ------ Clarence