1981 Honda C70 Passport (09) - Starter Problem 4 - problem identified!
Channel: The Mighty Garage
Date: 01/03/2016

Good news!  The source of the bike not starting has been identified as the Neutral contact 'switch'.  It is the small plastic plug located beneath the counter shaft sprocket cover.  It's a safety device to prevent the bike from being started unless the transmission is in neutral.

I'm very grateful to DrATV at Beatrice Cycle (http://dratv.com/) who pinpointed the problem in 3 sentences:

* ground the wire going to your neutral switch and try it
* remove the front sprocket cover to get to it
* you can just take a flat blade screwdriver to the engine and to the top of the switch to ground it

Here's a link to the Neutral switch that DrATV offers.
http://dratv.com/recosw2.html

I removed the sprocket cover then simply clipped one end of a test wire to the end of the neutral switch and the other end of the test wire to the engine casing (which was already ground) in order to ground the switch.  

Then with the ignition switched on and the red engine switch on the handlebar in the middle RUN position, I pressed the starter button and voila - it fired the engine up immediately.

Next step:  cleaning and testing the Neutral switch but most likely just ordering a new one for less than $10!

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