Difference between revisions of "Hodaka"

'''Hodaka''' in actuality began in 1961 as Pabatco in Athena, Oregon. Pabatco (Pacific Basin Trading Company) was a division of fertilizer distributor Farm Chemicals of Oregon which did business through trading goods with Yamaguchi of Japan. By 1963 some 5000 motorcycles were distributed by 480 dealers. In April of 1963 Yamaguchi went backrupt leaving Pabatco and Yamaguchi's engine supplier, Hodaka Industrial Company of Nagoya, Japan in financial difficulties. Pabatco, knowing the market of trail riders, designed the motorcycle and Hodaka adapted its factory to to manufacture and assemble it.  

'''Hodaka''' in actuality began in 1961 as Pabatco in Athena, Oregon. Pabatco (Pacific Basin Trading Company) was a division of fertilizer distributor Farm Chemicals of Oregon which did business through trading goods with Yamaguchi of Japan. By 1963 some 5000 motorcycles were distributed by 480 dealers. In April of 1963 Yamaguchi went backrupt leaving Pabatco and Yamaguchi's engine supplier, Hodaka Industrial Company of Nagoya, Japan in financial difficulties. Pabatco, knowing the market of trail riders, designed the motorcycle and Hodaka adapted its factory to to manufacture and assemble it.