The Hodaka Club Forum

I’m working on a bike for John Aloi, a Combat Wombat. He bought this bike for $800, in Florida, I think, and it has an extended swing arm. Not sure what these shocks are, but they aren’t HODAKA CW chrome shocks.

I do know they were originally Orange, based on the inner ring color of the top loop! They have a similar or sane looking spring guide too as the KYB shocks for the Super Combat.

Anyone have any idea? I took them apart, cleaned & repainted all black again. Here’s a photo…. Victor

Here’s the swing arm, for those who might be curious! Victor

Victor However a person wants there bike is fine, but the swing arm would scare me. It looks like two flat plates bridging a cut swing arm, with the shock mounted at the front end of the gap the geometry change would concern me. Good looking bike, bargain price. ----------- Clarence

Hey Victor,
Those look like the orange Boge Mulholland shocks from the 1970s. The good feature was that seals were available separately, unlike most other shocks at the time. Other internal parts may have been available, I just don't remember.

The bad was that to adjust spring preload you had to remove the spring and put washers at the bottom. A bunch of washers came packaged with the shocks.

They were actually pretty good shocks. A friend had them on his Can-Am 175 and swore by them.

Those that you have are considerably longer that the ones I still have (pictured).

-Stever

Clarence. I just got the frame back from the ssnd blasters on Wednesday afternoon. Do you have any suggestions for additional welding on the swing arm extension? I can provide more close up pics for your review. This bike was bought by a friend, and I don’t want to see him get hurt riding it. Any input will be welcomed, especially before I paint it.

Stever, thanks for the info on the shocks. I hadn’t heard of that brand before, but they were easy to take apart. No need for new seals as these still have plenty rebound left in them. Victor