A Hodaka for Modern Times? (Electric Motorcycle)
[Before you get excited, no this is not about the Hodaka name being resurrected - that's not it.] If you're not familiar with Hodaka, feast your eyes on the Ace 90 and imagine you're wanting a nice little trail bike for a nice little price in the late 60's or early 70's. Love those chrome tanks and red frames! Photo Attribution from Hodaka Wikipedia The Hodakas were very simple, very tough, and very affordable little scramblers that were a little ahead of their time. And like a lot of the electric bikes and motorcycles we see these days, they were conceived and designed on this side of the planet and manufactured in Asia. (In this case, it was Oregon/Japan.) For a while there they were the market. But then the big four Japanese motorcycle companies stepped up their game and made it much harder for Hodaka to compete. But, man, were they something for a while! Over the years, I've kept my eyes open for a Hodaka to convert to electric, but I haven...