1973 HODAKA DIRT SQUIRT 100

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  • @tomn1026
    @tomn1026 2 роки тому +18

    This was my first bike , Damn I had alot of fun on my Hodaka great memories Thanks !!!

    • @migalley1
      @migalley1 11 місяців тому

      DS was my first bike too. you are right, fun to ride. the only tim I raced it was in the Denver 100. Got my eye on a wombat or a combat wombat>

  • @stevestewart6287
    @stevestewart6287 2 роки тому +8

    I had that bike in 1975, got it brand new for $600, I was 15 years old and my Father bought it for me. I rode it for a year and sold it, and then I got a brand new 1976 Suzuki RM100 for $800. I rode that for 2 years and sold it, then in 1980 I had a job, and I was 20 years old, so I bought a brand new 1980 Suzuki PE250 for $1.200 from a Suzuki dealership in Pekin Illinois. Rode that for 2 years and traded it in for a brand new 1982 Suzuki RM465 beast that cost $2.495. Rode that for 8 years until 1990, sold it, and that was my last dirt bike.
    Never had any engine problems with any of them, they all ran great, especially the PE250 and the RM465. All I ever did with them was a new top end every winter, then I rode them on the weekends, when I was not working, all summer on one set of piston and rings. That RM465 would start 2nd kick every time when cold, and 1st kick every time when it was warm, best bike I ever owned, and so fast it was ridiculous.

    • @xipingpooh5783
      @xipingpooh5783 2 роки тому +2

      Great memories!!! We are so fortunate to have lived and ridden motorcycles back then. Both street and dirtbikes were evolving so fast it was mind boggling. I have my 1984 D-6 Championship winning RM 125 sitting on display in my living room lol. These Hodakas are what lit my fuse for motorcycles when I was 5 years old in 1971.

  • @toddpeters9007
    @toddpeters9007 Рік тому +2

    You brought back one of my favorite memories in my life me and my dirt squirt!!!!

  • @xipingpooh5783
    @xipingpooh5783 2 роки тому +6

    This is the first bike I ever fell in love with. I was only a little kid but I’d stare at pictures of it on my wall and wish I was old enough and big enough to ride it.
    Semper Fidelis🇺🇸

  • @robjohnson8493
    @robjohnson8493 Рік тому +4

    Such great memories! Had one with a red tank. Around 1977. Used to get fried and ride for hours. Love what you guys do!!!

  • @randyewing953
    @randyewing953 Рік тому

    Man I love your video. I'm 66 years old, & my first bike in 1970 was HODI Ace 100. & Then worked my way up to a 1981 Maico 490. Seeing your video braught back good memories.Thanks

  • @kayaker4132
    @kayaker4132 2 роки тому +8

    Had a piston eating Hodaka Ace 100 when I was a kid. In the 70's we had a Hodaka dealer in Elkhart, IN and they'd replace a piston for $75. Great bikes.

  • @cyclerider5652
    @cyclerider5652 2 роки тому +8

    Beautiful piece here for sure. Hodaka 2-strokes changed the world. Advertised as having "100 Clams" if I remember right. Lol. Very cool bike. I remember riding a few of my friends Hodakas. Super light and fun.

  • @krob-sn7ek
    @krob-sn7ek 10 місяців тому

    I had a '74 XR 75 !! I always lusted for a Dirt Squirt or a YZ 80, just like an 8th grade cheerleader.... those two strokes were quick !! Cars don't take me back to my childhood like two wheelers do. Never will. Thanks Ken!

  • @davcon3
    @davcon3 2 роки тому +10

    First trophy was on a Super Rat. Good memories.

  • @Patshes
    @Patshes Рік тому

    Really love watching you ride up and down , up and down the drive way . No beter way for me in the world to spend your day. 🆒

  • @scottziegler8094
    @scottziegler8094 2 роки тому +8

    Awesome! My first bike, followed by a 74 CR125 and ending with a 95 CR500 before I lost a leg. Thanks Ken!

    • @need100k
      @need100k Рік тому +1

      Same here. My dad bought one in 1974 I think and that's what I learned on. I'd take it out to an empty field nearby and go full blast through the rough stuff. So much fun.

  • @tomcampbell6384
    @tomcampbell6384 Рік тому

    Brings back a lot of memories!! Went to HS with a guy whose dad had a Hodaka and Kawasaki dealership....He always had nice rides...

  • @FlowJunkie65
    @FlowJunkie65 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful classic, Ken. 👍

  • @johnkucin4482
    @johnkucin4482 Рік тому

    Great video, I owned a 100cc street legal Hodaka I think it was a 1968 model. I rode the neck out of that bike..it ran great. I wish I still had it. Thanks for a good memory!

  • @mikeb1039
    @mikeb1039 Рік тому

    Man! Summer of 73 I was 14 and riding a Honda CT 70, but lusted for that "real motorcycle" look of the Dirt Squirt! Hodaka was on the inside covers of seemingly all the few small bike mags LOL

  • @G31mR
    @G31mR Рік тому +7

    I raced a Kawasaki G31M against these in the very early 1970's. The Hodaka was down on power to the Kawasaki, and when they were modified to bring the power up enough to be competitive, their transmissions would grenade. They made up for their shortcomings with sheer numbers, though; there was always a handful of the Squirts and (especially) Super Rats breathing down my neck.

    • @markdinkel-uh2je
      @markdinkel-uh2je Рік тому +2

      Elsinores blew everybody's nads away

    • @jameswagoner3309
      @jameswagoner3309 11 місяців тому

      No, I I think Husqvarnas were the dominators, I had a highly modified 390 CR that took everyone to task..

  • @stevencunningham4680
    @stevencunningham4680 Рік тому +2

    I remember the Hodakas very well , they were called "The toaster on wheels" because of the big chrome gas tank , it looked like a toaster. I had a Super Rat and the Combat Wombat , Hodakas were indestructible !

  • @jackwhite2422
    @jackwhite2422 Рік тому

    Hodaka’s have this cool factor if you were a kid in the 70’s. I wanted one then I wanted a Yamaha. Then I started liking Suzuki TM’s because Roger DeCoster was my idol back in the day. Then Honda came out with Elsinore’s. I wanted one bad, I saved my money from working at a gas station and bought a 197) Elsinore 125. Loved that bike.

  • @SSV-i-c-e
    @SSV-i-c-e 2 роки тому +2

    Never had hodakas in nz but New about them from my how to ride motorcross book by Gary bailey still got it .amazing how far things have come since the 70 s memories of my 1st tm and before they my yamy ag90.🇳🇿

  • @steves2241
    @steves2241 Рік тому

    I had that same bike, but 2 years newer. I had a 1975 Hodaka Dirt Squirt 100, got it brand new for $600, at 15 years old, I am 63 now. It was actually a nice little bike, for what it was at the time, for a 15 year old kid it was pretty fast, and the suspension was ok, not great, but ok. It was pretty reliable too, I rode it almost every day for 6 to 8 hours a day for a year, and never had any engine problems with it.

  • @stevehruska7970
    @stevehruska7970 Рік тому

    I was born in 1970, my dad bought a dirt squirt around 74. first bike I ever rode. he would sit me up front on the neighborhood baseball field put it in 1st gear & just step off. I couldn't touch the ground so I'd just ride around till I fell over. 😝 been on 2 wheels ever since 👍

  • @Austinite333
    @Austinite333 Рік тому +1

    My first real dirt bike and I raced it in the 125 class.

  • @terrygardner7092
    @terrygardner7092 Рік тому +1

    My brother had one years ago I used to ride occasionally till he sold it. Great bike to ride

  • @toddricketts9498
    @toddricketts9498 Рік тому

    My brother got a new dirt squirt in 1972 that's a good memory brought by seeing this one

  • @mr.channel6467
    @mr.channel6467 2 роки тому +7

    Didn’t even know they made a dirtbike named a dirt squirt, pretty sweet

  • @captainaxle438
    @captainaxle438 2 роки тому +5

    Sure would like to see a thunderdog 250 running and ridden I believe that's the most rare one of them all

    • @robertjablonski9830
      @robertjablonski9830 Рік тому +1

      The didnt make a lot but rhe 175 is even more rare

    • @captainaxle438
      @captainaxle438 Рік тому

      @@robertjablonski9830 wow I'm going to Google it, I never knew

  • @stevefowler2112
    @stevefowler2112 2 роки тому +6

    When I was a youngster back in the early 70's, my dad bought me a Bonanza Minibike/Cycle. It came with the Hodaka 100cc engine and an expansion chamber. the thing was geared to do 55 mph and it would pull wheelies at that speed.

  • @josephgiovacchini2592
    @josephgiovacchini2592 10 місяців тому +1

    That bike was my world when I was younger

  • @Lloyd-mo
    @Lloyd-mo Рік тому +1

    its been at least 55 yrs since i heard the sound of a hodaka.

  • @ashleyprincewashington2130
    @ashleyprincewashington2130 2 роки тому +2

    Need that in my life 💥💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @RT-tn4ry
    @RT-tn4ry 5 місяців тому

    Was my first bike , and I loved it. Then had an MR 175 !

  • @KH102695
    @KH102695 Рік тому +1

    Such a cool dirt bike!!

  • @Jake-ph6fl
    @Jake-ph6fl 2 місяці тому

    When I was teenager I ad the same bike then later on I oversize the cylinder cause of piston problem, So much fun with that bike
    Today Am driving a Harley cause of the sound and the power.

  • @kellyloyd4616
    @kellyloyd4616 10 місяців тому

    First bike i ever got was a basket case ace100 flat tracker ,spool hubs ( no brakes) roadrace trans aluminum clutch every modification you could think of engine was however in a box , I was 11 years old .....my uncle helped me to get it back together but it was up to me to get it dialed in ,i had a little bit of riding experience but on smaller bikes , that ace100 after some carb jets and a few lil mods to expansion chamber would loop out in 3 rd gear with my skinny ass on it.

  • @tedecker
    @tedecker 11 місяців тому

    I’ve got a perfectly restored 74 Dirt Squirt in my shed. When I take it to a show I add a couple of strips of electrical tape to the tank for the “toaster” look!

  • @TheHemiphil81
    @TheHemiphil81 2 роки тому +2

    I knew a few riders who had the dirt squirt and the road toad and I had a cr125 and I always thought these were great looking bikes.

  • @brianw7746
    @brianw7746 2 роки тому +3

    Ooh i so wanted one of these when i was a kid! Sweet!
    My friend had an ace. Shift pattern was was 1 up 4 down. Why? Weird lol

  • @scrambler69-xk3kv
    @scrambler69-xk3kv Рік тому

    Wish you could get your hands on a Road Toad I really loved them. Had a dealer near me back in the 70's. I wanted one so bad at the time but just did not have the money. Thankyou for your video. Thumbs up for sure.

  • @glenminnick3724
    @glenminnick3724 2 роки тому

    In high school my buddy had the ace 100 and i had a yamaha 250. Those were some fun times!

  • @bdogjr7779
    @bdogjr7779 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome K🍺🍕《☆》Good memories renting Hodakas at Cycleback park in Jax, Fl. Way back in the 70s. I remember a trail leading to a Cliff😁You had to turn left & ride carefully between a Barbedwire fence on the right & the treeline on the left for 100 yards. No wonder they got shut down eh🖖😎☮

  • @alexanderfederowicz
    @alexanderfederowicz Рік тому

    ACE100 was my first then a Dirt Squirt 100 ! FYI The Front chrome front fender had a rubber mud flap from the factory... Later I welded the shock mounts on further forwards and added an after market chain tensioner and then the high compression Head kit that had a larger Mikuni Carb, and the head also had reed valves for better compression etc... Those little bikes could ride trials very well, and out handle many far more expensive bikes on the trail... They were not the fastest open field bike for sure, but could whip just about anything on a complex woods trail... one could simply ride an easy permanent wheelie by using engine back pressure and acceleration... Very amazing and precise handling for such a bargain price bike !!!

  • @mikepierce4739
    @mikepierce4739 Рік тому +1

    That is the bike I learned to ride on.❤

  • @jesseison-bowman3964
    @jesseison-bowman3964 2 роки тому +1

    Always wanted me one of them there hodakers!! Super rare!!

  •  8 місяців тому

    I had 2 of the dirt squirts i kept up with most of the 125s until the RM-a came out . fond memories. one period correct thing i see missing is your "bell ray" sticker lol. the shifter fork is a pain when it wears out

  • @reidspeed77
    @reidspeed77 2 роки тому +3

    Behold the legendary "dirt squirt " the Hodaka took on Australia and survived,bloody legendary bikes

  • @shawnward361
    @shawnward361 2 роки тому +1

    I had the one with Kyb shocks. It was a fun bike to ride! It had a down pipe on it.

  • @mikedavis2712
    @mikedavis2712 Рік тому +1

    Great bike !!!!

  • @robertjablonski9830
    @robertjablonski9830 Рік тому

    Had a chrome and a painted tank Squirt. Fun bikes. And the 125 top end bolted right on if you wanted nore power

  • @toddpeters9007
    @toddpeters9007 Рік тому

    I bought one brand new in 1974 I believe , I had other bikes I raced Suzuki TM, & RM 125/ 250s , but the hodaka dirt squirt was more fun and reliable than any of them , ......

  • @robertgould4113
    @robertgould4113 5 місяців тому

    my first bike now 66 years young riding Harley stroker chopper

  • @gladegoodrich2297
    @gladegoodrich2297 Рік тому

    Back in the glory days of district 37 desert racing, when a thousand riders would show up for a race.
    A guy named Jack Morgan would finish in the top ten overall, on one of these little Hodaka 100s.

  • @jaysan7316
    @jaysan7316 2 роки тому +3

    Who wants the MIC 🎤 Need more Mic 🎙 bring back the Mic 🎤

  • @numbaoneUFCfan
    @numbaoneUFCfan 2 роки тому +1

    Those preston petty mudders were great fenders.........I put a set on a 74 pursang and saved the factory original fiberglass units...........guy crashed into the back of me and folded it up under the seat and the rear tire ate a hole in it........lol

  • @markr.1984
    @markr.1984 Рік тому +1

    As a kid me and my family pronounced it Ho-Dack-ah. With the 'dack' rhyming with black. Not Ho-Dock-ah!! Were me and my brothers right or wrong? Also, everyone else we knew pronounced it that way in the midwest. There was even a radio commercial with the dealer pronouncing it our way in Illinois. Ho-dack-ah sounds way cooler to me.

  • @boris2873
    @boris2873 Рік тому

    I had the 100 Dirt Squirt in the late 70s & it had a bad crank, parts were hard to find by then. Luckily I ran across a 175 Combat Wombat and the motor bolted straight in the Dirt Squirt, think I had to do something for the exhaust mount but that was it. Its was fast.

  • @chiplarkin4069
    @chiplarkin4069 11 місяців тому

    Look at him. It's the bike you just don't want to stop riding...

  • @brianjacobsen5762
    @brianjacobsen5762 2 роки тому

    I found a Combat Wambat 125 in the metal pile at our local transfer station. As I was unloading some scrap metal. It was at the bottom of this pile of 70 snowmobiles. Who ever owed it. Took the motor out. Left the roller ( frame wheels handel bars. ) I asked an employee to help me lift the sleds off the bike. He's says you can't go through the metal. I said look dude. That's a wombat I'm saving it. So he helped me. Then he says it's not even all there. Hold on. Start looking around. Found everything except the boot from the air box to the carb. All needed was crank bearings. Some asshole who used to be my dirt ridding buddy let him store his stuff in my garage. He waited till I wasn't there broke into my garage took his shit along with my wombat he was moving out of state.. Never got to see it run.

  • @BenDrinkin1
    @BenDrinkin1 2 роки тому +1

    Any chance we can see a race between the Dirt Squirt and a CR 500?

  • @ThirdHandle
    @ThirdHandle 2 роки тому +1

    That reminds me of my ‘73 Indian ME100. Need an addition to the museum?

  • @johnjelinek-g7b
    @johnjelinek-g7b Рік тому +1

    Funny, but it seems that everybody knew someone that had one of these awesome reliable little buggers . lol

  • @Stevo736
    @Stevo736 Рік тому

    It really goes well for 100cc. I have a Road Toad which is similar to this but mineneeds a lot of work. Lol

  • @alexanderfederowicz
    @alexanderfederowicz Рік тому

    Dammit I used to live up your way, and the moment I leave you build a Motorcycle Museum...

  • @marktatum2592
    @marktatum2592 2 роки тому +4

    Ace 100
    Super Rat
    Combat Wombat
    Super Combat Wombat
    Road Toad
    Dirt Squirt
    Thunder Dog

    • @captainaxle438
      @captainaxle438 2 роки тому +1

      Yes those were the models, I worked for a distributor when I was a kid. I had an Ace 100 and then I had a super rat. They had a unique transmission that used a plunger with balls to select the gears and the shift cover had a rachet mechanism and you would reach in with two wrenches and adjust it with an eccentric Bolt and setting it to where it would not jump out of gear. If you look above the shifter pedal you can see the little two bolt cover that you would do this through. We mix the oil 20 to 1 which is incredible amount of oil nowadays and we didn't have the racing synthetic oils they have today.

  • @RisingSun0203
    @RisingSun0203 Рік тому

    Before Harley Davidson introduced the Baja 100 the Hodie was THE trail bike in D37 desert racing.

  • @natanpierce495
    @natanpierce495 Рік тому

    I had about 8 or 9 of these things trying to make my best one competitive, it was a dog. 11HP wow. My friends RM 50 would take it out. Had them in RI with a N.O.S. engine. I wanted to race, but my folks stopped Razees from sponcering me on a CR-125 Elsinore which I wanted. I didn't get good at all until later in life with my 89 YZ 250 WR! Whoo Hoo! Hodaka's though, "Shiny as a toaster" ol Hunky used to say.

  • @absinth9288
    @absinth9288 Рік тому

    pretty damn nice man...1973? looks superb

  • @bobg1219
    @bobg1219 2 роки тому +2

    It has looks!

  • @richardmedeiros4337
    @richardmedeiros4337 9 місяців тому

    I had a 90 someone gave me with a burnt piston,punched it out to 100, and put a 300 knobby,charged the sprocket and did some trials,it got stolen great bike

  • @NastyNewdy
    @NastyNewdy 2 роки тому

    Got a all original one in my shed lol

  • @torino428cj
    @torino428cj Рік тому

    I was 12 when this bike was new , I had a 125 Elsinore that was a bike I wish I still had.

  • @jeffreywaterson3053
    @jeffreywaterson3053 2 роки тому

    Those B+ engines with a little porting and a wisco dike ring piston would flat out run the superat .

  • @GroovyVideo2
    @GroovyVideo2 Рік тому

    super rat was my first bike

  • @tedecker
    @tedecker 11 місяців тому

    Squirts had very cheap/thin chrome on the tanks, and it often flaked off. My friend said it was caused by all the 14 year olds drooling over them in the showroom lol!

  • @johnfryman4428
    @johnfryman4428 2 роки тому

    That's old timey !

  • @keithhawkins7039
    @keithhawkins7039 2 роки тому

    Nice

  • @kingkong81icloud
    @kingkong81icloud 2 роки тому +1

    That’s mint af

  • @terryatpi
    @terryatpi Рік тому

    I think we sold ours for right around 2 hundo , 1980. I’m better at seeing solid gold now

  • @GREEVES246
    @GREEVES246 2 роки тому

    the indian me100 used hodaka engine i had one it went well !

  • @briansharp4388
    @briansharp4388 Рік тому

    The 250 dirt version"thunderdog" was a beast, however, the street de tuned version was just a dog

  • @GregoryMueller-ss2qv
    @GregoryMueller-ss2qv Рік тому

    If it wasn't for the aluminum cylinder it would of been a great bike 😊

  • @norriegray4555
    @norriegray4555 2 роки тому

    Is that the same 100cc Fuji engine that was in the Indian ME 100 ?

  • @jeffreykennedy5956
    @jeffreykennedy5956 Рік тому

    What is the difference between a dirt squirt and a super rat?

  • @TheFogLakeshore
    @TheFogLakeshore Рік тому

    How tall is this giant? I want one of these or a vintage 100-250cc bike and he is making that thing look small. Instead it's the perfect urban warrior.

  • @MrToppox
    @MrToppox 2 роки тому

    😈😈😈 i actually like the look of that bike ... id have it living in a lounge room 😈😈😈

  • @Ridg76
    @Ridg76 Рік тому

    Endorsed by Bill Hastie.

  • @samspade1687
    @samspade1687 2 роки тому

    Ace 100 as a kid

  • @mikestowe6136
    @mikestowe6136 2 роки тому +3

    4886

  • @motor1200
    @motor1200 3 місяці тому

    mine was ripped off in 73 never to be seen again i payed $620.00 and i made $1.25 a hour broke my heart

  • @davisdeen4039
    @davisdeen4039 2 роки тому

    What's up no more Eby ? Selling from your place? 1price ?

  • @fenrirthewolf452
    @fenrirthewolf452 2 роки тому

    Dave Bloom is that you? Lol

  • @AAs-vb7pv
    @AAs-vb7pv 2 роки тому

    Lol look s like it bmx handle bars I love out od bike s even its name is great 😂

  • @GregoryMueller-ss2qv
    @GregoryMueller-ss2qv Рік тому

    They should of put a steel sleeve in it

  • @matthewtarka2804
    @matthewtarka2804 Рік тому

    years ago,my after work hobby was to advertise for, and buy used hodakas,would pay about $50.00 and rebuild,for off road only,would get about $350.00 completed,usually paint frame red,clean up ,make everything work,parts were cheap,mid 90's.....could rebuild motors in my sleep,seems any thing that sat,inside or out needed crank bearings.....weakness was shifter mechanism,very weak and tempermental.....had and sold , both an original and stock, ace 100 and wombat 125.......wish i had today.......by the way, lardass.....you look like a moose on that poor 100.......rear shocks are about bottomed out.......

  • @jeffstever9771
    @jeffstever9771 Рік тому

    I smashed my balls into that 2.9 gallon gas tank 1 too many times

    • @markr.1984
      @markr.1984 Рік тому

      Well, if you were able to father progeny than I guess no harm done except temporary pain...lol😆

  • @beaumont9072
    @beaumont9072 2 роки тому

    America 🇺🇸 💪🏼🤙🏼🔧🔩

  • @keithseiwert2256
    @keithseiwert2256 2 роки тому

    First

  • @michaelvincent-it9ls
    @michaelvincent-it9ls Рік тому +1

    Do you have any sl125 or 1968 or9 Honda 50 even if basket

    • @kellyloyd4616
      @kellyloyd4616 10 місяців тому

      I've got a sl 125 or most of one

  • @PollyT.Pocket22
    @PollyT.Pocket22 Рік тому

    VERY COOL😊❤