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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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Back in the 60s we used to buy VW Beetles for $50. We would strip them down and shorten them and drive them in the woods. Those chrome exhaust tips got reused as silencers on a lot of small motorcycles. Good memories
Ivan AKA "Pop"
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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I remember those pipes
I had buddies that played with VWs too

I will look into those
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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Muffler found (thanks Mike) and installed (thanks again mike )
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It quieted it down a considerable amount
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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painted the pipe
hopepipe5.jpg
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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Now a Kawasaki found its way into my garage

elsie.jpg

It is a 1969 G4 100cc

Some of yall may be familiar with the G4TR Trail Boss

This is the predecessor of the Trail Boss (no dual range gearbox)



Got it in a trade and she runs

I want a flat track bike in 100cc class so this might be it
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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My first flat track bike was a Hodaka. It was a real beater that wouldn't shift right, but I learned a lot about the shifting mechanism by tinkering with it. It was stock and clapped out. I threw an expansion chamber pipe on it and had a ball battling for last place with my brother, who was also riding a Hodaka. A local Kawasaki dealer let me ride his G31m. I got a second place in the 125 class and had to go out and find one of my own. That bike would really scream!
My younger brother had a G4TR with the Hi-Lo range. The oil injection tank had a really cool picture of a long horn skull on it.
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my boss wanted me to use my hodaka but I would rather use this free bike
I will stick a trials on the front and a street tire on the rear
If I decide I like flat tracking I will get a bike to ride for permanent
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

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73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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I am putting skins on the wheels tomorrow
A couple trials tires I will see how it works I am sure it will be better than the clapped tires on the bike
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

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76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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I put tires on the Cowasockie
I also removed the front brakes, the lights, stuck a number plate on
and some socks
elsie2.jpg
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

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72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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Put a real Hodaka front fender on Hope today
hopefnder.jpg
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

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72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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the Cowasockie lost some weight today
I took the battery, the oil tank (I will run mix from now on ) and added a kill button
I also found another square number plate
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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I found some info from a Powroll catalog I gunna leave here

1973-75 TL125 solid head

145cc Bore Kit - #00097 $250.00
61mm 9:1 Compression. lncludes piston, pin, rings, retainer clip, headgasket & sleeve (reguires Re-Sleeving
& Case Machining ). Oversize available,
9.5mm Stroker -ffi6012 $240.80
175cc with Bore Kit. Work done on your good stock crank assembly, parts (if needed) are not included in
price.
Camshaft - #{2853 $175.95 .295" ln I .280" Ex Lift. Torque grind, billet camshaft, no core required.
Heavy Duty Valve Springs - #24034 $65.00
Heavy Duty Clutch Springs -#16775 $21.00

I don't know if all, or any of his was done to my bike but food for thought
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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My first and second motorcycles were Hondas. So the Poweroll information is sort of interesting. But you do know this is a Hodaka page right? We'd be more interested in information about your Hodaka.
Ed
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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I have used this to document the progress of all my bikes
I do use these to catalog my Hodaka stuff but I use the other as filler

Hay frog can you tell me who made this pipe?
hopepipe5.jpg
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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Looks homemade to me. Reasonably well made - but homemade.
Ed
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

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New pics of the Cowasocki
cowasockie2.jpg
cowasockie.jpg
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

Post by Darrell »

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?
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Re: Howdy yall from Spokane

Post by Roland the Headless »

Good eye it is the C105T 55

MOO
cowasockietank.jpg
cowasockietank2.jpg
pbs.jpg
cowasockieplate.jpg
bovine.jpg
Wheels, handlebars, engine ..these are what a motorcycle needs, but what a motorcycle is ..is Freedom
paraphrased from Capt. Jack Sparrow

65 Hodaka Ace 90\100
72 Honda XL250
73 Honda TL125
76 Honda TL125
86 Honda TLR200
94 Yamaha XT350
04 Honda Shadow
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