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@bioux.us> wrote:
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> 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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