1970 Red Honda CT70 Mini-Bike. Runs great, shows 1271 miles. I placed a smaller sprocket and new chain on it, tuned it up, and put some buddy pegs on it. The tires are new. Starts first or second kick. Lights work. It's battery is no doubt bad, but I never saw the reason for it in the first place. Ohhhhhh How I wanted one when I was a kid....I drive this thing in my neighborhood to the 7-11. Everyone smiles. Even the police let me slide. :) Legendary Honda quality. I am building a new garage and it looks kind of funny in my dining room, but I just cannot bring myself to put it outside! No title, but I did purchase it from my Motorcycle in Gunnison, CO. I will provide a bill of sale. Great little mini bike. I will miss it dearly! As it says under shipping, buyer must make those arrangements. I will obviously make it available for loading here in Dallas, but I will not make shipping arrangements. Their are numerous companies that ship motorcycles all over the country, or you can pick it up in person! It will go in any pick up truck and many SUV's!
Bike is being sold locally as well and I reserve the right to close this Ebay sale at any moment. I still drive the CT70 and there may be up 20 miles added to the mileage. Includes original Owners Manual, Honda and two other original Honda manuals for riding off road and on road. Videos of this vehicle Vid1: Close up view during detailing and restoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjLwGEs3SWY Vid2: Quick all around view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hRy2ZFAMf4 Vid3: Cold start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uwAPyzJtI Vid4: Riding and accelerating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d_eHdALjqg Vid5: Carburetor Air Throttle screw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAcKtlO-m5E Vid6: Detailed view chronicling from "cleaning and restoring" to "assembly and testing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbyYC9xoYjw <--- Must watch I bought this CT70 back in 2006. It was always kept in my garage and for several years kept in dining room; you can do things like that when you get a divorce. It ran very nicely the first 6 months but wouldn't start up after it sat around for another 6 months unused; I know, you can't let gas sit around like that but it was never the intention to let it sit; just got busy and days turned into months. With 6 other vintage motorcycles and 3 vintage cars, all waiting for attention, I just got around to getting this bike detailed and running. I would love to keep it but have bills waiting at my door. All blinkers, brake lights and horn, work. It has a brand new, sealed, 12 volt battery: no need to be topping off the battery through out the year. Issues: I have the original title, however at the time I didn't know much about titles. The original title is signed by the dealership to the buyer but no subsequent titling was done by owners. I have the receipt for the next purchaser, from whom I purchased the bike, but the state of Texas requires special procedures for me to get the titling back on par. So the bike is being sold "as is" with title issue. It has a small oil leak that appears to emanate from the drive shaft exit from the transmission case. I just received a new oil seal from Honda; hopefully installing it will address the oil leak. When rebuilding the carburetor, I wanted to soak both bottom and top in carb cleaner. To do this I removed the air throttle screw so that passageway would get good cleaning. To remove the air throttle screw, you have to break off a cap that keeps it from being manipulated, and breaking the cap, broke off the head of the screw leaving a small stub to grab onto. Using needle nose pliers I unscrewed the throttle screw and when re-assembling the carb I was able to screw it back in all the way and back it out 1 and 5/8 turns as the factory service manual specifies. I have a brand new after market carb for this bike but the original Honda carburetor seems to be working beautifully as is. See the video Vid5 above. Bike is sold "AS IS". I have learned a lot working on it and my other machines but there is no "expert" over here. Watch the videos to get a feel for its state of being. The gas tank had a lot of gunk and rust but I was able to shake it, with nuts and bolts inside, to break up all the rust. I washed the results out with soap and water, used a blow dryer to dry out the inside and then filled it up with Metal Rescue and let it sit for about 8 hours. The results were spectacular and I filmed the results with an endoscope. You can see the results in the "Must Watch" video above(Vid6).
Thinning out the collection. This is the nicest CT I have and most all have been restored. This thing is like a piece of jewelry. It has been restored by a high end European car restorer in northern California about 3 years ago. I have had a lot of these machines over the years, but this one hands down is the nicest paint I have ever seen on one. This machine is mint. Motor rebuilt, cases being split and only fired for test run then fluids drained and shipped to me. This is KO with K1 front forks and suspension. I have never tried to start it, but I did not buy it to ride, just to stare at. This bike has always been inside in a smoke free and pet free environment. I go over all the bikes with a duster every couple of weeks, but there is some dust in the nooks and crannies. Mint Condition with paint a mile deep. No issues here. Clear California Title. I have others along with XR's and SL's. Any Questions, email me or call 972-922-two-nine-nine-six. Thank You Jeff
