Reeder Custom Guns - Hey! That wall ornament is worth some $$$

WB
Hey! That wall ornament is worth some $$$
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 10:53

Woody knows, he's being facetious. Globalization or the inability to compete on a World market killed Hodaka, as well as the environmental regs. They were all 2-strokes and could not compete with the big boys with literally billions of dollars in resources. The late 1970's killed about 75% of the motorcycle manufacturers world wide. The former employees and their children have a huge get together and festival every year in Oregon celebrating Hodaka motorcycles some 30 yrs. after the factory closed. That is telling in itself.

Not many folks in the US have ever heard of Beta, but they make some of the finest off-road bikes there are.

The gun industry has had some shake up the last couple decades. Being a custom maker isolates GNR to a large extend. Thank the Lord.

mo' Name Game - js, 2019-10-28, 12:26
- Back in the 1960's and 70's a motorcycle - WB, 2019-10-28, 17:04
  - Hodaka - Tom, 2019-10-29, 14:26
    - At the AHRMA National I run in TX - WB, 2019-10-29, 19:38
  - pic for WB - carl hackney, 2019-10-29, 10:20
    - Hey! That wall ornament is worth some $$$ - WB, 2019-10-29, 10:53
  - Where is Hodaka today? I still see Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha. (nm) - Woody, 2019-10-29, 07:26
    - I'll take my Beta over any of them though! (nm) - Woody, 2019-10-29, 07:27
      - Beta? I'm jealous. We had a Beta dealer in Central - ChrisG, 2019-10-30, 21:43
        I have a factory custom built 430 RR-S and its badass! (nm) - Woody, 2019-10-31, 10:21
        238lbs and 58hp...it rips the dirt and its street legal too (nm) - Woody, 2019-10-31, 10:25
        NICE (nm) - ChrisG, 2019-10-31, 14:02
  - unfortunately companies these days like the half letters and - Gary Reeder, 2019-10-28, 17:52
- yeah, it sorta bothers me a bit when someone comes out with - Gary Reeder, 2019-10-28, 12:53
  - Could always do like Prince and go to symbols (nm) - Asa, 2019-10-28, 16:31
  - sorta like - BigD, 2019-10-28, 16:09
  - always thought Para did a great job naming - js, 2019-10-28, 13:47
    - Aircraft (A-10) Nickname (nm) - Sid R, 2019-10-28, 14:24