Messages

Hi Mick,

How close is this to Dayton. I have a guy coming from Dayton to ride to DD's with me. If you can get it to him, I will have him bring it with and either meet you near Indy or bring it to my place just north of Terre Haute. Terre Haute is much closer than Ohio. He will be coming through Indy early Thursday morning (6 or 7ish am). Paul Stannard may be bringing a bike to Ohio for us to pony express for him, maybe he would make the stop for a little gas money. I know you know Paul.

Later,

Darrin

Proud new owner of a 1974 Penton 175 and current owner of many Hodaka's (yes Hodaka's and I love them).

Thanks Ernie and Patrick,

I will use the information you sent me Ernie and check the ignition as best I can Monday and see just what I have and see if I can figure out which part is bad if any.
Patrick, I have done many searches and read the production information about 4 times now. I pick up a little more every time I reread it. I think this bike must be a 74 1/2 (November of 74 by the frame number). I haven't been able to find a picture of the Ceriani shocks but think that must be what these are. The swing arm has all the extra holes for different shock mounting locations too. I will do more searching and poking around to see what else I may find out about this thing.

Thanks again,

Darrin

Proud new owner of a 1974 Penton 175 and current owner of many Hodaka's (yes Hodaka's and I love them).

If you had the ignition (stator and coil) and the carb and cables I would be interested. I could at least try to get it running with this much. Shoot me a price to my email and if it's in my price range maybe we can make a deal. darrin at malonerealty dot com

Thanks

Darrin

Proud new owner of a 1974 Penton 175 and current owner of many Hodaka's (yes Hodaka's and I love them).

Thanks Ernie,

The coil on it is a red bodied coil and the connectors are marked Blue wire and Black wire so I'm not sure which it would be.
I plan on keeping this bike and seeing how I like it. It could be a RR classic class bike or just a woods bike to chase my son around on. If the motor is good I will spend the money for a good ignition but don't want to commit that much right now.

Thanks again,

Darrin

Proud new owner of a 1974 Penton 175 and current owner of many Hodaka's (yes Hodaka's and I love them).

Hi All,

I just got lucky enough to come across a Penton bike recently and have a few questions about it. I have been watching the board and reading and googling everything I can to try to find some answers but that isn't working for me so here goes. If these are repeat topics sorry.
1. The bike I have I think is a 1974 175. Frame number 5441179100 engine number 4-5207308 is this correct?
2. How can I tell what version this is or is there different versions of this bike availabe? MX vs. Jackpiner, What do I call this thing besides a Penton?
3. This bike has shoulderless aluminum wheels with hi-point stickers on them. Is this correct for this bike? I couldn't tell in all the reading I have done if it should have shouldered wheels or not.
4. It also has a Lectron carb on it. I thought it should have a Bing carb. Which is correct and what would be the best option on carbs for this bike?
5. My bike is complete except a few minor pieces missing but like a lot of others I hear about, I got it because it has no spark. Is there an inexpensive way to get spark to see if the rest of the motor is good? I don't want to spend $400 for a PVL to find out it has a bad rod or burnt piston.
6. The rear shocks have aluminum bodies with cooling fins cast into them on the bottom. Are these the correct shocks or something someone has changed?

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide,

Darrin

Proud new owner of a 1974 Penton 175 and current owner of many Hodaka's (yes Hodaka's and I love them).