The condenser serves two purposes, one to act as a reservoir of power to feed back to the primary side of the ignition coil, when then the points are open. At the same time absorb some of the coil output to stop the points arcing across, burning them out more quickly than would otherwise be expected. One would normally renew this part when renewing the contact breakers. Making sure it is a genuine Honda product of course!
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