Not that it has anything to do with trials, but there is a green single track trail bike in the garage that I've named the "Mad Kaw". The green color has kind of grown on me and it's lots of fun to ride around too.

The Hodaka type 2 was 6 months of sweat and toil, plus assorted parts found on e bay and a few items from Ed Chesnut, which were free gratis as a contribution to the cause. The steering head and fork angle is identical to my old 2001 Montesa whatever that is. I sat the two bikes up side by side and tweaked on the Hodaka until they matched. Ed is the engineer, I just build stuff the way I think it should be. He is going to measure up the New and old Hodakas, plus weigh them at Chehalis vintage national. He is going to put together a data base of information about building Hodaka trials bikes. I have begun to gather parts for the next one which will be "type 3". So far I have a Scorpa frame, Maico spider swingarm, two super stiff snowmobile shocks and a wombat engine with '03 cylinder, which is way trick for Hodaka trials. An '03 Hodaka wombat was I think a 1977 or '78 model. As advanced as they ever got. Aluminum and porting suitable for reed valve use. I recently found an article from trailrider magazine circa 1972 which showed how to build a Hodaka trials bike. It includes porting mods which I never knew about. At some point I hope to implement them. I am still looking for a porting blueprint of a Sherco 125 trials bike. This new one works alot better than the last one. (type1) which is red with alloy tank. Jay

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