Greetings All,
While I'm new to this forum, having been lurking for the last several months...
So when I was about 12 years old I brought a used Honda Mini 50. Man I loved that little bike. About the same time my pal's dad brought him a brand new ct 70 in the candy red color and the image of that bright red bike is still vivid in my mind. I can't remember what happen to my bike or my pal's, but as entered junior and then senior high I drifted away from bikes in general.
In May of this year I turned 50... So have been watching the Ct 70 market and associated actvity on the internet for about a year now. I just couldn't get the thought of re-living part of my youth again through the Ct 70 experience... So two weeks ago I found a candy gold 1971 ct 70 with a couple thousand miles on it locally.
Good paint, seat very good, chrome good, engine turned (didn't start), gears shifted, tires rotted, headlight bucket busted, cable covering shot. Over all in pretty good condition from what I seen on ebay. I paid the kid $275 and drove aaway with in my truck. I so excited about that purchase and the potential I didn't sleep much that night...
Up the next morning at 5:00 a.m. a new plug in, oil drained and changed got th big chunks out of the carb. After messing with it for a couple of hours I was able to get to fire and run for about 20 seconds by pouring some fuel into the bowl.... It ran to full rpm and then shut down. I noticed that after it ran there was a noise coming from the flywheel housing when I tried subsequent kick start attempts. I removed the inspection plate to the stator assemble the flywheel nut had come off. On further inspection it became obvious the key-way on the crankshift was badly stripped.
So I thought, not the best start to re-living my youth years and was somewhat disappointed that I was now faced with a major repair, re-selling the bike / parting it out or replacing the engine...
I'm turning to forum for some insight and suggestions on what you might do given the same set of circumstances. I have limited mechnical skills but I have the time to learn....
What would you do in this case?
Thanks in advance...
Cando
While I'm new to this forum, having been lurking for the last several months...
So when I was about 12 years old I brought a used Honda Mini 50. Man I loved that little bike. About the same time my pal's dad brought him a brand new ct 70 in the candy red color and the image of that bright red bike is still vivid in my mind. I can't remember what happen to my bike or my pal's, but as entered junior and then senior high I drifted away from bikes in general.
In May of this year I turned 50... So have been watching the Ct 70 market and associated actvity on the internet for about a year now. I just couldn't get the thought of re-living part of my youth again through the Ct 70 experience... So two weeks ago I found a candy gold 1971 ct 70 with a couple thousand miles on it locally.
Good paint, seat very good, chrome good, engine turned (didn't start), gears shifted, tires rotted, headlight bucket busted, cable covering shot. Over all in pretty good condition from what I seen on ebay. I paid the kid $275 and drove aaway with in my truck. I so excited about that purchase and the potential I didn't sleep much that night...
Up the next morning at 5:00 a.m. a new plug in, oil drained and changed got th big chunks out of the carb. After messing with it for a couple of hours I was able to get to fire and run for about 20 seconds by pouring some fuel into the bowl.... It ran to full rpm and then shut down. I noticed that after it ran there was a noise coming from the flywheel housing when I tried subsequent kick start attempts. I removed the inspection plate to the stator assemble the flywheel nut had come off. On further inspection it became obvious the key-way on the crankshift was badly stripped.
So I thought, not the best start to re-living my youth years and was somewhat disappointed that I was now faced with a major repair, re-selling the bike / parting it out or replacing the engine...
I'm turning to forum for some insight and suggestions on what you might do given the same set of circumstances. I have limited mechnical skills but I have the time to learn....
What would you do in this case?
Thanks in advance...
Cando