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Are you ready for this? From the ridiculous to the sublime A green Hodak a called " Road Toad" - basically an updated version o f t he old 100B wi th all the gadgetry needed to be 1975 street legal. It feat ures a VM26 carburetor, Nitta trials rubber on 19 inch fro nt and ·17 inch rear rims . Co nical l\lX hubs, too. Super boi ngo J apa nese shocks, natch, and the traditional Hodaka tool ca n is lodged under the luggage rack . Col or? Why , " Toad Green ," of co urse! Don' t te ll Pabat co we said so, but it wiII probably give you warts. Also street legal is the ISDT Lave rd a 250, a pricey spi cy meatb all tha t will be brought over in very limited quanitites start ing this y ear. An appa ren t ly serious effort for the enduro/two d ay trial market, you 're looking at a dual plug head (p ointless fire by Bosch ), lots o f m agnesium, an en closed chain , and Ceriani suspension at both ends. Claim ed dry wei ght is 230 pounds. A patented st eering head allo ws adjustable rake. 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