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drewbird911 · 11-13-2008, 08:06 AM

Frankenstein CT, well I have this butt-ugly CT70 and wanted to 'show it off', and ask if anyone can ID the forks?

I am thinking rattle can restoration. Anyone ever use Krylon Metallic paints. I did not follow any good advise and really should not have got it but now what? The tire's sold me...

TIA

dirttrackin280h · 11-13-2008, 08:16 AM

My guess would be Honda SL70 forks??

drewbird911 · 11-13-2008, 10:54 AM

Will I be able to mount the original type folding bars if this is the case and it is an SL70?

mexicanyella · 11-13-2008, 12:38 PM

1. I love bikes that look like that. It is anti-bling. What if you made it look like that but be fast? Total sleeper.

2. Could they be later Ct forks? Weren't some of the later years of conventional hydraulic telescopic construction?

3. I wonder if that pipe is off some Chinese quad or scooter or something?

shw911 · 11-13-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mexicanyella

1. I love bikes that look like that. It is anti-bling. What if you made it look like that but be fast? Total sleeper.

Anti-bling...LOL
+1 on the sleeper mod.

Wow, love the fat tires and fat pipe. It's so phat.

fatcaaat · 11-13-2008, 01:30 PM

Those are SL70 forks stuffed in CT70 trees from a 1975 bike. Pipe is from a Skyteam ST90.

drewbird911 · 11-13-2008, 02:32 PM

Thanks for the encouragement, I don't really know what I'm doing, idea concept-wise so I may just go with that, I think I'll leave the 70 auto in for a while and teach some kids (Son, Daughter and Nephew and Cousins x2) how to ride, and let them beat it up. Somehow, I ended up buying another gold body off of e-bay and a few select parts from DRAT. So the SL forks, means no folding handle bars with out new forks, or is it an CT Tree and the CT controls would fit?

Thanks Again for the ID

KSKENE247 · 11-13-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mexicanyella

1. I love bikes that look like that. It is anti-bling. What if you made it look like that but be fast? Total sleeper.

2. Could they be later Ct forks? Weren't some of the later years of conventional hydraulic telescopic construction?

3. I wonder if that pipe is off some Chinese quad or scooter or something?

haha ah well look at ur name...
haha im kidding
my car is a total wanna-be sleeper...
its a honda accord that sounds INSANLY fast, but is slower than stock im sure

fatcaaat · 11-13-2008, 03:02 PM

You can put fold down handlebars on this no problem and you probably wont even need a different set of trees. You need to find a later model version that had the bar mounts and top tree seperately and it will bolt on.

Now to something interesting...where did you get it? I happened to sell this thing to a guy in the June timeframe.

stevec · 11-13-2008, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by fatcaaat

Those are SL70 forks stuffed in CT70 trees from a 1975 bike. Pipe is from a Skyteam ST90.

In the first pic, the forks look bent? Can you mix CT/SL fork/tree?

drewbird911 · 11-13-2008, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by fatcaaat

Now to something interesting...where did you get it? I happened to sell this thing to a guy in the June timeframe.

Craigslist DC... From Donny in Gaithersburg, with a Red and White Blazer?

fatcaaat · 11-13-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by drewbird911

Craigslist DC... From Donny in Gaithersburg, with a Red and White Blazer?

Yeah...I sold it to him in June. Looks about the same as when I had it.

If I had that bike still, this is what I'd do to it:

1. Put an 88cc bore kit on it and a VM20 carb
2. Put a better exhaust on it

Then I'd ride the crap out of it. Its a good rider but not really worth investing too much additional money in it IMO.

drewbird911 · 11-13-2008, 09:09 PM

Small World, I think I looked at your ST video, when you were selling it, earlier?

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Originally Posted by fatcaaat

Then I'd ride the crap out of it. Its a good rider but not really worth investing too much additional money in it IMO.

I've already spent too much,Oh Well its not an investment its a hobby/sickness right? It is way too easy to toss bids on e-bay for parts I think I'll need

mexicanyella · 11-14-2008, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by KSKENE247

haha ah well look at ur name...
haha im kidding
my car is a total wanna-be sleeper...
its a honda accord that sounds INSANLY fast, but is slower than stock im sure

I think that's an anti-sleeper. Interesting concept though. It used to work in my day too. Heavy car, high gears, low-power smog V8, glasspacks. Instant badass.

Hey, do two-piece Z50 fold-down bars interchange with CT70 ones? Or is the bolt spacing different or something?

dirtbkr188 · 11-14-2008, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mexicanyella

Hey, do two-piece Z50 fold-down bars interchange with CT70 ones? Or is the bolt spacing different or something?

The part numbers for the handlebar holder and the plate are totally different between the two bikes, I used 1972 as the reference year on the microfiche site. Even the handlebar part numbers are different, as well.

mexicanyella · 11-14-2008, 08:02 AM

Oh, hmmm. I asked because I've got a two-piece setup from a '74 Z that isn't doing anything, apart from the bars themselves, and wondered if the aluminum fold-down part would work in this application. Oh well.

drewbird911 · 01-01-2009, 05:14 PM

So i was going to spray paint it Red and began scrubbing and cleaned with POR 15 Marine Clean and Metal Ready, sanded it down and then I decided that the gold color was growing on me, and it looked much better except now it is scuffed up. I'll post a few picture soon. I have an 'extra' frame that I was sort of planning on making a second bike with but now think I'll swap frames at some point. Still not too such which way I am going with this bike.

Thanks for you support!

tbird · 01-01-2009, 05:55 PM

i have a red ct i keep 100% original no pics though. the honda red is such a sexy color on these bikes with all the chrome they had on them

steve longstreth · 01-01-2009, 08:47 PM

what size tires are thoose they look sweet

badass67stang · 01-02-2009, 08:35 AM

Thats a tough looking ct i only had 1 ct in my life and it was that color sadly i sold it.

11-13-2008, 08:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
drewbird911 1st Gear Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 117 My Mood:	Frankenstein CT70 Frankenstein CT, well I have this butt-ugly CT70 and wanted to 'show it off', and ask if anyone can ID the forks? I am thinking rattle can restoration. Anyone ever use Krylon Metallic paints. I did not follow any good advise and really should not have got it but now what? The tire's sold me... TIA Attached Thumbnails

11-13-2008, 08:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
dirttrackin280h 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oakley, California Posts: 1,008	Re: Frankenstein CT70 My guess would be Honda SL70 forks??

11-13-2008, 10:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
drewbird911 1st Gear Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 117 My Mood:	Re: Frankenstein CT70 Will I be able to mount the original type folding bars if this is the case and it is an SL70?

11-13-2008, 12:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
mexicanyella El rey de los puntos Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Troy, MO Posts: 984	Re: Frankenstein CT70 1. I love bikes that look like that. It is anti-bling. What if you made it look like that but be fast? Total sleeper. 2. Could they be later Ct forks? Weren't some of the later years of conventional hydraulic telescopic construction? 3. I wonder if that pipe is off some Chinese quad or scooter or something?

11-13-2008, 01:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
fatcaaat 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 3,780	Re: Frankenstein CT70 Those are SL70 forks stuffed in CT70 trees from a 1975 bike. Pipe is from a Skyteam ST90.

11-13-2008, 02:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
drewbird911 1st Gear Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 117 My Mood:	Re: Frankenstein CT70 Thanks for the encouragement, I don't really know what I'm doing, idea concept-wise so I may just go with that, I think I'll leave the 70 auto in for a while and teach some kids (Son, Daughter and Nephew and Cousins x2) how to ride, and let them beat it up. Somehow, I ended up buying another gold body off of e-bay and a few select parts from DRAT. So the SL forks, means no folding handle bars with out new forks, or is it an CT Tree and the CT controls would fit? Thanks Again for the ID

11-13-2008, 03:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
fatcaaat 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 3,780	Re: Frankenstein CT70 You can put fold down handlebars on this no problem and you probably wont even need a different set of trees. You need to find a later model version that had the bar mounts and top tree seperately and it will bolt on. Now to something interesting...where did you get it? I happened to sell this thing to a guy in the June timeframe.

11-14-2008, 08:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
mexicanyella El rey de los puntos Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Troy, MO Posts: 984	Re: Frankenstein CT70 Oh, hmmm. I asked because I've got a two-piece setup from a '74 Z that isn't doing anything, apart from the bars themselves, and wondered if the aluminum fold-down part would work in this application. Oh well.

01-01-2009, 05:14 PM	#17 (permalink)
drewbird911 1st Gear Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 117 My Mood:	Re: Frankenstein CT70 So i was going to spray paint it Red and began scrubbing and cleaned with POR 15 Marine Clean and Metal Ready, sanded it down and then I decided that the gold color was growing on me, and it looked much better except now it is scuffed up. I'll post a few picture soon. I have an 'extra' frame that I was sort of planning on making a second bike with but now think I'll swap frames at some point. Still not too such which way I am going with this bike. Thanks for you support!

01-01-2009, 05:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
tbird PM Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: orange county ca Posts: 85	Re: Frankenstein CT70 i have a red ct i keep 100% original no pics though. the honda red is such a sexy color on these bikes with all the chrome they had on them

01-01-2009, 08:47 PM	#19 (permalink)
steve longstreth 1st Gear Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 175 My Mood:	Re: Frankenstein CT70 what size tires are thoose they look sweet

01-02-2009, 08:35 AM	#20 (permalink)
badass67stang PM Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 69	Re: Frankenstein CT70 Thats a tough looking ct i only had 1 ct in my life and it was that color sadly i sold it.

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