May I ask what you paid for it? I may be selling my 1983 Honda Passport - just for a bigger bike.
--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, suzanne murray <painfrancais@...> wrote:
>
> Bijoux,
>
> Good story! Memorial Day weekend, my friend and I were driving down the
> road and I looked out the window and said: "I gotta turn around and get a
> look at that." It was my new '81 Passport. I just retired from 18 years of
> teaching French in a h.s. and am now starting a business making / selling
> baguettes. The Passport is intended to be the delivery vehicle after I
> outfit it with 2 proper baskets large enough for a nice sized batch of
> baguettes to drive through the neighborhood with. I won't even get a
> license plate for it. This way I will keep my personal promise to now be
> 'on the road' inviting the types of danger I experienced years ago when I
> fancied myself a real biker. Today I went on-line to buy a manual from
> Haynes (sp?) as someone will need one doubt, as 'we' try to figure out all
> it may need from season to season. It is darling! For the moment, here is
> a question I'll bet you can answer: to have the valve for the gas in the
> 'on' position, do I need to have the 'stem' of the valve pointing downward /
> 6'oclock? which leaves the 'nub' / non-arrowlike end of the inch-long metal
> piece facing upward near the word 'on'?
>
> Anything you tell me will help as I await my new manual. The few times I've
> driven it, it has been either fine after regulating the choke / getting
> through the gears and gaining speed, or else it has been a bitch with
> 'missing / backfiring' and the like. Please asure me all will be well.
>
> suzanne
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:10 PM, bioux1 <buddy@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Back in 1981 I purchased, new , from Garret Honda in Kenner, LA a red Honda
> > C70 Passport. It cost me $850+TT&L then another $58 for insurance. After
> > much joy, fun, and two seasons in the sun I traded it for a 1973 Oldsmobile
> > Cutlass. At that time of my life, late teens, this was clearly THE thing to
> > do. Or so I thought. The transmission and engine in the Olds blew out in a
> > year.
> >
> > That was then, this is now.
> >
> > About two years ago I was at the Algiers annual garage sale and stumbled
> > upon a blue 1980 Honda Passport, not for sale, but the owner said he might
> > entertain the right offer. I let it go but the idea of owning a scooter
> > stewed for some time. I began to research scooters of today and found that I
> > didn't like any of them. I hit Craig's list and eBay for a few months and
> > discovered that I could get a good price on a used Honda C70 Passport. About
> > two weeks ago I found some, replied to ads and alas this past Saturday I
> > drove to Plano, TX to pick up my red 1981 C70 Passport!
> > She's home now licensed, registered, titled, and insured. Just have to work
> > out the speedometer issue.
> >
> > Bioux
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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>
1970-73 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw
1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw (scroll to sec.7.1 page 101.jpg)
1980-83 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/hu42c
1980-81 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec.18-1 page 170.jpg)
1982-83 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec. 20-28 page 205.jpg)
1980-81 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/z4zn6
1982-83 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/hw35c
More resources for C70 Passports and Cubs:
http://www.shlaes.com/Vehicles/Scooter.htm
http://www.velodrome.com/HondaC70/HondaC70.html
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