The Hodaka Club Forum

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

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

I will look into those

Muffler found (thanks Mike) and installed (thanks again mike ) It quieted it down a considerable amount

painted the pipe

Now a Kawasaki found its way into my garage


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

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.

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

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

I put tires on the Cowasockie
I also removed the front brakes, the lights, stuck a number plate on
and some socks

Put a real Hodaka front fender on Hope today

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

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

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

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?

Looks homemade to me. Reasonably well made - but homemade.
Ed

New pics of the Cowasocki

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?

Good eye it is the C105T 55

MOO

I found a colored pencil drawing that yall might find interesting

And I painted the fenders on the trials bike

the CowAsockie took 3rd in my first ever race

Spring has sprung in the Inland Northwest and this mans thoughts turn to one thing Hodaka days
So I got the Ace 100 out and started her, she fired the first kick
I ran her up and down the dirt road beside the house, had a blast and put her away
I will take her somewhere to ride of off-road and get pics

There's still snow in the mountains here, but it's nice and muddy here on the farm. My grandsons and a few others took their bikes for a spin around the meadow out behind the barns. I'm still recovering from shoulder surgery, but couldn't resist joining them for a few laps. No Hodakas though...this time.

I miss those days. In Florida we could ride year round. Back in the 70's we could ride our bikes out from the back yard and hit woods and trails for miles. No one ever bothered with you and we respected other peoples property and stayed away for houses (even with quiet bikes we didn't want to upset people).
Now, the area I lived is all roads and housing developments. The only way to get any riding in is to truck the bikes over an hour away to state land that's open to riding.
Great to see that there are still places that kids (and old kids) can just get on their bikes and go riding!

That is great guys
Gota love biking with the Fam

Got a lot done last week
Got my vintage Honda XL250 running and tabbed for Hodaka Days poker run and maybe the bad rock
Also the Cowasockie got a 1st place

And went shooting with my Dad

So busy week

I recently restored a TL125. Great bike.