I stand corrected. i did to much riding back when i should have been in english class

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Originally posted by butchlambert:
Lloyd,
Was that a Maico? I did have a Bultaco Pursang and A Parrilla[sp] 175. The Bull was a bad ass bike.
Butch

Myself also Lloyd.
Butch

I had a Hodaka back in the mid 70's. It was some kind of Wombat, was the only Womabt they made the Combat Wombat? It had a nice shiny chrome tank and I believe a round breather with a Wombat on it. I don't remember the size.

Steve E..........

They did make a wombat with an orange tank. Your chrome tank was a model 94 it was a 125

Thanks ty, I was thinking it was about a 125cc bike. Was mine a Combat Wombat or just a Wombat?

Steve E........

If you had a round black aircleaner you had a wombat. Tha combat wombat has a olive green aircleaner and is more oval shape.
www.strictlyhodaka.com is a good place for pictures and parts.

Some Hodaka's would fly,,i gotta pic with a hodaka right on my ass,,,iam on a suzuki 90,one of the first ones ever built in the usa for actual raceing/got the git'kit' to build it from Japan special order,i'am all of about 11 yr.old in 1969 raceing moto-cross Great memories!I think the racer Hodaka's were called "Hodaka super Rat"

My uncle gave me a Hodaka back in the late '70s. It was a beautiful little red bike with a chrome gas tank. I think it was called a Desert Rat, but I don't remember. Wish I had it now. I also had an Ossa 250 Phantom - Anyone remember those? The bike was evil.

Yes......it was the ossa I was thinking of when I posted about the bultaco....had my wires crossed on that one. It was an awesome machine....power like no other I ever saw in my limited time with dirt bikes.

I had one also I believe it was an ace 100 with a blue plastic steen tank on it.


I love the early 1970-s dirt bikes I wish I still had a couple of the ones that I had.

My current bike is a 2006 Wr450f but I still miss my 2 strokes I one day I hope I can find a nice IT 465 Yamaha again.

Cal30

I still have my Rickman Matisse 250 in the garage. I had it out 3 or 4 years ago, but wound up loosening the kick start lever on the splined shaft when I went to start it the next day. Haven't started it since. It brought back memories...I think I got it in 1972 or 74.

I raced just about all the brands mentioned here from 1955 till I sold my last Maico Adolfe Weil factory replica 400cc moto-cross bike in 1982. I bought my first Maico in 1955, was a 1954 250CC with the early earls front forks.

I raced Suzuki, Yamaha, Zundap, Maico,CZ, AJS, BSA, Matchless, JAWA and James. Mostly motocross, but flat track, hare & hounds,Deasert races, but the last race I rode was the Terantula 100 mile Cross country in New Mexico, on the 400 Maico at the age of 45 years old!

You guys brought back some good memories of days gone by for this old hoopty-do jocky!

Mac you had some nice bikes,I remeber the AJS,did you race the Jawa in speedway races?Those things would fly

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Originally posted by blackbearhunter:
Mac you had some nice bikes,I remeber the AJS,did you race the Jawa in speedway races?Those things would fly

Thanks BBH, I did have some nice ones over many years. The Jawa was a 250cc motocrosser, and it was explosive off the line, or out of the turns. The Jawa was in about 1957, and for it's time had about the most travel in the suspension of anything on the market a that time. However nothing handled like the Maicos, they didn't look fast from the sidelines, because they were so smooth, but they just seemed to control themselves, and pass everything on the track in the rough.

I also had a Penton, and that wasn't as good on a motocorss track, but was fine in a cross country race. I raced BSA, and Maico on flat track in Mexico, and Texas, Did enduros in the sacrimentos mountains of New Mexico,and at BIG BEAR, and Catalina grand prix on Maico,Yamaha, and on a Zundap. Did a lot of stadium cross when that first started on the Maicos, and Yamahas. I rode the 250 class for some time but mostly the open class with 400CC bikes. Lot of fun, but spent a lot of time over the years on crutches as well, and did both my youngest sons.

We have a really good Motocross park near my home but I can't go to the races because I'm too old now (74 yrs old) to get involved, and another bike is just too tempting! I really miss raceing those clod throwers though!

...................Memories!!!!!!!!

Hodaka were very populer around the south where i raced,Yamaha and Penton were pretty common too...I never could figure why the little Hodaka bikes went away...I do remeber the Harley-Davidson Baja 100 also,,,i sure wish i had one of those...all cool little bikes,Thanks for the memories Mac u gotta PM
enjoy

Ossa Plonker, Penton Jackpiner, Bultaco Sherpa T, Puch.... and then that evil Elsinore came along.

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Originally posted by blackbearhunter:
Hodaka were very populer around the south where i raced,Yamaha and Penton were pretty common too...I never could figure why the little Hodaka bikes went away...I do remeber the Harley-Davidson Baja 100 also,,,i sure wish i had one of those...all cool little bikes,Thanks for the memories Mac u gotta PM
enjoy

Blackbearhunter, sorry to get back after so long but I rarely open the off road forum, and when I looked at my PMs I didn't find your PM. Was there something you needed?

Yes,I Raced between 1969-1977 and remember all those ol'bikes and racers names and stuff and wondered if you ever raced with some of them and did you ever run in any big races like the Baja or superdome races,etc..,,I would love to hear some of those race stories you gotta have.. I raced/rode these bikes back then bultaco,,Montesa,Suzuki,Honda,Yamaha,ossa,
Do you remember everyone wearing the ol'Bates leathers,Bell helmets & Full Bore Boots & NGK plugs with bardol oil & castro oil& competion plus oil...I know you lived for blood, Mud, sweat & gears if we had a good day we would get a little trophy or some small cash prize,,but we really all raced for ...the love of the sport....enjoy

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