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I have this theory: The Smartest Man in the World doesn't know everything - he knows whom to ASK. Your points are well taken. As you say, the parts are cheap and it's the work of minutes, not hours. Might be worth experimenting with, since the motor seems to have more than enough spunk at the...

Tinkering with the idea of changing the front driven sprocket from the stock 14 tooth to a 16 or 17 tooth sprocket in order to nudge the top speed closer to 48-50mph. As is the bike (1980 C70) is stock with 14T front/36T rear sprockets. The bike will get up to about 42-43 indicated as is. I'm...

Picked up a 1980 C70 passport the other day and have gotten it running pretty well. Haven't had a motorcycle since for over 30 years. Thinking about building a small sidecar for it for my canine co-pilot. Anyone seen such a thing or done it? I'm not really familiar with sidecars and don't know...

Thanks for your input. I've gotten the starter working, a replacement headlight with a replaceable lamp is ready to go back on, new battery arrived this morning, and I'm waiting on a coil wire repair kit so I can get it to run (it was 'til I jiggled the spark plug wire and it failed) so I can...

Haven't owned a bike in about 35-40 years. Picked up an '80 C70 for a pretty reasonable price because, among other things the starter didn't work, the headlight didn't work, none of the telltale lights worked, the muffler's toast, the bodywork is rusty and grungy, most of the chrome is rusty and...