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KDX200
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Rick Sieman's DON'T ASK column this month has some good stuff. Check it out on Off-Road.com:
- 3 months ago
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Project Forks
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Rick Sieman's DON'T ASK column this month has some good stuff. Check it out on Off-Road.com:
- 3 months ago
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250 Elsinore
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Rick Sieman's DON'T ASK column this month has some good stuff. Check it out on Off-Road.com:
- 3 months ago
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Honda Ribi Forks
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Rick Sieman's DON'T ASK column this month has some good stuff. Check it out on Off-Road.com:
- 3 months ago
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Honda Ribi Forks
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Rick Sieman's DON'T ASK column this month has some good stuff. Check it out on Off-Road.com:
- 3 months ago
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Hodaka Days 12
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A fully police-equipped Hodaka was donated to the Athena Police Department.
- 4 months ago
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Hodaka Days 3
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Once each year, they gather in Athena, Oregon (population less than 2,000) to celebrate Hodaka Days. And why not? After all, Pabatco (Pacific Basin Trading Company) was the sole distributor for Hodaka from the 1960s through the mid-70s. It was a loose company, one that never took themselves seriously. They had fun, real fun.
- 4 months ago
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Hodaka Days 4
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Once each year, they gather in Athena, Oregon (population less than 2,000) to celebrate Hodaka Days. And why not? After all, Pabatco (Pacific Basin Trading Company) was the sole distributor for Hodaka from the 1960s through the mid-70s. It was a loose company, one that never took themselves seriously. They had fun, real fun.
- 4 months ago
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Hodaka Days 2
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Once each year, they gather in Athena, Oregon (population less than 2,000) to celebrate Hodaka Days. And why not? After all, Pabatco (Pacific Basin Trading Company) was the sole distributor for Hodaka from the 1960s through the mid-70s. It was a loose company, one that never took themselves seriously. They had fun, real fun.
- 4 months ago
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Hodaka Days 5
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Once each year, they gather in Athena, Oregon (population less than 2,000) to celebrate Hodaka Days. And why not? After all, Pabatco (Pacific Basin Trading Company) was the sole distributor for Hodaka from the 1960s through the mid-70s. It was a loose company, one that never took themselves seriously. They had fun, real fun.
- 4 months ago
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Hodaka Days 10
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Once each year, they gather in Athena, Oregon (population less than 2,000) to celebrate Hodaka Days. And why not? After all, Pabatco (Pacific Basin Trading Company) was the sole distributor for Hodaka from the 1960s through the mid-70s. It was a loose company, one that never took themselves seriously. They had fun, real fun.
- 4 months ago
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Don't Ask July 2009
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SUBJECT: GOOD OLD KAWASAKI KDX200Hello,
I currently own a 2001 KDX 200. I've kept the bike bone stock over the years and always wanted more power, but I was young and financialy unable to throw money at the cause. Now that I can afford to do so. What would you suggest to squeeze some hidden power out of an already awesome bike? (other than installing the FMF"Gnarly",which I intend to do, soon!)Ed Gardner
Clarksburg, WVThis is one of the finest all-around bikes ever built. By all means, go for an FMF pipe and a set of Boyesen reeds. Then go for two teeth more on the countershaft sprocket. Don't worry, the bike will easily pull the gearing. At this point, the bike will be a joy to ride.
Here’s a photo of the KDX200 I personally owned for over a decade.
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Check out full column of this months reader's questions and Rick's answers.
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- 5 months ago
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Win This Hodaka
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Win this Vintage Hodaka Model 94 Wombat 125
Enter at the 2009 Hodaka Days in Athena OR
http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbike/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=604985
- 5 months ago
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Open House - Huge Hodaka Sale
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Yeah, we don't usually like/allow commercial postings, but Paul at STRICTLY HODAKAS has been a friend of Off-Road.com for many years, keeping us up to date on everything vintage in the Hodaka world. We look to him for tech advice when nobody else knows. So here's a great opp, for you guys that gotta have your Hodakas -
1 DAY ONLY - Don't miss out on this once and a lifetime moving sale including over 50 hodakas -all models, all conditions
10% off all parts and accessories purchased at open house ...an added BONUS
CASH & CARRY
Time -9am -4 pm Saturday 4/18/2009
Location at Strictly Hodaka 3 Seneca Trail Charlestown- Rhode Island
Refreshments will be served
Here is just a few of what will be available for
open house day!The 250ED was one that for several years I had loaned to BoJo for the ISDTR this has a new PVL ignition and has won many medals including a gold last year- Fast well taken care of bike
1971 Super Rat ( not in photos) very good condition for a restoration project. low hour bike
1968 Ace 100- 189 miles. good bike but has some bad chrome ( not in photos)
175SL- rough missing front wheel and forks
Many Road Toads and a few (01) Dirt Squirts- some descent some parts bikes
250SL with bright red painted paint and fenders- needs work but did run when parked a few years ago.
1965 Ace 90- was going to keep for myself but... nice bike
Super Combat's- one missing pipe and front wheel assy. The other stored outside for two years but complete ?
250ED roller
2- 250SL projects rough but cheap. One is a white tanker one is a red tanker
Combat Wombat- I was planning on keeping but.. complete good bike
Wombat- Petty fenders but fair bike
Several Dirt Squirt 80's fair to good and project ones also.
250ED - not bad but missing tank- Buy the roller listed above and get the tank ??
I am not sure what else I may find but remember there is a lifelong 10% discount on all parts for the bike you buy as long as you are the owner. - Blog post
- 7 months ago
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Rick Sieman - Don't Ask
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Every month, our dirtbike section burns up the line with Rick Sieman's "Don't Ask" column. If you haven't read it before, you are missing out. 2 parts grouch slapping people for not using proper grammar, 2 parts grouch slapping people for asking stupid questions, amid a whole lot of technical motorcycle expertise, stirred together with a healthy dose of vintage nostalgia and bench racing.
This month, it has spilled and overflowed, so we thought we'd bring you a sneak peek here first - look for the full column on the Off-Road.com Dirtbike Editorial site April 1. But for now, enjoy. And beware!
DON’T ASK!
QUESTIONS ANSWERED, INSULTS HURLED, LESSONS LEARNED
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DIRE WARNINGS AND THINGS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
If you choose to email a question to this forum, then you must conduct yourself accordingly. Therefore, the following rules are in order
1. Do not write your email to me IN CAPS. If you do so, I will print out your question and do terrible things to it.
2. Do not request a personal email response. Since I get thousands of questions each month, trying to answer them all would cut deeply into my leisure time, which I value more than your current state of confusion.
3. Try to spell at least in a semi-correct fashion. If you choose to mangle the English language, expect no mercy from this quarter. You might be mocked severely.
4. Do not ask for me to send you copies of my many manuals and literature. I am not in the library business, nor do I want to spend the bulk of my day at the copy machine just because you're too lazy to ask your dealer, or look around a bit.
5. Don't bother me with truly stupid questions, like how to get 50 more horsepower for a buck and a half
6. Now that you know the rules, think carefully and have at it!
Oh yes … I’ll leave your email unedited, for what it’s worth.
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SUBJECT: BUILDING YOUR OWN DIRT BIKE
Im a 10 year old boy who loves to ride dirtbikes. I have a project Im working on. I have an old dirtbike frame and I have an old leaf blower that runs. I want to put the leaf blower in the dirtbike frame and I cant figure out how to rig up the throttle. Do you have any sugestions that might give me an idea for this project?
J. Ryeley
This called for some comments from Matt Cuddy, who has built more weird dirt bikes that any person alive. The fact that he's still alive is mute testimony to his skills in this department. Read and learn:Very good idea there my 10 year old friend, but you didn't mention what type of frame you have, so I will have to think it's a standard mini-bike frame.
The big problem with leaf blower motors is they are very small (about 30cc) and once you get the fan cage off, you'll see that the crankshaft end that's sticking out of the case is tiny, about the size of your pinky finger, and almost impossible to mount any type of clutch or sprocket to.
Also, there are no "motor mounts" on the tiny motor to speak of, and the best bet would be constructing a motor mount that bolts to the case halves, and the bottom of the frame. Too much work, for too little power from that itsy-bitsy motor.
I suggest you find a five horsepower Briggs & Stratton laying around somewhere (a 3 & 1/2 horse works too) and your problems will be solved, as there are thousands of places where you can buy parts for the Briggs, and even more places that sell clutches, throttles, hop-up kits, etc.
While your idea on using a weed-blower motor is sound in thinking, in practical application it would be almost impossible to mount, and the low horsepower from the tiny little two stroke would hardly move you and your bike at the same time.
Go with a Briggs & Stratton, or if you're really into technology, an over head valve 4 HP Honda. Please keep us updated on the project, and maybe we'll run a full report on it, in the dirtbike section of Off-Road.com.
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SUBJECT: REMEMBER MUNTZ CYCLE PARK?
Hey Rick!
I called you a few years ago. What a phone bill! You were still in Mex. Just wanted to thank you for Dirt Bike Magazine. I bought the first few issues, then here and there bought more. Shouda kept those first ones. Hope you are doing well. Remember Munts Cycle Park? Did it become Valley for a while? I rented some s**tbox Suzuki one time. ran like a...well...a rental dirt bike! Handled like wheelbarrow with a flat and only one handle!
I would have "ghost rode" it down that gnarly hill climb, but it couldn't make it up the back way. Wasn't the first bike to make it up that hill a dirt bike with a Kawasaki H500 triple in it? I heard the first bike to make it up was going to get $500 (the rider) Remember any of that? Right across from the Simi Drive-in used to be a Dunecycle rental track. Got kicked out 'cause my friend and I got to the very rear of the course and stayed there too long shooting around instead of just making the lap.
Well, I've read "MONKEY BUTT" at least 5 times, now. A very educational read. All dirt-bikers should buy it! All true, too! (?) I grew up in Thousand Oaks, California from '57 to '73 when I graduated H.S. and went into the Army. What a great time to be off-road! Also, I heard someone was looking for info on the Chris Cycle. A friend had one. It was cool! not quite a Hodaka powered Bonanza, but it still ran good. Had a long, chrome gas tank, a real clutch and i think a 4 speed. Made in Italy, I think.
Well, hope to hear from you and/or read your answers in "DON'T ASK". By the way, was my grammar and/or spelling okay? Take notes, mini-riders, It can be done. My skool musta ben gooder then yurs.
Dave Fruhling
Gold Hill, ORWow, your email brings back a lot of memories. Muntz Cycle Park got renamed Valley Cycle Park and it used to be a great place to ride. Hang on to that first copy of DB, as it's going for around $200 now. Your spelling was "way gooder" than normal.
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SUBJECT: WHICH BIKE SHOULD HE GET?
Hi Rick,
I was wanting a newer kx 500 kawasaki, I like them alot ,but i dont know if i can get on one as Im 5'10 but 30in, in the seam,? do i get an oplder bike and fit on it rick or do i get the kx and have it adjusted if its possible,? I was looking at the older 73 maico 400's in orange and the older 74 yamaha 250,360 mx's,too, I mean if i could fina an older maico id get it but ive heard about the thing on parts and pieces falling off but i still like them they were really something and handled really good, please help me Rick on this ok, im 48 and getting back into riding ok, thanks alot
kirk c.
Alton, KSIf you're just getting back into riding, then consider a KDX 200, most any year in the last decade. They're great bikes and very reliable. If you want to race vintage and reliability is the prime issue, consider a CZ. Stay away from the KX500. In my opinion, it's a poor bike.
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SUBJECT: ELSINORE OR PURSANG?
Rick
I have found a one owner 79 elsinore $2500,,, Also, a 75 Pursang, same price , this is 175cc frame with 250 top end... whats your opinion? Both within driving distance, im a novice mxer although I have ridden them for a lot years (not lately) .
Rohn Ussery
Robins AFB, GAForget the Pursang and go for the Elsinore, although the price seems high for a 79, unless it's perfect.
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SUBJECT: NO GAS TO A 1985 CR500
I just bought a 85 cr 500. I took the carb apart, cleaned it and the reeds and rad valve and put a new spark plug in it. It fired right up with the old gas still in it. then I drained the remainder out and put new gas in and now it wont start. Can you help?
Brad
Paso Robles, CAFrom what you described, it sounds like the gas is not flowing into the carb. Float level might be grossly off, or the float needle might be stuck. Check this first.
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SUBJECT: LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT BIKE
Hi Rick
kirk c, from kansas here, still looking at bike,s I still like the TM 400 suzuki , I mean the 74 model Is this one better than the 71's that were hand grenades? I hope so as i cant find anything that i like as much or the looks of than a TM 400, maicos are ok kinda crude looking, buls are neat if you worked on them first,
Yamahas are nice if you can find a good one,I like the 360 MX, 74 mod, I think the older yammies and suzukis are kinda in the same league, good quality, or as good as anything out there if you got good shocks, and redid the forks, and jet the carbs right than youll have a sweet bike, Plus,,,, they fit me alot better than the newer stuff that looks like puddle jumpers,
I m sure glad your doing good Rick, and i heard that you guys are moving back to Az, good move, Im not nuts just looking and not buying but i have to be sure like you in what im gettingI know you said the older Elsinore 250M's were really nice too and id like to have one if people didnt think they were made from gold, and were asking wayyyy too much for one, or the old thing where pour all your money in it but get nothing out of it,
Im sure glad your there rick to help and guide guys like me that know better than to be swayed by anything trendy and then it dies out, hope things are going good with you guys,
cordially
Kirk C,
The 1974 TM400 was actually better than the original beast. If you want to race an older (and lower) bike, the best pre-75 bike you can get is a Maico. Period.
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- 8 months ago
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Your Questions Answered
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I don't know how many of you are loyal Super Hunky (Rick Sieman) followers, but if you own a dirtbike - or like to see people smacked who haven't mastered the keyboard - you shouldn't miss this month's installment of "Don't Ask." Vintage enthusiasts will especially find something to smile about.
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SUBJECT: VINTAGE BIKE RACING CHOICES
gettin' older now at 57 and still wanting to race post vintage mx. Have a chance at a really nice 83 yz100 with 125 rims and ported by a pro. Is this a viable bike for an old guy 5 foot 6 inches and 150 pounds? I love the vintage bikes but they just don't have the suspension for my old bones. I still want to race past 60; what bike? George in Jefferson City PS: have a '69 441 Victor that is a blast from the past!
vmx1969
Jefferson City, MOThe YZ100 would not tire you out if you rode it flat out, which is what you'd have to do in the 125 class. If you really want to race, get a Hodaka 100 and race in the new AHRMA 100 class.
Because the bike is so light, it won't beat you to death.SUBJECT: JETTING FOR DUMMIES
im looking to buy an after marjet exaust pro circuit t4 to be excact but i heard that u have to re jet so what jetts should i buy my bike is a drz 125l?
Oscar
Stamford, CTYou are typical of a person who is too lazy to learn how to spell much better than a house plant. Using your crippled logic, had it ever entered your mind to contact Pro Circuit and ask them what jets should be used with a product they developed? Now go away.
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- 11 months ago
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