I am the grandson & son of original owners of Sandusky Motor Parts & the original dealer & seller of that Honda CT 70. We couldn’t be happier to see that bike still bringing joy happiness so may years later. We are also happy to see you restored our dealership sticker to pass down with the history of this bike for many more years to come. From the Ellis Family THANK YOU Raymond Ellis lll Ellis Family Motorcycle & ATV Repair Im sure Dad & Grandpa are looking down proudly 🙏 🙏

Honda could start selling the exact same motorcycle today by the millions. It's a timeless machine.

@gabrielulibarri9950

3 жыл бұрын

They have they new Monkey, which is pretty dang close. But with ABS and EFI ect.

@marcryvon

3 жыл бұрын

And the Cub 50. Same engine and trans. Had a 67 bought used - 50$ !) but with badly smoking. Fixed it myself, honing, new rings. Voilà. Did all my high school years with it. Sold it 300$. Should have never sold it. Now at 68 y.o. it would be perfect for me. Darn !

@jlelaidier125

3 жыл бұрын

There's a prototype floating around that looks like they might

@jumawirhuang7477

3 жыл бұрын

@Lassi Kinnunen 81 yeah i have wave 125i basicly same engine from monkey,grom

@orangepekoe7096

3 жыл бұрын

I think they're releasing it's bigger brother the CT 125i ABS.

Owned one of these in 1977 I was 10 . Saved up all of my Christmas and birthday money . Owned it until my son was born , restored it for him and he rode it for 3 years. Then it was time to move it along to someone else with a young boy. Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

I distinctly remember when my dad introduced me to the impact driver and I had to have one of my own. Unfortunately I have his now and will pass it on to my son.

@kmburges

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that comment hit me particularly hard. I have some duplicated tools too that I’d gladly give back. Much as you stated, I will enjoy giving them forward though. 😥

@christiansanchez1486

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the stuff that’s handed down are some of the best things you’ll ever get to own

@christiaanbrown4278

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, got my dad's impact driver and everything else that wasn't stolen.

I am your fan in Korea. I am doing car maintenance in Korea. I'm always learning a lot while watching your cool videos. I'm a Korean car maintenance KZreadr like you. I definitely want to meet you someday.

You need JIS screwdrivers to work on the Big 4 motorcycles. Any screw with a dot on it will strip out with standard phillips type bits.

@michaelmathews295

3 жыл бұрын

By the way; FIRST!

@stopstalkingyouspookybastard

3 жыл бұрын

are you sure? i think its possible that trail 70 has regular philips head since they were produced for us market. here in europe they are called st70 or dax and they are a bit different to us and canada version

@honda8192

3 жыл бұрын

@@stopstalkingyouspookybastard they’re made in Japan so use JIS (Japanese industry standard) screws.

@ibast1

3 жыл бұрын

@@stopstalkingyouspookybastard I wouldn't take it as a given that every screw on a 70s bike is JIS. Some of the early bikes it was the carbies only, for example. But it is worth noting it's a high possiblity.

@billyhellboy6138

3 жыл бұрын

U want jiz your suss your all sus talking about ya jisz

Most fun and best mini bike ever made - Period!

Am I the only one who finds the tear down/rebuild videos satisfying?

Great find for me. I'm restoring what appears to be the same bike. I have a late 1973 CT70K3. Just started this week. I'm installing an 88cc bore kit, gained a few pounds since 1969. Thanks for the tip on impact screwdriver. And you're spot on, was true back in 1969 as it is today, so much fun to ride, can't wipe the smile off my face. Appreciate the video.

I recommend Vapor Blasting the aluminum case and parts and then a clearcoat to keep them fresh looking.

With lots of love from India, we all like your projects...

Great share man , I am 49 years old & I bet I have had that many of those in my years . Use to fix them up and sell them for 2-3 hundred bucks .. Now they go for 1,000 to 2,500 .. ENJOYED !!

I had a Honda XL-70 back in the 70s of the same color. Good times is rural North Carolina. That thing helped me to develop a traveling bone and I've been all over the world since.

My mother had one of these growing up in the early 70s --- It's actually sitting in my shed... it's the blue model but its a 1969 model - I'll be following this build ! planning on restoring that old bike

I really don't know why I love these little honda trails so much, but I think they are so cool!

@Hagerty

3 жыл бұрын

We feel the same way! Even with as poorly as it was running, we all had blast rallying it around the garage and the parking lot before Davin took it apart!

This one will be interesting. My friend, back around 1972 received this same bike for his birthday. I'm not sure I would have wanted other people riding my Trail 70, but he was a generous sort, and let all the kids ride it. some were better than others, and it quickly got some wear in dings, and scratches, but what fun times we had on that little bike.

In 74 I got the Honda MR50. 3 speed and two stroke with a clutch. Had lots of friends and a cousin with one of these. We’d race all around the fields and trails. Great times.

Usually you meet the nicest people on Hondas, Davin ))) Top mechanical show on KZread

Those trail 70s Have gotten to be such the trend. They look like such the cool short distance cruzer.

I was in Casa Grande Arizona in 1972. One night two guys showed up at a gas station on these things. They had come from San Diego California and were on their way to someplace else, I don't remember. But we were all impressed.

Hi my RJ Ellis I know where that Honda CT70 was sold by the sticker on the left side of the fram. Sandusky Motor Parts our family business from 1953 to 2006 my Grandfather probably sold that CT70. We are very proud to see you keep the sticker in the restoration.

I think one of the top 5 bikes Honda built ,,,,literally indestructible ,would love to have one .

I still have mine! Bought it from a kid at school. We got two actually for 10 bucks! Did a frame off total restore 15 years ago. Love the thing.

I'm watching this video cause I'm in the process of rebuilding my own 1970 k0 from when I was a kid , 30 years later and I wanna bring her back alive

Wow does this bring back memories from 1971 racing my friend around a little circle dirt track who had one of these. I had a Yamaha 60 Enduro, so was some good fun racing.

I got a '75 Trail 70 last spring for $150. I had wanted one of them since I rode one the 1st time when I was 10. 1974 was a long time ago! Of all things it was missing the bolt for the camshaft, the flywheel and side cover. And it had been stored outside for who knows how long. So rust in the cylinder and full of leaves. I got a complete topend for $80, a used flywheel and an NOS side cover. It started right up and is now my pit bike for when I go to El Mirage. Need to replace the clutch and rebuild the forks this winter. And maybe some fresh tires. I love these little motorcycles!

When I was growing up we had Campus bikes, Rupp (TT500) minibikes and that was it essentially. When Honda brought out the Trail 50 and the Trail 70, we all knew these were game changers. As much as I liked the Briggs and Tecumseh motors for minibikes and go carts, the Honda motors brought high technology with these little wonders. So happy Davin has decided to do this because I have a big chunk of my childhood right there. Laser focused on this build!

I had 2 CT 90's & 1961 Honda Dream that was my dads. Had to sell them after he passed & I miss them, but I still have all the memories which will be with me forever

When I was younger I had a 70 Honda 3 Wheeler, and being a young kid around 10ish I went to replace the spark plug, and cross threaded it, so my dad made me tear it apart to take the head to get fixed, so we, me with his watching, did a freshen up on the top end.

It's interesting to note that the trail 70 was the second mini bike. The first one was the trail 50, which had the same 50cc engine that was used in the original Honda 50 motorcycle. I always thought it was amazing that they took what was originally the power plant for a full size motorcycle and made it the power plant for a mini bike when the full size bikes reached 350 cc's and bigger.

These bikes are the BEST! 190 swap it!

@motorsportmach

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking how John and Ike would love this for new build.! 👍 Nice solid bike from the start.

@SDS-1

3 жыл бұрын

Lol hi Jon hi Isaac

@PumpkinJack3939

3 жыл бұрын

Noo gotta keep it honda, a big bore and stroker would make it go 60 easy and look better than any chinese engine

@idubz

3 жыл бұрын

No

Two greasy thumbs way up ! 👍👍

So interesting, many thanks to you all guys

Davin holding up that mighty 70cc engine was like a 'Lion King' moment!😂 Thanks Hagerty!

Rode them at camp then uncle brought up two xr75s we fought over those. The good old days

My first dirtbike as a kid!

Very excited for this build.😁My very first motorcycle was the CT 70.I was 7 yrs old.That was over 40 yrs ago....

Davin, great video! I'm downstate in GR.. redoing a 1973 Suzuki RV125. I already have everything blasted and powdered coated. Starting to reassemble it now. ( Haven't touched the motor yet). I'm redoing the whole paint scheme. Blacked out everything and using all stainless hardware. So far looking good...👍

One of the very best trail bikes ever conceived. They never die, easy to work on. This is very exciting!

My dad used to be a Moped and small motorcycle mechanic in Vietnam. This video remind me of him. Thank you Davin for this Video. We also had a 1964 Honda Chaly with same orange color like this trail 70, still running strong today.

This is going to be a fabulous series.

In 1974 I had a Candy green one . I loved that little Trail 70

Pretty cool teardown. Thank you

First bike I ever rode was a trail 90. Thing was indestructible.

Thanks Davin. In Oz we have ct110's hidden in sheds everywhere as they were/ are used by our postal service since the 80's. Quite the revival of them going on.

Best bike of all time....hands down

My first motorcycle. Great bikes. Super tough.

These bikes are making a big comeback the past couple of years, it makes me happy. The first motorcycle I ever rode was a 1983 one, looked pretty much exactly the same. Then I got my own bike, a 1977 XR75. After that I borrowed a friend's 81 XL125s for a few years, still wish I'd bought it.

No matter what type of engine, always committed and those jokes ... Good luck!

Had a QA 50 as a kid, I loved it...

Those are pretty valuable nowadays. I remember, not long ago, when you could buy one that "Ran" for about $50....not anymore.... I thought I was already too big for one of them when they came out. A couple of my little brothers friends had them though. They were fun to ride close to the Camp. My Parents started me out on a Suzuki 150 street bike with knobby tires we put on it to make it a little more "Sand Worthy". Then when my parents thought I learned to ride well enough they bought me a used Hodaka 100. My first of many real "Dirt Bikes". A far cry from the "Barge" "Squirrely in the Sand" Suzuki twin.... We'd go camping in the Desert about every other weekend as kids. Either to Glammoths or Split Mountain (Blow Sand), In the Lower California deserts. I knew every inch of those riding areas. We did a lot of "Smoke Bomb" races out there... ("Smoke Bomb".... A race where They'd lite a bunch of old tires on fire about 20 miles away across the desert. You'd race to them and back to where we started from...usually took about a tank of gas a lap. Usually did 2-3 laps for a complete race) I still call them "The Good Old Days"....lol 👍

In Greece as a teenager if you are quite into motorcycles there's a good chance that you start with a motorcycle that has a variation of that exact engine,honda powered c50,GLXs, anything . For many of us disassembling the top end of these engines with friends is like a 40min job tops,they are quite simple and easy to upgrade them(it's not weird to see a honda crankcase of that family to be bored even at 60mm), they are bulletproof if they are maintained correctly , I've seen engines that has 100k KMs and they perform excellent, no burning oil no nothing .

Great tear down. 😎👍

...Davin, you're a Joy. Congrats to you and the team behind.

My cousins had that same color on theirs. Got handed down through the three of them, then through another generation. Nothing could match the longevity of those little Hondas.

Keep these episodes up. I cant get enough of them they are not only entertaining but very information packed

I remember these fondly in the mid 1970s and I remember the first time I saw an impact driver used was on one of these motors. I had a friend with the automatic version

I love that we get the time-lapse footage of you guys making a time-lapse video lol

@Hagerty

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! It's so... literal.

Thank you for bringing us someone that I enjoy and sure it is just a mini bike, but I had one and it is fun to see them working. Davin is fun to watch.

Having rebuilt, built and restored more bikes than I can remember....to really clean aluminum cases, jugs etc .. give em a good washing, then a liberal bath in brake cleaner and stiff plastic bristle brush ... Last step is glass beading in blast cabinet.....will look like a brand new casting

Drinking game! Drink a shot every time Dave says “Relative to...”!

Best bike ever..!!

I had a red one as a kid. I want another one.

Yay more bike content!!

I have a C-70 Passport that I found a guy to modify to get more power out of. The barrel, piston, head, cam, carb, and intake were all replaced. He also suggested replacing / modifying the oil pump and the oil passages in the block. I wish I had more details but it has been at least 5 years since I hade the mods done. I found the guy selling parts on Ebay and he was local to me so I took the bike to him out in Beaverton, OR

Thank you for doing the rebuild on the CT70! I’m doing the same thing one few of them myself. I’m with you 100%. You are right on it with this project.

Had one of these when I was 9 or 10 and then moved up to a 1972 Ct 90 that I still have today 40 + years later. Great video. Can’t wait to see it done

My first bike was the honda 50. I had so many people that wanted to be my friend when I got it.

Those were awesome bikes!! A friend of mine growing up had one. I think it was a '74 model same color. It was a 3 speed topped out at about 40-45 mph. We rode it everywhere. If I remember right it cost about 35¢ to fill it up (at that time). You could ride for days!!! Great memories!! That'll be a great project and a lot of fun restoring it! Keep up that great work!!

兄から譲り受け 若い頃乗ってた。46年前、力があって乗りやすく、音もステキでしたよ、

An impact driver was a mandatory tool back in the 70’s if you owned a motorcycle. Stripped out heads were common and changing them from Philips to Allen heads was mandatory.

Cant wait for the next episode

I nearly bought a 74 the other day in the same color, in really clean shape for $900. I was literally 1 minute too late responding to the ad. Person before me bought it without seeing it in person.

You meet the nicest people overhauling a Honda... ^~^ now there's a twist on an old commercial advertisement... ~_^

Oh no, papa D gona make this collectible quote skyrocket again

I've got a 1974 xl70 with 5000 miles that still runs great

Had one in the early 70's....a blast to ride

Restoring the aluminum finish I have just cleaned the cases and used silver hi-temp stove paint which matches the original really closely.

Thanks Hagerty, Davin! Always enjoy your videos

Now I just have to find my dad’s old impact driver😀

John and Issac from cars and cameras need to check out this video. They would be so jealous that the bike looks as clean as it does (especially the gas tank). Awsome series cant wait for the next episode!

Shout out to Ben for thinking ahead and giving us a greater end result. Cant wait!

Fantastic to see a 'diverse' project on Redline Vs big block work & love the picture book. 😀 Can't wait for the next video. These bikes are just so cool. Fan from Down Under. 💚

Had one in the 70's, fun little Motorcycle. Bob

I call those impact drivers the " Jesus Tool". has saved me many times

@kirbyswarp

3 жыл бұрын

Good comment

@Hagerty

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Love it!

@ljkkj2511

3 жыл бұрын

So true!

@connorssmallengines6663

3 жыл бұрын

Oh they are the most important tool on these small Honda’s! I got one for 10 bucks, saved me about 3 hours!

@chrisrmorriscm

3 жыл бұрын

They have always been hit or miss for me, then my tool dealer showed me a version that works on your Air Hammer... hasnt ever failed to remove a fastener.

Used to ride the hell out one when I was a kid. It was perfect

Awesome ! Honda made millions of these types of engines the 50 cc's, 70, 90, and the european and asian line 100 cc's..captivating !

Great video, as usual. I rode Honda bikes for many years but never saw the extent of the mechanics that I see here. Excellent. I remember using the hammer-twist screwdriver, but later replaced the hardware with socket head cap screws.

Yep, the good ole impact driver........all my Japanese bikes got a set of Allen head screws installed in them, unless, of course, it was a 100% concours resto. Remember taking my first motorcycle driver's license test on a CT70H hand clutch model back in '72, the bike just needed to have a hand clutch was the only requirement back then.

Yes, finally bike project. This is one of my dream mini bike

Timing it is really simple. Top dead center on compression stroke and cam lobes basically pointing straight down towards the piston. You’ll see the marks. Had several those apart as a teen ager, xr50, xr80, atc70, all basically the same.

That Honda was the must have if you had a chance to buy one back when I was young.

Thanks for the video mate great help - Cheers

I wanted one of those SO BADLY when I was a kid!!! My father wouldn't get me one though. But I did eventually get a 1980 Honda XL125S dirt bike, which was probably even more fun in the dirt. I still want a Trail 70 though.

Impact Drivers have saved me so many times! Great tool for sure.

Always nice to find 1 that someone else hasn't buggered up . They are tough but yes. I think it was pampered . Maybe spent some time lashed to the back of an RV .

Sweet, looking forward to the rest of that!!

Someone did lube that chain during its life. I just rebuilt a 1981 Trail 70, the primary on it had very little teeth left on it and it was egg shaped. Some original parts are still available from Honda. Check out DR ATV or Beatrice Cycle, they have some hard to find parts, Dennis Kirk has best prices on original type tires. Do not be surprised if the spark plug hole has been enlarged, had to do that on mine. Mecum Auctions sells some of these in the $5000 range. If you have been around cycles very long you know about impact drivers. The start of another great rebuild!

Belleza! Saludos desde Grupo Honda Dax Argentina!

Doing a mechanical revamp on my 1974 XL70 that I rode as an early teen. I remember acting and thinking I was Steve McQueen on that thing in my early teens. I've done mechanical revamps on several Honda singles. I don't restore them. the patina look rocks and there only original once.