Blast From the Past: Honda Trail 70 Restoration Time-lapse | Redline Rebuild

It's been a long restoration journey with this little Trail 70 motorcycle, but it's nice to finally have it up and running again. It wasn't always easy, but our 1974 Honda CT70 mini bike is back together. Davin couldn't help but grin as riding around the parking lot took him back to the days of his youth. Who knew 70cc could be so fun. So, join us as we relive all the work that got us to today with the latest addition to our Redline Rebuild time-lapse series.

Episode Chapters:
00:00 Honda CT70 Time-lapse rebuild!
00:17 Full motorcycle teardown
00:49 Honda Trail 70 engine disassembly
01:46 Body/frame sandblasting and paint
01:59 Engine at the machine shop
02:37 Engine assembly
04:08 Full motorcycle reassembly
06:05 Honda Trail 70 restoration complete!
06:37 Kickstarting it for the first time!
08:06 First ride
08:43 Davin wraps things up

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[EllisFamilyBusiness]

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 🙏 🙏

[CAHelmer]

Camera and editing crew deserves a huge congratulations David. Enjoy the stop action with the parts moving and the vintage add voice overs. Truly a great team effort. Keep the videos coming.

[CarsandCameras]

Y'all really did this bike justice, from a resto and production point of view.

[Damien.D]

"Some don't believe in growing old"
This quote can't be more appropriate. Watching Davin having fun with this iconic machine after all of this fantastic job will just *never* age.

[TheCbxmaster]

That might just be the best video I’ve seen on restoring rebuilding.

[harleyausten]

I had a gold one when I was a kid. Little 3 speed! Lived that bike!! 👊🏼🇺🇸

[Danutzz]

I watch these videos for a long time, the quality of the edits amazes me everytime.

[bleudogboston]

I still have my 1970 CT 70. My dad bought it for me new when I was 9 for 300 dollars. I always said I would restore it when I retire. Thanks for the video these bikes hold a big place in my heart. I think I put 6000 miles on it in the yard.

[brianblair]

My Dad had 2 and I loved driving them growing up as a kid!

[Jeff_Klein]

That’s what happens when a group of talented people get together. Amazing job.

[jirka]

This guy is more skilled, than McGyver. He is awesome. Give him a time and he can repair or rebuild everything from car and motorcycles to space ship. No matter 4stroke, 2stroke, diesel or petrol...INSANE skills.

I love this.

[anthonycassata]

I was 12/13 in the very early 70’s and knew another kid who had one of these and I wanted one sooo bad. This is so cool, super job on the restoration. I forgot all about these. I’m in my mid 60’s now and if I could find one, I’m sure would cost an arm and leg, it would be cool to share with one of my grandsons, na, I’d keep it for myself.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[caseyfitzpatrick]

Amazing. I grew up in Iowa in the 1980s and had a Trail 70. It was the best!

[zacharyvought]

The level of skill necessary to rebuild a machine like that is remarkable. Then I think about the engineering to create a machine like that is mind blowing

[johnstorer]

This puts such a smile on my face. My first motorcycle was a Honda Z50 passed down to me from my mother. I think it may finally be time to bust into my dad's garage, bring it to my house, and get her ready to roll when my daughter gets old enough. Cheers guys!

[WorkshopRebuild]

Great work Davin, another restoration checked off! The editing is insane and it's nice to see a variety of projects, not just necessarily cars. Keep them coming

[Леха-лш]

I swallowed my tongue, no words. Perfect hands and video editing. I love your channel, although I am from Russia, but I have never seen such high-quality content. Thank you from my soul that you and your channel are Super !!!

[bigalphadog]

I had one to ride back in the day, my oldest brother just came out of the army and got a job working on this lady‘s 600 acre estate, it was 1971 I just turned 11 years old my brother rolled out two of those for me and my other brother an sister to ride around the whole estate with for the rest of the summer best times and great memories., God bless it he’s still alive..,

[arielthomas]

Back in the 70s we had one of this at home, very fun to drive as a kid, good job!

[ronreitz]

What an incredible series of videos on the Trail 70.
Thank you taking us along on this rebuild!
I had a Honda QA 50 and a older friend had the Trail 70 back in the early "1970s" this really brought back a lot of memories!
Thanks again!