Will It Run and Drive? Sat Since the 80's, 1972 Hodaka Wombat 125 

Those Hodaka's were rippers I remember a friend of mine's dad had a dealership where he sold them Ducati and Moto Guzzi my friend raced moto cross in high school on Hodakas I remember one called Super Rat and he always finished in the top 5 great to see you bring this one back

In Mesquite Texas we had a Hodaka dealer in town and every time we went by we would drool on the showroom windows , With the chrome tanks and great colors and wild names they were the bike of our dreams !!

The WOMBAT was marketed as a street legal trail bike, Mine would wind out to about 55mph on the road. Was a blast to ride, Wish I still had it. Great video Thank-you.

I'm not really a bike person but I watched both episodes on the Hodaka,I was entertained and educated in equal measure,Topman.

Heck yeah loved that cornet

Man, I just love the old two stroke dual sport bikes! That tank cleaned up really nice, and the seat looks pristine, not a single rip! You had the right idea running the big boy fuel filter, catch all the big junk til it's clean then switch to the smaller ones. Definitely check the points, I had a 74 Suzuki TS185, and it started getting hard to start and wouldn't stay running. New points and it was back to rippin! Sweet bike Brad!

Those old Fuji engines were very self-repair friendly and had very logical mechanical mechanisms. Soak the carburetor in a solvent bath clean out the air filter completely and I would even suggest making sure you decarbonize the cylinder and the ports and if you have a deburring tool polish the ports as well you'll thank me for that later if you can decarbonize the muffler the chambers in that muffler back up with a lot of carbon and will become highly restricted but you don't have high mileage so they should be fairly clean. I ran Hodakas and I love them because I could take them apart top to bottom with no stupid construction they weren't the toughest bikes for sure but mechanically everything had a good purpose. Very important: always use a fresh NGK brand japanese-made spark plug. I've tried every other brand of plug and nothing worked as well for the characteristic electrical systems and combustion flavor of the Fuji engine in the Hodakas 😮

Great video. From what i can remember from those days is those bikes only ran good with the rpms always up. Nice to hear that sound again.

Hellyeah Brad, nothing like the… ding, ding, ding, of an ol two stroke. Cool vid man.😎💯

Perfect little bike

Love Hodakas I've had two first one was a 72 ace I still have a 76 dirt squirt they are so cool looking kinda like old Mopar cars from the late 60s and early 70s.

That was awesome when you bit it inside the shop! 🤣

The Combat Wombat was the shit back in the day !!

I love the sound of two stroke engine

Muscle cars & Hodaka YES flash back to the past! 2 STROKE OF CORSE!😊😅😊😅😅😅😊😅 I love that gas tank.

There was a kid in my neighborhood when I was a child had a Combat Wombat. It made my Yamaha look sick 🙃

I used to race a Combat Wombat (Hodaka Model 95) after I got out of the Army in 1972 (I'm 77 now). They were wonderful bikes. The shift mechanism of Hodakas is pretty sophisticated and allows for minimal use of the clutch. I set up mine with a milled head, ported piston, and a reed valve. For reference, the Wombat (Model 74) you have is a little bit heavier than the Combat Wombat with a less highly-tuned motor. The recommended spark plug for the Wombat was an NGK B8HS or equivalent and the fuel mixture (oil/gas ratio) was 1:32. The current selling price of Hodakas in good condition is pretty high. Keep up the good work!

Loved this video! Great job and start! You’re putting it thru the paces. Thanks for sharing! 💯👍

Sounds like a 1970s motorcycle! Love it.

1 drop of water left in the tank finds its way to the very bottom of the carb quickly and loves to be right to the main jet.😂

My first real bike was a Hodaka 100, first new bike was Hodaka 125 just like that… Wow, thanks for the memories!

Great job, Brad! Love to hear the old 2 stroke singin away! Looks like she'll clean up pretty sweet. I'm sure you'll figure out the lil issue, & it'll be a Ripper for sure!!

I had that same bike in 1979, my stepdad bought it in Montana when we were on vacation. We brought it back to Washington state and I rode that thing all over the place as a 15 year old. No helmet, riding through town and hitting the fire roads and trails everywhere! It was sold to someone about an hour from my house, I never heard whatever happened to it. Fast forward all these years later to about 3 years ago, and my mom was digging through a box of old pictures, and there was a picture, the only picture of my bike! I've been looking for one of these bikes for years now. Good times.

Had a ‘73 bought new for $640. Ripped around the desert in El Paso. Great bikes.

should be a stuntman with a fall like that Brad 🤣

Had a Hodaka in 1969-1970. 90cc? Rebuilt the engine/trans in high school shop class. Lots of pin bearings. Great little bike with no lights or Speedo, expansion chamber. Temperamental shifter.

I love all your videos man, your enthusiasm is infectious! Great little bike you've got there and I'm so jealous of the trails you've got there to play around on! Keep on keeping it real!

So great to see the Hodaka up and running. Great little bikes. I may have missed it, but please check the air filter before anything. Ride on.

These bikes bring about 3500 to 4 grand restored. I currently have a completely restored 96 honda xl600 a honda xl500 and a restored 75 xl350 and i don't think I could ever sell their lol..i love all old dirt bikes. ❤

I loved my first dirt bike Hodaka.

I never even heard of Hodaka before watching your channel, but would love to take that thing for a rip! Can't wait until you do the YZ 100.

I'm not a Mopar or bike guy but I still watch your stuff... You do a good job buddy

Owned a 125 Hodaka way back when. Bought it brand new. Me and friends used to run through the Tillamook Burn fire roads in Oregon. I installed a solid state ignition system on it. Ran so much better! Great, fun, simple bike. Wish I had one today.

Yeah.. been there done that got the T-shirt

Great video I rode a 1973 exactly like that to high school back in 1974, loved that bike. At first I stripped it for off road than I put the lights back on and rode it all over town had a great time.

I have seen folks use CLR in tanks and they come out good !

Great fun video ! thats one cool little bike..

I raced motocross in '70 & '71 on 125s, with factory support. When I was home and wanted to have fun and try new things it wasn't on the factory scoot, out came the '69 Super Rat 90. I did have a '70 Rat 100, but that 90 was the bitch.

Sweet bike!! Very cool!!

To clean that tank, put some gravel in it and block up the rear of the riding lawnmower, strap the tank to one of the rear tires, throw it in gear and let it churn for a few minutes, It will come out looking Great inside. Be sure to add some water or rust bust. Some kind of a lubricant.

I remember seeing Hodaka's in the motorcycle magazines. But no one in my town had one. I had a Suzuki 125 Stinger.

Bought a brand new looking Steens Hodaka 100 used for $50 and it was awesome. Also had a Hodaka Dirt Squirt.

Poor Boy My Arse.. Your A Trust Fund Baby!! Nice Shop New Truck You Didn't Earn It.. Now Your On The Motorcycle Bandwagon Like Kaplan

My parents purchased me a second hand Ace 100 for me in 1970. I learned how to work on 2 stroke motors from this bike. When it was'nt broke i had freedom. Do i miss it ? No !

Brad im a sucker for vintage dirt bikes, I have had many. I am searching for some at the moment to restore. Love the Hodaka bikes. Glad to see you saving them too. Keep em coming.

i had a Hodaka dirt squirt 100 when i was a kid lol always wanted the 125 wombat . my dad got me a honda cr 125 elsinore instead , another great bike .

cool.God bless.

my first bike (sigh) I thought about it all day at school.

Cleaning Vinegar cut with water works most of the time. If not, I use muratic acid cut with water and immediately dry and put a liner. I have done 1000s of tank liner jobs. Red coat works the best. Creem is crap compared to Redcoat.If you can find,Line a Tank, even better. Very hard to find anymore. MEK WILL DESOLVE THAT OLD LINER.😊

My first bike was a 1972 Hodaka Wombat.

I heard Evapo-rust works great in cleaning rust out of fuel tanks.

Im a 2 stroke freak. That sound , feel and smell is what got my blood pumping as a kid an still does. Its so much cheaper and easier to work on as well than a modern 4 stroke. Its just not feasible for the wkend warrior. They totally screwed the racing scene in the early 00s. Just my opinion but theres nothing like that scream. And the 450s have even outgrown the supercross tracks. Its made it untouchable for the regular kid with talent but dont have rich parents. Its the truth. Lots of talent is cut out because of the cost 4 strokes have put on the sport.

clean up those points and should be good 300 sandpaper thru them hodaka was big in the 70`s short lived but many were sold great times

Use a Bosch +4 it's over $10 bucks but extremely hard to foul out .

LMAO Dude is out getting nuts on a Wombat! At 52yrs old I still have a Hodaka Super Rat. Need to dust it off and get it ready for my 14yr old son to learn on. Ill beside him on my 1985 Husqy 400 wrx.

My Ace 90 required me to mix the fuel and oil in the gas tank. I don't remember the ratio... but I didn't see you mix oil in the gas tank. Did Hodaka go to an auto oiler? My bike was a '63.

I've been looking for that bike for years there is none left in indy

Anything dated 8 - ??-??is the next year's model, great old bike's my brother had a new 72 dirt squirt

Give it some new crank seals

where are you getting parts....i have the same bike

Also has no accelerator pump. What does he think pumping that throttle is gonna do?

I prefer the Super Rat 100

Dude, where's your helmet?

Remove the air filter

SOUNDS LIKE YOUR CARB IS BOGGING IT DOWN....AIR CLEANER.......JETTING

Sounds a bit ropey

Very inexperienced flopping that gas tank around in a concrete trough! He wouldn’t last a day at my bike shop