Hello from USA.

Bruce Allen here and I need some help.

I live in South Carolina and am working on an ST70 II for a friend.
I have been on a crash course of "ST70" for about 5 weeks now and have learned a lot.
The bike was a barn find that was dirty and slightly rusty but in very good mechanical condition with less than 800 miles on it.
To make a long story short have finished the work and it runs really great and all I needed to repair/replace was the carb and muffler.
Am waiting on a "Winker/Horn" switch from Australia that is in transit right now.

OK - the help part.
I do not know the year of manufacture
I have reason to believe it was made between 1970 and 1972.
As the ST70 was not imported to the US there is no VIN date base to run any kind of checks here.
It is original color blue.
The VIN is ST70-537XXX
The motor number is: ST70E112XXX

Can anyone help me figure out the date I need?

I forgot to add all the stickers on the bike are in Japanese, which I have gotten translated but nothing makes reference to the date of manufacture.
It is a Dax Import model

Anybody?

🖼 Screenshot_2015-01-18-04-45-37.png (photo damaged in backup)I found this on Google, hope it helps.

www.4-stroke.net
This is the site where I got the info.
Cheers

Thank you so very much Qualey!!

Let me tell you a story related to this bike.
It belonged to a couple that lived until their late 80's.

The man was retired from the US Air Force and at one point stationed in Europe, and probably Germany.
While there he met and married a German girl whose name was Peggy.
The motorcycle apparently was hers to ride as it had a specialized tag (looked like a license tag) attached to the motorcycle with her name on it.

Peggy was a native German, and her family had lived there for some time, apparently.
Among her parents acquaintances was a man named Adolph.
Adolph was involved in politics and rose in power, eventually becoming the Chancellor of Germany.

Yes, it was indeed Adolph Hitler.

Peggy's family was invited and attended meals with Hitler at the Eagles Nest several times.
Peggy was a little girl at the time.
We had the chance to talk about 12 years ago and she still remembered the events well. According to her the families relationship with Hitler was strictly social.

The conversation began with me speaking of my father's involvement in WWII.
He was in the 1st Armored Division, US Army, and was in England for a short time before being shipped to Africa in 1942.
I am sure we all know the history of that time and place.

How is that for a story?

Again thank you so much.