Wow. Strange that it is really that different. I bought a number of other parts from the same guy, from the exact same Passport he was parting out and all of the other parts fit like a champ. I wonder if at some point the fork was changed on his years ago due to an accident or something? Anyways, the forks look identical in every other way. When I pick up the other Passport tomorrow nite, I will get started on swapping the forks out. As always, thank you for the replies...
Wish me luck ;o)
Chris
--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, william belleau <wjbelleau@...> wrote:
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> Chris
> You have to be very very careful when buying on E bay. They want you to buy
> they have no idea what you have or even what they have.
> The early C70's have a downstop bumper on the front fork. The later C70
> (82-84) do not use one. Thus the shock can be used one way not the other.
> To say nothing of one manufactures idea of what it should look like even if
> it does the same job.
> I have not used ether of the shocks you showed pic of and not sure I could tell
> you if they would work for what they say it works on.
> Bill
> Portland OR
> --- On Tue, 5/31/11, knytewolf1974 <knytewolf1974@...> wrote:
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> From: knytewolf1974 <knytewolf1974@...>
> Subject: [Honda-C70] Honda Passport front fork/shock question.
> To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 6:38 PM
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> I have a 1983 Honda C70 Passport. I just changed the front shocks, which looked like this...
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-C50-C70-C90-C100-front-shock-absorbers-suspension-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem1e56c0da31QQitemZ130304498225QQptZOtherQ5fVehicleQ5fParts
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> However, I also purchased a front fork from a 1982 Honda C70 Passport for a crashed 1983 I just won off of ebay. The front fork on the 1982 uses this type of front shock...
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-C50-C70-C90-C100-front-shock-absorbers-suspension-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem1e5b9b2edbQQitemZ130385915611QQptZOtherQ5fVehicleQ5fParts
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> As far as I can tell, from parts pictures I have looked for from 1980-83 Passports, the front forks are the same, and they show the first one, not the second. Can someone tell me as to why the fork I got for an 82 Passport uses this particular shock? Is it possible to install either of them? Or is the fork I got not off an 82 Passport? Any help with this mystery is greatly appreciated?
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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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