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Gee, if I did not know that was a Hodaka, I would swear it was a Kawsaki Versys...
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That didn't take long. Need to wake up awfully early in the morning to fool the learned hands on this forum. 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Gee, if I did not know that was a Hodaka, I would swear it was a Kawsaki Versys...
It's exactly what I was thinking. Only the Versys is a 650cc.
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Word on the street ( last time I looked) was that a 750 was imminent.
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A Hodaka 90 was my first bike. Bought it for $80. Smashed it into a tree a few months later...
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Road a 125 Combat Wambat in hair scrables back in the 70's.Brother inlaw was smaller so he had a Super Rat 100,those were the days!  
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Yeah I owned 4 of them ,the Wombat was my best one but they sure were always breaking down.Stupid shifter spring inside the left cover always broke..
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This is what the owner of the RT-750 a/k/a Versys said on the forum where he posted the pics:
"For the three years I've had the V people have been asking me what it is. So, having the original badging has done nothing. Back about 1970 I raced around our local scrambles track on a succession of Hodakas. They were great bikes in their day and I remember them with affection. My Hodakas were all dirt bikes, red frame and chrome tank. You know the ones. But they made a road bike as well, it was green and called the Road Toad. Just thought that if the Kawasaki badging is not much use it might as well go. And if it's to go, why not put something equally un-informational in its place? So with a bit of nostalgia, and a bit of fantasy, I'm now the owner of the only Hodaka Road Toad 750 on the planet."
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I like the way that guy thinks!!!  Though NOW I'm wonderin' what he'd do if he bought a new Triumph and once he started gettin' that question that WE get all the time: "They're still makin' Triumphs?!" ???  (...MY GUESS is that the guy would put a BSA decal on the tank!...what's YOURS???) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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This is what the owner of the RT-750 a/k/a Versys said on the forum where he posted the pics:
"For the three years I've had the V people have been asking me what it is. So, having the original badging has done nothing. Back about 1970 I raced around our local scrambles track on a succession of Hodakas. They were great bikes in their day and I remember them with affection. My Hodakas were all dirt bikes, red frame and chrome tank. You know the ones. But they made a road bike as well, it was green and called the Road Toad. Just thought that if the Kawasaki badging is not much use it might as well go. And if it's to go, why not put something equally un-informational in its place? So with a bit of nostalgia, and a bit of fantasy, I'm now the owner of the only Hodaka Road Toad 750 on the planet."
So, that means it doesn't have that marbles and broom handle shift setup?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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