Thread: Need help with manual

Hi all, this is my first, of many to come, post about my 1970 Honda CT70. The bike has been sitting at my dads home for probably close to 15 years without being started. I learned to ride this little bike many moons ago when I was about 12. I am 40 now and have a 8 yr old daughter that wants to learn to ride so my journey now begins. I ride a XR250R and hopefully in time she will be learning on the old 70.

The bike is gonna need some cleaning up, carb work, rechroming or new chrome parts, tires, wheel clean up, the list goes on. It wont get new paint until after my girls learns to ride. I predict some spills, lol. The good news is after about 20 kicks the old 70 fired up and ran for about 10 secs before giving in to the old tarnished fuel in the carb. So as I begin my journey to get the old bike respectable and rideable I need to get a manual to help me out. I have been looking at different manuals on ebay and I have come down to two choices. Do I go with the Clymers service manual that covers many models and years or go with one of the reproduction Honda service manuals for my year specific? Is one better than the other in terms of photos and descriptions?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Joe

After searching more I found the online free versions of the Honda Manual which I downloaded so if I do decide to get a manual I will get the Clymers to have a second source. Still would like to hear from those of you with the Clymers, are you happy with it?

I don't mind the clymer but it's not model specific so there's slot of irrelevant bits you need to constantly skip but I would recommend getting it, just for the fact sometimes one manual has a better/easier method or explains something better. Plus if you get a z50, st90, sl70, etc you won't need to buy another manual. I got mine off eBay for under 10 bucks posted, it's a little dogeared but I'm only gunna get it covered in greasy fingerprints anyway.

X2 on the Clymers. I prefer it to the Honda one for most things, find it's easier to follow and more detailed where it's needed, lots of photos. Between the two, you will be in good shape for most any work you need to do on these bikes.

Here's a link for 3 manuals on CD including shop manual.

HONDA CT70 Shop & Owner Manual & Parts Cat CD, 3 BOOKS!: eBay Motors (item 330464088348 end time Aug-26-10 07:05:58 PDT)

pm me for a member price on it