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motokid40 10/28/2009 7:21pm
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I was known for wadding the springs on the trans. ball receiver, i loved my hodaka
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jimmie 10/28/2009 7:25pm
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BobbyM wrote:
Beginnings The company Pabatco (Pacific Basin trade company) was created 1961 in Athena, Oregon as branch of the farm chemicals OF Oregon and acted primarily with...
Beginnings
The company Pabatco (Pacific Basin trade company) was created 1961 in Athena, Oregon as branch of the farm chemicals OF Oregon and acted primarily with fertilizer and grain. Around exchange restrictions with the export from American wheat to Japan to go around one tried it with the import of Japanese Yamaguchi motorcycles. Thus one had large success. Until 1963 was sold already more than 5000 machines over 480 dealers. In April 1963 Yamaguchi made bankruptcy sudden and left to Pabatco a functioning dealer net without commodity. The Hodaka Engeneering CO had similar problems. in Nagoya, Japan, which manufactured the engines for Yamaguchi. With Pabatco one knew which the American customers wished and one suggested Hodaka sketching complete motorcycles building and to marked out. One did not have large alternatives with Hodaka, since still about 300 engines lay in the shelves.

Motorcycle development
Henry "„Hank "“Koepke was director/conductor of the Motrorrad department with Pabatco. Over against the numerous Mitkonkurrenten to stand out it wanted to offer a model, simply, durably, reliably, with good power ratings, for it favorably in consumption and inexpensive. The development and testing took place in Athena, the manufacturing in Japan. The first Hodaka motorcycle, which became Ace 90 1964 vorgestellt.1965 acquired Shell the farm chemicals OF Oregon and it was surprised that one possessed a motorcycle factory now. OD Miley, one of the three principal shareholders worried from now on about Hodaka. In June 1966 left the 10.000. Ace 90 the factory in Nagoya. Amazingly of a company the three years before still before from stood.

Models
Ace 90
With the development of the Ace 90 the Pabatco team tried to combine the best characteristics of the prominent competitor models in their model. The other Trialmaschinen, cribbed itself from one did not have the double loop tubing framework, something with the English Cotton. For an economic storekeeping of spare parts and for a higher resale value by the avoidance of annual model changes one decided, similarly as Henry Ford long time before, all vehicle in only one color, i.e. red, to manufacture. The model had 90 ccm a cylinder two-stroke engine with an output of 8,2 HP with 7500 rpm. Around the reliability to prove franc Wheeler drove 3800 miles by Niederkalifornien without a technical defect. The Ace 90 was used in many competitions with Moto CROSS, Trial and even when road running.

Ace 100
Due to competition successes and the customers one decided when desired to become larger 1968 the capacity of 90 to 100 ccm and to equip the transmission with five instead of four courses. Since one wanted to offer further only one model, the Ace 100 replaced the Ace 90. 1968 triumphed to Harry Taylor with the Daytona Roadrace in the class over 100 ccm and broke all records in this class. With a maximum speed of over 160 km/h it left the Zweizylinder Yamaha behind itself.

Ace 100 MX (super advice)
1969 developed the Moto CROSSes machine Ace 100 MX. In the well-known chassis a further developed engine and improved spring elements were built. The super advice was successful with competitions and obtained also large sales impacts.

125 Wombat
With a further increase in output 1972 the Wombat mit125 ccm engine developed. The competition version of the Wombat was called Combat Wombat. To the international six-day travel the 1973 in the USA took place official US crew on Hodaka were announced. In the same year franc Wheeler drove 10,000 miles in 21 days approximately around Australia. Thereupon the sales figures rose again and one brought further models on the market.

Dirt Squirt
a Moto CROSS version with 100 ccm engine.

Road Toad
with 100 ccm engine for area employment.

Super Combat
with 125 ccm engine as Moto CROSS machine.

OD 250
OD 250 was a new development for the area employment and appeared 1975 with electronic ignition and light alloy wheels

250 SL
The SL was OD 250 with road permission.

Hodaka 250
A Moto CROSS machine with 246 ccm capacity and 36 mm of Mikuni carburetors

The end
While one can discuss whether Hodaka released the tri aluminum motorcycle boom is certain that one many humans by a payable competitive vehicle. to the engine haven brought. For the fall 1979 it gave several reasons to the company. On the one hand one had missed it to use new technologies over against substantially larger competitors to exist to be able. On the other hand could subsidize the competitors by their profits with the sales of road motorcycles their off Road machines and inundate so the market. By the recession one decided to quit itself to late 70's and unfavorable rate of exchange with Shell the contract with Hodaka in Japan. The Hodaka fabrication plants was sold to Korea to the company Daelim
Had a 1967 Kawi 120 that had a tranny like that, but never any Hodaka I ever rode.
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Larry 10/28/2009 7:29pm
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Those combat wombats handled like Maico's in the corners. Lots of fun to ride for sure.
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BUTCH 10/28/2009 7:36pm
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The Kawasaki Green Streak was another bad ass 100 back in the day.

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Highsider 10/29/2009 6:00am
10/29/2009 6:00am Edited Date/Time 10/29/2009 6:13am
BUTCH wrote:
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That is the one, BUTCH. You are the guy for digging that out! I never found a representative photo, so this is a keeper!
The pressed steel expansion chamber is the defining mark! I remember the air cleaner had an oiled felt element. My forks would slide apart if you wheelied to far up. It must have lost the circlips, or something.
I rode that bike on the western edge slope of the new Saddleback Park on a track (trail through the sage brush), along Peters Canyon Road, that DeCoster and others had laid out for the new investors. That was well before opening day and that track was never used and the entrance was switched to the opposite side of the property.
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BUTCH wrote:
The Kawasaki Green Streak was another bad ass 100 back in the day.
I raced that bike in short track and half mile. The thing would scream and the power band was a light switch!Woohoo
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Highsider 10/29/2009 8:34am
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BUTCH wrote:
The Kawasaki Green Streak was another bad ass 100 back in the day.
Friday wrote:
I raced that bike in short track and half mile. The thing would scream and the power band was a light switch!Woohoo
Friday, i think flat track is the only place I saw Little Green Streaks race.

I dated Dennis Briggs' older sister. He was real quick on those boogers!
project racer 10/29/2009 7:04pm
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I posted this earlier in the thread. The name for the 100cc Kawasaki G31M was the Centurion. The 238 was the Greenstreak. At one time in '71 ,my brother had 5 of them. He still has an original '71 model.

The only bike I know of that came from the factory with a tag hanging from the bars with the dyno readings of the bike. Most were in the 18.5-19 horsepower range. He made #23 Blue Plate expert in District #35 in his second year of racing in '71 for the 0-200cc lightweight division on the G31M, TT,Short Track and Half Mile.

Sprockets Park, Bakersfield, California. 1970 100cc expert class , G31M Centurion. Or Greenstreak if you want to call it.

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CRF STUFF 10/29/2009 10:35pm
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williamsmotowerx wrote:
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Nice!
Gonna find me one someday-
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JPT 10/30/2009 5:21am
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BUTCH wrote:
The Kawasaki Green Streak was another bad ass 100 back in the day.
Friday wrote:
I raced that bike in short track and half mile. The thing would scream and the power band was a light switch!Woohoo
Highsider wrote:
Friday, i think flat track is the only place I saw Little Green Streaks race. I dated Dennis Briggs' older sister. He was real quick on...
Friday, i think flat track is the only place I saw Little Green Streaks race.

I dated Dennis Briggs' older sister. He was real quick on those boogers!
Bridgestone had some little scramblers back then too.


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Highsider 10/30/2009 5:32am
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williamsmotowerx wrote:
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That pipe is 'pure sex'!

JPT- I always forget about the Bridgestone line, but actually back in the early '70s little ole Lamoni had a math teacher who had a part time Bridgestone shop on the side.


project- my little group of dirt bikers never probably heard the name "Centurian". Actually I now remember we called the 100cc "Baby Green Streaks"Cool
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socalhodaka 11/10/2009 7:41am
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williamsmotowerx wrote:
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Highsider wrote:
That pipe is 'pure sex'! JPT- I always forget about the Bridgestone line, but actually back in the early '70s little ole Lamoni had a math...
That pipe is 'pure sex'!

JPT- I always forget about the Bridgestone line, but actually back in the early '70s little ole Lamoni had a math teacher who had a part time Bridgestone shop on the side.


project- my little group of dirt bikers never probably heard the name "Centurian". Actually I now remember we called the 100cc "Baby Green Streaks"Cool
That pipe is designed by Harry Taylor, at 75 Harry is still involved in making our Hodaka's run fast. Harry run the R&D department at PABATCO. Hodaka is still very much alive in the vintage world. Check out Hodakadays.org and Hodakaclub.org
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socalhodaka 11/10/2009 7:46am
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crispusattucks wrote:

A "factory" Hodaka ride in the '70s meant that they gave you the bike and some parts.
Tommy Croft was the only Hodaka Factory rider. It was short lived but his first Factory ride. Tommy still support's his Hodaka roots. Here he is still riding a Hodaka.
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Highsider 11/10/2009 7:47am
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Thanks for the post.
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Sandberm 11/10/2009 10:51am
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I never spoke with Harry Taylor but I used to see him on a regular basis out at Horn Rapids in the late 80's. He seemed like good people.

Harry rode, what I think was, a YZ125 framed bike with an aircooled IT 175 engine wedged in it. Kinda cool in a Vet Class, make your own bike sorta way.
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JPT 11/10/2009 3:07pm
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Highsider wrote:
That pipe is 'pure sex'! JPT- I always forget about the Bridgestone line, but actually back in the early '70s little ole Lamoni had a math...
That pipe is 'pure sex'!

JPT- I always forget about the Bridgestone line, but actually back in the early '70s little ole Lamoni had a math teacher who had a part time Bridgestone shop on the side.


project- my little group of dirt bikers never probably heard the name "Centurian". Actually I now remember we called the 100cc "Baby Green Streaks"Cool
The Bridgestone shop in Burlington was a part-time thing run by a Case worker, I'm thinking most were side gigs. They actually weren't bad street bikes. We had a lot of 175's and 350's running around in those days.

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