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   I rebuilt a Hodaka Wombat once, and when I went to start it it popped a bit, but would not do anything after that. I checked, double checked, set and reset EVERYTHING and still nothing. I was commenting about it on the old Yahoo Hodaka Group, and Ed Chestnut, the Hodaka guru of all gurus and factory servicer manager, suggested that I try towing it. He related that he built up an engine from all new old stock parts and had the same issue, then he had someone tow him for a bump start and after a few feet it fired off, and was a one or two kick starter after that. I tried the same thing and VIOLA!! Instant noise!! And mine was a one or two kick starter after that. He couldn't explain it, other than after a rebuilt with new everything, nothing is really seated, and the few RPM from the bump start started that process. It's worth a try if you are sure timing and such is correct, and the ignition system itself is healthy.

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  That's great news!! That's a heck of a quick turn around!! Wish I could navigate through the medical  system that fast!! Everything with me seems to be "hurry up and wait!" But I'm glad that Al is doing so well.
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  Those shouldn't be too terribly difficult to fabricate, should they? I've made copies of side stands and center stands but since I retired I don't have access to the shop that I used to have. I have some welding equipment, and a side stand shouldn't require much in elaborate equipment to make a couple two or three. Have you got a decent drawing, or sketch and a photo that I could check out? Having a decent sample to look at a d hold in my hand and measure works best for me. The weather needs to start getting and staying warmer, as I have to work at the front of my garage also. Let me know.
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  They may be kind of pricey, but if you can find one, the K&N paper filters work very well, and I think the one in my '75 250 Husky is still the same one I installed back in the day. They can be cleaned with a detergent and lightly oiled again if I remember correctly. When I got the bike running again back in 200 or so, I didn't see a need to replace it with anything else. Worth looking into. If there is anything like a speed shop or custom parts store for cars, or weven off road cars and the new side by side vehicles, see if they have anything that will fit.
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   I think this is a recent addition to the Mungenast collection. The sign says one of only two made. Looks like a '71 Steel Tanker frame and such with a '72 fiberglass tank. Serial #2.

  Hey Paul;

   I sent you a message on another matter through the group message system. Check your messages, please. I will get photos added to this thread asap. THANKS!!

   Dan McEntee

  Mission Accomplished !! It was great to just get out of the house!! It was in the 40's today here!! I got there first, and Conrad made the scene next followed by Marr from the Museum next. Got the stuff carried in, looked it over a bit, then a whirlwind tour of the Museum. I haven't been there in a while and things are different!! I need to spend a day there as soo as practical!! If you ever get the chance, you gotta check it out!! The Penton Room in coming along Nicely!! I got a few pictures that I'll post later.

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  Do you know what his ETA will be on Wednesday?? I'll be down south in Fenton that morning and early afternoon, and can run out I-44 and meet him. It's been a while since I've been to the Museum, and good excuse to go again. That's not one of their normal open days of operation, but maybe I'll find Ray there??
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  I sure would like to attend that swap meet someday, just to meet the people if nothing else!!
 
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  MERRY CHRISTMAS and  HEALTHY and HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL out in the POG world!!

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  MERRY CHRISTMAS to all fellow POG members!! And  Healthy and Happy New Year in 2026 for us all also!!

 I noticed that they web site looks different. Not as many categories or headings, and no visible tab for logging on or off?? I did navigate to the section to renew my membership, which was pretty easy for this computer dummy!! I was just trying to determine if I was really logged in or not, and don't see anything confirming that. It looks like this message will post OK. I'll get to exploring the rest of the site over the holidays. Many thanks to the people that have been working to update the site!! Things look very good from here!

   MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
    Dan McEntee

   Wow!! Where DOES the time GO!!?? Mr. Huffman did an excellent job with the production of this movie, as he usually does,  and that was possible because he had a great subject matter to work with! Time to pull the DVD back out and watch it again, and remember.

   Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!!
    Dan McEntee

  In reading about this subject over the years un articles and posts by knowledgeable people, I think the consensus is that the Bing has a better flow rate than the Mikuni, and if you were to replace it with a Mikuni, it might be best to move up to a 38mm. And I seem to remember someone refining a process to bore a 36.. Mikuni into a larger bore for a better flow rate?? I've slept too many times since then to be sure. The other answer is Lectron, but those are not legal in some classes? Interesting subject.
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  It's completely outstanding that John zeroed that final check and made it to 100 years, and that he was able to share it with all of us. JP was already a legend back when I was riding my '72 125 Six Days in local enduros, and then I took along break from riding to start a career and a family and re-entered the world of dirt bikes at the start of the vintage movement at the 2000 USDTRR event at Cass, AR. And who was the first person I got to meet that first morning? John Penton , who was sitting under an Ez-Up with Kevin LaVoie. I feel very honored and fortunate to have been able to meet and talk with John on several occasions through the following years, even getting to sit on a rock next to him at a ISDTRR event at Park Hills, and share a beer with him, and watch the grass track races. I wanted to ask him to sign the tank on the 125 Six Days I had at the time and rode to where he was sitting with Al Born, I think it was, and as I rode up he commanded, "Shut that noisy thing off, have a beer and sit down!"  Who am I to refuse an invite like that! I still can't believe that happened. In the following years after that first meeting at Cass, AR, I got to learn more about John and his incredible life story through Ed Youngblood's book and then Todd Huffman's movie, and those great speeches that he made at the Reunion Ride banquets, that the only word I can think of to describe JP is "Indescribable!" The scope of his influence and impact on the motorcycle industry as a rider and business man, and also as an outstanding human being, just pushes the limits on how to put it all into words. He will be remembered and revered forever. Our deepest sympathies and condolences to Jack, Jeff, Tom, and the entire Penton Family and John closest friends.
 
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  Dan McEntee

I talked to "Ralph" (not his real name) this morning. He went to the doctor yesterday to get checked out. The doctor thinks that he may have a gall bladder problem. He will be going in to get an ultrasound test on it.

    I hope that Ralph (not his real name) gets this taken care of quickly!! The gall bladder issues are not too easy to diagnose for some doctors!  I have a brother, Tim, that languished in the hospital for a week, after a misunderstanding and misdiagnosis of his condition! My oldest brother Tom had just been through these symptoms and such with his wife just a few months prior, but doctors would not listen to him or any of us. Tim's condition got worse over the following week while he was tested for just about anything you could name. Finally we demanded another CT or MRI scan, as he was bloating excessively, and I feared he would go into sepsis or some other serious infection. The last scan finally showed something that made them schedule surgery right away, removed his infected gall bladder and several infected stones!! Imagine that!! Two days later he was ready to go home and I picked him up when he was released.

  What was the little thing that cause the misdiagnosis? When he was screened at the time he checked himself into the hospital with chest pains, they ask routine questions, one of which is "Did you recently have a bowl movement?" He answered, "yes." They then ask, " Was it dark in color?" He replied, "Yes, but I had also had a large handful of Oreo cookies this morning." They immediately wrote that down that he had a dark stool, and that is usually a sign of internal bleeding of some sort, and that is what they spent a week looking for but could not find!! Prior to our demanding further tests and scans, we were discussing him case with the attending doctor. He brought up the possible internal bleeding indicated by the dark stool. I reminded him that Tim LOVES Oreo cookies, and that would cause the dark stool!! He argued with me that food does not effect the color of a person stool, and was serious about it!! Then I asked him, "Doctor, do you have children?" He replied "Yes". Then I asked him if he had ever changed any "dirty" diapers after any of them had fed fed as a baby, and he just stared at me!! I said" I'll take that as a "No!" Doctors are NOT all the same!! If you ever have any doubts or reservations about anything a doctor tells you, DO NOT hesitate to get another opinion!!

  I hope Ralph ( not his real name) gets better very soon!!

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