The Honda CT70 is a street legal trail bike that is compact enough to mount on the front of the van without interfering with the headlamps. National Park regulations require that scooters be street legal.

 

In Cycle_C you can see where the custom made receiver type hitches have been attached to the frame members on either side of the spare tire by pinching the frame flanges between lengths of angle iron and the receiver assembly with three half-inch bolts on each side of the frame member. The carriers (Cycle_D) consist of various lengths and sizes of commonly available channel iron, angle iron and square tubing welded together.

 

The carriers slide into the receiver hitches and are held in place with hitch pins. Getting the scooter onto the carrier is accomplished by lifting the front wheel up onto the passenger side carrier (Cycle_A), which requires about 80 pounds of lifting force. Then lifting the rear wheel up onto the drivers' side carrier, which also requires about 80 pounds of lifting force. Securing the scooter to the carrier simply consists of sliding the retainer hoop into the carrier receiving tubes and spinning on a couple of aircraft type nuts (Cycle_B).

 

Having the weight of the scooter on the front end actually has a tendency to improve the handling characteristics of the vehicle when driving with cross winds or being overtaken by large trucks.

 

The specs on the CT70 are: 72cc OHC single-cylinder four-stroke engine, three-speed transmission with automatic clutch, seat height 29.2 inches, fuel capacity .6 gallon, weight 161.4 pounds.

 

Honda stopped importing this bike in 1994, but Panda makes one that looks very similar to it.