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| ===== Hodaka Bicycles ===== | ===== Hodaka Bicycles ===== |
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| Hodaka is currently a major Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer supplying bicycles to a dozen worldwide brands. For just a single year, Hodaka own-branded a mountain bike sold in the US.((There was also a Hodaka branded BMX bike in 1984. [[https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/hodaka/51684|bmxmuseum]].)) | Hodaka is currently a major Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer supplying bicycles to a dozen worldwide brands. For just a single year, in 1984, Hodaka own-branded a mountain bike sold in the US.((There was also a Hodaka branded BMX bike in 1984. [[https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/hodaka/51684|bmxmuseum]].)) |
| The Hodaka Industrial Company of Japan started as a maker of transmissions and motors for Yamaguchi, Yamaha, and Toyo motorocycles started in 1948 by Takashi & M. Oishi in Nagoya, Japan. When Yamaguchi went bankrupt, Hodaka bought out their Taiwanese facilities which were called Yamaguchi Bicycles ((Yamaguchi Bicyles made only motorcycles by this point.)) They founded Taiwan Hodaka Industrial in 1966 and continued business in Taiwan ((Taiwan Hodaka also started out making baseball gloves. See [[https://www.hodaka.com.tw/]].)) Hodaka Japan themselves went bankrupt in 1978, leaving Hodaka Taiwan as a maker of motorcycles only. It has since thrived, becoming Taiwan's 5h largest bicycle manufacturer and is currently 49% owned by [[giant:start|Giant Bicycles]]. | The Hodaka Industrial Company of Japan started as a maker of transmissions and motors for Yamaguchi, Yamaha, and Toyo motorocycles starting in 1948 by Takashi & M. Oishi of Nagoya, Japan. When Yamaguchi went bankrupt, Hodaka bought out the Yamaguchi Bicycles facilities in Taiwan((Yamaguchi Bicyles made only motorcycles by this point.)) They founded Taiwan Hodaka Industrial in 1966 which continues today ((Taiwan Hodaka also started out making baseball gloves. See [[https://www.hodaka.com.tw/]].)). Hodaka Japan themselves went bankrupt in 1978, leaving Hodaka Taiwan as a maker of motorcycles only. It has since thrived, becoming Taiwan's 5h largest bicycle manufacturer and is currently 49% owned by [[giant:start|Giant Bicycles]]. |
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