1980 Honda CT70 7330 mles

Adam-NLV

Adam-NLV

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Normally I'm all over getting a late model JH2 TR bike and this auction is for parts but he also includes "Great Potential" in the tag line.

I'm not trying to throw rocks but there is not much that's very usable on this bike. At 7Kmiles and from Florida all the parts on this one need parts. lol
The frame and headlight bucket are ~salvageable (maybe, no inside pics included) but with those miles and that humidity, I'm not seeing a 'great potential'

It is nice to see that someone enjoyed seven thousand miles of Honda Fun though! ; ) BTW: This is prob the most miles I've ever seen on a CT70!

1980 Honda CT70 Selling for Parts No Reserve Great Potential | eBay
 
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cjpayne

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OLD CT said:
A 1980 is rare as hell,it has potential....Too far from me though.
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Wish I'd known that about 5yrs ago. I had a '80 frame in good shape. My brother chiseled the motor mount spacers out to put a china 110 in it. It ran once, sat ever since. Been sitting in a chicken coop. That was my first lesson with a china motor. I think the module went out. Don't know. Once, he tried to trade it for a 30pack of Coors and they wouldn't take it because of the motor.lol
 
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Adam-NLV

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OLD CT said:
Here is my original speedo,Adam! Was thinking of selling it but changed my mind.
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Yeah, I'd keep it too... looks like you broke his record! That's awesome, guess I just assumed that a stocker only got about around 5k miles for some reason.
 
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69ST

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I'd have to see that `80 firsthand to make an accurate judgment. Looks to me like the speedo & front end are restorable and those involve some unobtainium parts. The real K.O.D., however, is the LH side of the motor...no electrical parts and a rusted crank.

Still, at the right price, this one could be a decent base for a roadworthy custom. Add a TB108 kit + 12v CDI conversion, have the fork legs rebuilt & tuned with valve emulators & custom springs, upgrade the rear shocks, reupholster the seat, etc. The later models are virtually chrome-free. Solid color paint and no chrome is a $1-$2K savings over a purist-restoration of a K0-K4.
 
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Hmmm.. I would of thought that shocks with that much pitting on them would need to be replaced. Also a speedO that has 7.3K miles would not be a good candidate for restoration because of worn gears and such.

On the other hand 80 - 84 speedOs are rare to find and that one other than the miles look in restorable shape.
 
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I'd can the rear shocks. As for the fork legs, I'd either refinish or replace the inners...and either polish or repaint the outers. Those round speedos are more difficult to restore than the K1-`79s. However, there's no chrome to deal with and the dial faces are multi-layered silkscreenings & colored plastic. I've not run across one that's sun-faded but, considering the small number it's not what I'd call a vaild (as in "bet the farm on it") sampling.

As for speedo wear, I've seen a handful in the high 6000s to high 9000-mile range. The highest mileage I've yet seen was just shy of 16,000. All were the K0 type. Pat's is still safely positioned within my unofficial "top 5 list". It is the cleanest & least faded specimen, among them. See, there are some advantages to living in a rust belt state...less sun means less UV damage. FYI, there are other, bigger, Honda models that use what are, for all practical concerns, the same speedometers and of the same era. I've seen plenty that have been damaged but, never one that was simply worn-out from excessive mileage.

Can't argue with the 5,000-mile mark being viewed as "hitting the wall" for these bikes. However, that's only because most were neglected and/or abused. I've seen plenty of other 72cc horizontals, mostly CLs, that were still going strong with 5-digit odometer readings. The CL70 model had more adult owners...whom, ostensibly, maintained their bikes. OTOH, I've seen sub 2,000-milers in need of overboring, rings & shift forks as well as a few ~5,000-milers that only needed cylinder de-glazing & rings (original, stock-size, bore). The design is surprisingly durable, if maintained.
 
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