Rickman hodaka

[givergas]

so ive come upon a 1973 Rickman zundapp . the motor is pretty well toast along with a lot of other parts. thinking maybe putting a hodaka motor in it. 1. is it feasible ? and 2. what would be the best motor for it ? any ideas

[dirty_rat]

Very feasible as I have seen a few of them converted to Hodaka engines. Best engine depends on what you want to do with it.

[givergas]

just bring it back to a ridable bike that looks like it should , so when somebody looks at it they will say " hey thats a rickman ". i do have a 03 wombat motor i could use . don't want a garage queen some thing to putt around on

[Bullfrog]

Interesting. I've been thinking about your question . . . and I'd recommend the 03 engine or the Combat Wombat (95) engine. Either one would result in a nifty scooter.
Ed

[givergas]

ok well thanks . the motor it has now , sundapp , is in need of a fly wheel and everything that goes with the magneto and coils , needs new wiring . the carb does not have any useable parts all because of a very bad rust problem .the frame has deep rust spots that will not clean up so it needs replating or power coating so now's the time to make a change if its feasible before i clean the frame up . there's a young lady in town that does power coating on the side . im leaning on power coating chrome , the next guy that happens to get this bike after i tip over can go through the nickel process , i think that's a good option as there's a bunch of parts that are missing or needs replaced and i don't need to spend the whole budget on on one item

[ossa95d]

I'm wondering if the frame dimensions and geometry were the same between the Rickman Zundapp and the Rickman Hodaka Micro-mettise. I know that Rickman made and sold complete bikes with a Montesa 250, Zudapp 125, and Hodaka 100, but don't know if the frames were basically the same.