Honda C 70

Honda C70 is one of a family of Honda Super Cub series motorcycles that have crisscrossed the streets of Indonesia. By fans, vehicle nicknamed Pitung, how come?

In addition to Honda CB variant, Honda's motorcycle production is no less famous old is a variant of the Honda Super Cub. Variants with the alias name Honda C Series is a forerunner to the form used Honda motorcycle today.

In Indonesia, some variants of the Honda Super Cub is very popular in the 1960s. Honda Super Cub variant it is Honda C50, C90 and C70 Honda. Of the three variants of the Honda C70 occupied the most popular variant of Honda C Series with the highest number of users. With berkubikasi 70 cc engine, this bike is more familiarly called as Pitung. Origin of the word "thirty pitung" in Javanese means "seventy".

History Honda C Series and C70
Solopos.com Quoted from Wikipedia and other sources, on Thursday (19/02/2015), motorcycles Honda Honda C100 C70 starts from the first produced in 1958. In that year, Honda wanted to develop a variant of the Honda F Series and creating a new motor. Inception, Honda C100 carrying 50 cc engine.

Received a positive response, Honda subsequently developed a new model with the same engine. The motorcycle was named Honda C102 and C110. The biggest difference from the 50 cc motorcycle engine found on the side of the frame. Honda C102 has frameworks such as Honda C100 but with the design of the seat again. While Honda C110 family has a skeleton similar to Honda CB.

In 1965, Honda continued to incubate gait C Series Honda C50. In an engine capacity no differences with Honda C100. But the C50 when it has used the latest technology called overhead camshaft (OHC) of previous use overhead valve (OHV).

A year passed Honda Super Cub back add to the family by issuing a Honda C90 motorcycle that has a capacity that is slightly larger engine than the Honda C50. Then, in 1966, was born the Honda C70 with the largest engine capacity at that time, ie 70 cc.

Honda C Series in Indonesia
In Indonesia, Honda Super Cub motorcycle came to prominence in 1961 with Honda C100 and C102 variants. Bring a 50 cc engine, this vehicle is known as the Honda Unyil. Then, between 1966-1973, Honda introduced the new C50, C90 and C70 in Indonesia. In contrast to the variant in Japan, Honda Pitung in Indonesia have a headlamp that is perched on the handlebars.

Entering 1980, Honda ended the career C Series with the introduction of motorcycle Honda 700 and Honda 800 before finally emerged Star and Honda Astrea Prima Honda. Body design used on the vehicle which is the development of models of Honda C Series.