Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles in the 1960s and 1970s. The company also went by the name PABATCO, for Pacific Basin Trading Company. Its headquarters were in the rural town of Athena, Oregon. Pabatco was owned by Shell Oil Company from 1965 to 1978. The name Hodaka is rumored to have been borrowed from a mountain near the factory. Opening its doors in 1964, Hodaka is credited by some with starting the trail bike craze in the United States.

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  • Hodaka ist eine amerikanisch-japanischen Firma, die in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren Motorräder herstellte.
  • Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles in the 1960s and 1970s. The company also went by the name PABATCO, for Pacific Basin Trading Company. Its headquarters were in the rural town of Athena, Oregon. Pabatco was owned by Shell Oil Company from 1965 to 1978. The name Hodaka is rumored to have been borrowed from a mountain near the factory. Opening its doors in 1964, Hodaka is credited by some with starting the trail bike craze in the United States. Hodaka models included the Ace 90, Ace 100, Wombat, Combat Wombat, Super Combat, Super Rat, Dirt Squirt, Road Toad and Thunderdog. In the late 1970s, a combination of events led to the demise of Hodaka. Falling US dollar exchange rates against the Japanese yen, a shift in demand from dirt bikes to larger road bikes, and general economic weakness fatally wounded the company. Hodaka attempted a purchase of Fuji Heavy Industries —the Japanese company which manufactured most Hodaka engines—but were rebuffed. Around 1980, Hodaka ceased all operations. Its tooling was later sold to the Korean company Daelim.
  • 株式会社穂高工業所（株式会社ほだかこうぎょうしょ）は、かつて愛知県名古屋市に存在していた日本のオートバイメーカーである。ホダカのブランドでオートバイを生産していた。
  • Hodaka is een historisch merk van motorfietsen. Hodaka Industrial Co. , later Hodaka Engineering Co. Ltd. , Nagaya, Japan. Na de overname van Yamaguchi door de Amerikaan Henry Koepke werd de productie van Yamaguchi-motorfietsen gestaakt. Hodaka had tot die tijd motorblokken gemaakt voor PABATCO (Pacific Basin Trading Company) in Athena (Oregon), dat de motorfietsen van Yamaguchi verhandelde. Toen Yamaguchi de productie van motorfietsen staakte, besloot PABATCO complete motorfietsen van Hodaka te gaan betrekken. Hodaka was tot dat moment alleen leverancier van motorblokken geweest. De lichte tweetakt motorfietsen (voornamelijk scramblers) werden voornamelijk naar de USA geëxporteerd of zelfs in Amerika gebouwd, maar ze werden in de jaren zeventig ook in Europa verkocht. Sommige modellen werden ook onder de merknaam Steen verkocht. De machines hadden exotische namen als Super Rat, Wombat, Combat Wombat, Road Toad en Dirt Squirt. Na de sluiting van de fabriek in 1978 werden de ontwerpen aan het Koreaanse merk Daelim verkocht.
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  • Hodaka ist eine amerikanisch-japanischen Firma, die in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren Motorräder herstellte.
  • Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles in the 1960s and 1970s. The company also went by the name PABATCO, for Pacific Basin Trading Company. Its headquarters were in the rural town of Athena, Oregon. Pabatco was owned by Shell Oil Company from 1965 to 1978. The name Hodaka is rumored to have been borrowed from a mountain near the factory. Opening its doors in 1964, Hodaka is credited by some with starting the trail bike craze in the United States.
  • 株式会社穂高工業所（株式会社ほだかこうぎょうしょ）は、かつて愛知県名古屋市に存在していた日本のオートバイメーカーである。ホダカのブランドでオートバイを生産していた。
  • Hodaka is een historisch merk van motorfietsen. Hodaka Industrial Co. , later Hodaka Engineering Co. Ltd. , Nagaya, Japan. Na de overname van Yamaguchi door de Amerikaan Henry Koepke werd de productie van Yamaguchi-motorfietsen gestaakt. Hodaka had tot die tijd motorblokken gemaakt voor PABATCO (Pacific Basin Trading Company) in Athena (Oregon), dat de motorfietsen van Yamaguchi verhandelde.
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