Comments on: Hodaka Combat Wombat http://www.bikeexif.com/hodaka-combat-wombat Custom motorcycles and cafe racers Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jake http://www.bikeexif.com/hodaka-combat-wombat#comment-421 Jake Wed, 13 May 2009 22:57:39 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=2499#comment-421 So glad to see that Wombat! My first bike was an ancient Dirt Squirt, and I had visions of turning into a cafe racer using the tank from a Combat Wombat. IMHO, the Combat Wombat had one of the best looking tanks of the era (…no Manx Norton…but a guy can dream, right?).

Fun, simple and easy to fix. Loved my little squirt.

]]> By: Don Daugherty http://www.bikeexif.com/hodaka-combat-wombat#comment-416 Don Daugherty Wed, 13 May 2009 14:31:53 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=2499#comment-416 It’s really great to see that you included my wife Debbie’s Hodaka suggestion to your list. Hodaka was truly a hallmark in the annals of dirtbike history. When other Japanese manufacturers where making pressed steel frames (ala – the Honda step-through 90) Hodaka made some of the most rugged and powerful double-downtube, tubular-framed motorcycles on the market. They were ahead of their time.

You might also want to include a link to http://www.hodakadays.org. There’s still a huge following for these great little machines, which includes anything from street-trail riding, to scrambles, motocross, road-racing, and even a recent Bonneville Salt Flats speed record by one Californian!

Among our collection of motorcycles I still have my original 1970 Hodaka (restored to trailer-queen status) Super Rat, a modified race-ready Super Combat 125, and a little green Road Toad which is undergoing a bit of a restoration at present.

Thanks again for including Hodaka!
Cheers…
Don Daugherty
All Moto Tire, LLC
Graham, Wa.

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