Re: [Honda-C70] Re: Return of the Red ’81

eight hundred

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:08 PM, linda.marek <linda.marek@yahoo.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

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C70 Passport Not Running Right?
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

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