1973 Hodaka Wombat 125 - the durable dirt bike you can ride on the street

1973 Hodaka Wombat 125 - the durable dirt bike you can ride on the street. The dependable product of a ten year engineering program with proven performance common to HODAKA. 1973 Hodaka Wombat 125 Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

1974 Hodaka Combat - a much better way to get into enduro riding

Can you picture it? There you are at a real enduro event, waiting for your number to come up. You're ready. You've done everything - slapped some duct tape on your bike, cringed as they painted little orange marks all over it and now you're sitting there, rider card clenched tightly between your teeth, wondering how the other guys do it without drooling. Now, ask yourself. Do you think you are really up to that $1200 screamer you're sitting on? Here is a much better way to get into enduro riding. For a lot less money you can start your enduro career on a Hodaka Combat... 1974 Hodaka Combat Enduro Riding Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

1966 Hodaka Ace 90 motorcycle and Larry Yount - beat...but unbeaten

Beat...but unbeaten. This is the story that's being repeated time and time again in every muddy, snowy, dusty, rocky hill and gully across this Great Land of ours. Anywhere there are guys that live for the kick of competition and demand a well-engineered, quality lightweight motorcycle with the guts to take the rough stuff, you'll find these little "Giant-Eaters, the Hodaka Ace 90. The weary young rider above is Larry Yount of Kennewick, Washington, who has just won the under 125cc class of the Championship (AMS) Dry Creek Trial in the rugged hills of Washington. One look at Larry and his Hodaka and you'll know how rough the competition was. Congratulations Larry (we're sending you a new brake lever) PABATCO is all heart. Oh, by the way, Hodaka took seven of the top twelve positions in the Dry Creek Trial, Yakima, Wash., Nov. 28, 1965. 1966 Hodaka Ace 90 Larry Yount Kennewick Motorcycle Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1972 Hodaka - The Real Lightweight Trail Motorcycle

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the Crown." Even after seven years of functiional engineering advancements on one proven, widely imitated design...we're still not satisfied. Hodakability is not the conclusion...it's a progression. Hodaka engineers are concentrating on steady improvement. We're going to keep on leading the way in the lightweight class with superior features and performance...keeping the faith.

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1974 Resonator published by Pabatco - Photos & Specs on the Hodaka 250!

September 1974 Issue of "Resonator" - published by Pabatco - Hodaka Happenings; Contents: Rat Racer takes 6 straight; Ellen Pahl beats powderpuffers; Dirt Cycle Double Test - Dirt Squirt and Super Combat; New Hodaka 250 - photos & specs; Hodaka Postcards; Phrustrated Photo Phest; more

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1965 Hodaka Ace 90 - American designed 2-cycle, 4-speed motorcycle

Hodakability...the dealer hands you one Ace and you have the unique power to win four games! Cross-country, Cross-town, Road Racing, Trail Tracing...Hodaka Ace 90 is a precision-built, American designed, high quality, 2-cycle, 4-speed motorcycle. Hodaka - the world's finest under 100cc motorcycle...

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1972 Hodaka - the lightweight motorcycle designed in Oregon

How did Hodaka, the lightweight motorcycle designed in Oregon, outsell every European name on the market? Not a mass produced Japanese make...not a super expensive European mount...Hodaka is a priced-right bike designed here and handmade for this market! Photo: At Hodaka, our goal has always been to produce the best motorcycle for the money. Here, a test rider crosses a stream at the site of the Bad Rock 2-day trial, near Athena. Our testing of Hodaka motorcycles never stops.

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1975 Hodaka Super Rat 100 MX - Plain Geometry

Hodaka handling is a metter of geometry. The bike becomes greater than the sum of its parts. The way those parts fit and perform together produces instant, precise, and predictable response. No Hodaka has this geometry down any better than our out of the crate 100cc racing machine, the Hodaka Super Rat MX. It goes where you point it and fast...

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1969 Hodaka 100 motorcycle single piston actual size photograph

Beauty and the beast. How can a bike that looks as good as the Hodaka win the nation's Trailbike Championship 3 years running?

The word is simplicity, reports a noted test writer. "Six tools. Six simple, inexpensive tools plus a standard set of metrics is all it takes to completely teardown and re-assemble this little masterpiece of design.

You are looking at an actual size photograph of the Hodaka's single piston. This tiny item develops 9.8 hp at 7500 rpm. 1.63 hp per cubic inch displacement. The same as Andy Granatelli's Plymouth-powered Indianapolis 500 contender, now being developed. And that's just the beginning. Using production racing accessories, Hodaka mounted Harry Taylor won the 1968 Daytona Roadrace Classic, turning speeds in excess of 100 mph!

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1978 Article: Old Hodaka Wombats never die

Picture: Aging Hodaka Wombat got new life from an engine overhaul, weight reduction and cosmetic touches.

Old Wombats Never Die

You don't have to hug your Hodaka...but it couldn't hurt.

...there's a new candidate for immortality, the Wombat, that almost indestructable 125cc street-trail machine introduced in 1973 by the clever little gnomes at Hodaka...

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