The Hodaka Club Forum

I'm refurbing an Ace 90 and I'm more familiar with the 100s. They have a box/cover - such as it is - which holds the wiring connections to the ignition switch and such to the side of the battery box; the 90 seems to have nothing particular for the purpose. The manual shows nothing; not even a picture of the left side. The parts diagram shows nothing and the wiring shown there is too short to ever meet. The PO just had everything taped together in a lump, which is what I had to do.

Is that just how it was, or am I missing something?

Yep, no cover on the Ace 90. Just a (tidy, secure, well-organized) lump of wires.

I don't like it, but I guess I can lump it. No plastic cover to crack, screws to fall out, parts to lose or have to buy; I guess there's a sort of beauty to it after all.

Snug the wires together with cable ties & then secure the bundled wires to the frame with another cable tie! Victor

I wasn't sure if they had cable ties back in '66. Didn't want any period incorrect parts on there.

Hodakas back then used aluminum straps to secure the wiring harness to the frame - part 909445. By the time the Wombat 94A came out in the '70s, both aluminum and plastic ties were used - the plastic ties to secure the turn signal wiring.

Similar aluminum ties are made today for the India-manufactured scooters: