Hi,
i'm new here and am trying to start to restore a minibike.I have a 1970 CT70 that needs repainting.It's gold in color so i assume i want to keep it the same color.How do you match the paint ?
TIA,
Goldfinger

My wife is healing up and thinks in a couple of weeks she should be ready to ride. I think I was able to put her off to three weeks just to make sure her hand/wrist is mended.

Finally had time to tear down the front end yesterday afternoon.
Upper forks are trashed, bent two different ways and one tube with a dent which took some work to get one of the lowers and springs out. I found two lowers out in dad's junk box. Will break every down tonight and clean out the old grease. I need to order new bearings as they are rolling all over my garage floor.

Wish me luck. And any does or don'ts would be appreciated.

I have another question for anyone that may have a answer. Does anyone know if you can buy a complete transmission for a 1792 CT70H through Honda? I was thinking it would be cheaper to buy it complete, if I could than all the parts I need separately. I have a guy working on the motor and he said four of the eight gears (main & counter) need replaced. I was kinda discouraged :2: to hear that news, but if I'm gonna restore this bike I want to done right. Thanks to everyone in advance.

Kenny

Going to the DMV this week to see if I can sneak a plate on it, before I decide which way to go with the little turd. Been using it to test engines. Arm to be replaced with a clean XR75 unit from the loft. Has 81 CR80 shocks, +1 legs and stiff springs. Pic is with a 215cc motor with a PE28, big bore CHP pipe chopped up to fit. Geared WAY too short, and scary. I have a 24t rear to tone it down, if I get it plated. Really would like a HRC-themed tank, if the budget allows.

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Having a little larger chassis myself,,, I picked up a CL70 for a rider. Still figuring out what I want powering it, but I replaced the wheel bearings and seals, brake shoes, chain and sprockets, fork oil, added a fork spring spacer, relaced the rim to a un-busted XR75 hub. Riding around the block with a TB117 seems fine, but it likely needs more for the main roads.

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Hey Guys, New guy here w/a project ! All in all it looks pretty good but I have a few questions about correctness. I'm not looking for a 100 pointer but I would like to fix it with the right parts. First thing I noticed was the front fork covers are chrome, not orange. Did that happen or is it wrong. They are drilled for blinker supports which are in a box. Next question, The blinker lamps are all (4) metal, chromed Stanley and the supports ( front ) are round,tapered, chromed and about4/5" long and have a short hex nut molded into the base and are splined on the lamp end. Rears are the same only shorter and not tapered and are mounted to a "U" shaped bracket/flange that looks to mount to the frame somehow. The bike is wired for blinkers but I cant tell if these are the right ones. The diagrams I have looked at only show a single rod for the rears that appears to run thru the frame and is held in place w/ a more or less flat flange and bolt. This little bike was a gift... and I'm beginning to understand why. I have spent every spare minute for the last 2 weeks reading or on ebay and elsewhere on the net trying to find out anything/everything I can and I can tell it's going to cost me !
Tell me there is a cure. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Tom Peadon

Iam rebuilding a ct 70. have a 71 frame. wondering what year were the best forks for the ct. Going to ride the mini pretty hard in the dirt?

Attachment 7045Attachment 7044Just picked these up tonight, red one is build date of 2-72 with 1700 mi's. blue build date 9-69, just missed "silver", 5000 mi's. Both are locked, assumed from sitting in a barn under cover at least, for who knows how long. 72 has all parts and pieces other than side cover on air filter and looks like it will clean up easy. 69 is not quite as appealing to the eye, really cool bars huh, at least most of it is there and may eventually get going. best part I can't complain about the price, 75.00 for BOTH.

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New guy here, I have had CT70s many years ago (45) and was talking to a guy about finding an older one for my granddaughter.

He just so happened to have a few that he was getting ready to part out. He had four he would let me have for $250.

Well, now I have a truck load of what I hope will be at least one beater for her to learn on.

Three are pretty complete (if you include the boxes of parts).

Is there any one that may have more value that the others, or should I just get the best frame and start there?

Serial numbers:
2324557 12/72 build
2107266 3/74 build
241023 1/71 build
2711015 6/71 build
attached are a few pics.

Thanks,
Rick

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My wifes got a 1976 that i got her a few years back, the bike is all there and in good shape....the bike has been resto'd in the past but it was painted yellow....now that the KO is almost done, this will be my next project...a full resto in the original color.

I can't seem to find any detailed pics of a 1976.....if anyone has some they could post, it would be greatly appreciated.

also, what is this bike called ? K?