Hodaka (other)
Hodaka may refer to: * Hodaka (motorcycle), a joint Japanese and American company * Hodaka Maruyama (born 1984), Japanese politician * Hodaka Yoshida (1926–1995), Japanese artist See also * Hotaka (other) Hotaka may refer to: Japan * Hotaka, Nagano * Mount Hotaka (other) ** Mount Hotaka (Gunma) ** Mount Hotaka (Nagano, Gifu) People with the given name * Hotaka Nakamura (born 1997), Japanese footballer (soccer) * Hotaka Yamakawa , nick ... {{disambig Japanese masculine given names ...
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Hodaka (motorcycle)
Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles from 1964 to 1978. Close to 150,000 motorcycles were produced within that time. Prior to 1964 Hodaka made engines for the Yamaguchi motorcycle brand. The worldwide distributor of Hodakas was PABATCO, for ''Pacific Basin Trading Company''. Its headquarters were in the rural town of Athena, Oregon. PABATCO designed and engineered a majority of the motorcycles, and Hodaka in Japan was responsible for the engine and manufacture and assembly. Pabatco was owned by Shell Oil Company from 1965 to 1978. The name ''Hodaka'' comes from a mountain near the factory and means "To grow taller". The Oishi brothers, owners of Hodaka, had taken an extended trip to Europe in the late '50s and during that time they purchased close to 50 European and English motorcycles to take back to Japan to study. It is also rumored Hodaka might have indeed designed the complete Yamaguchi SPB50, not just the engine. Hodaka was also a ...
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