Trivia question ii.

Which Motorcycle Company had the only motorcycle sold in the USA that did NOT have shifting forks to change gears?

For extra points... What DID it use to shift gears?

 

I give up......lets have it.Google no help at all.

 

You got me on this

 

How about this? Just a snowmobile with two wheels eh.

Ridley : America's Automatic Motorcycle : Home

 

Technically it does have gears but they don't shift as the clutches do all the work. I'm interested to see what the real answer is!

 

If you could just google it that would be no fun.

 

Sorry no, a snowmobile engine is the same.

 

ANSWER:

The motorcycle was a HODAKA. IT was designed by Pabtaco Hodaka.
He died on a HODAKA in a intersection in Japan on a HODAKA.

The HODAKA had gears and A rod went through the trans that would allow steel balls to fall into spaces between the gears that would lock them into place. If I remember correctly there were 20 steel balls about 1/4 inch diameter,
It was very simple and the transmission shifted smooth as glass and you could just about not even have to use the clutch.

I will try a VFR/VF question next time.

 

Wait I got it. Its a HODAKA!

 

^^^^^ nice try....but...

 

The chopper is kind of cool...Wonder what they cost?

 

PAB TACO?

Sure he wasn't Mexican?

OK..I know it was politically incorrect. Apologies to all the Mexican, TEX Mex, And Mexican Americans.
Hate me!!! I don't care anymore!!!