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    Ya'll are gonna laugh at what im looking at picking up...

    But im looking at trying to get a mint 84 Honda Magna V65 1100.

    http://www.magnaownersoftexas.org/v65/v65article.htm

    But since i cant afford a new cruiser or a used one for that matter and still put my car on the road this year, ive started looking at these... I actually got to ride one this past weekend and it wasnt too bad, little top heavy and quirky to ride at first but i was deffinately getting way to confident on it quickly.

    But these things were essentially the first factory super-bikes and hada goofy V4 1100 cc engine that they ran high 10's @ nearly 130! that is fukkin haulin for something this old!

    The things are kinda fun to ride cuz they have a ton of low end like a v-twin and just start pulling pretty dam hard above 5k, spinning to 10K. It would wheelie a bit in 2nd from rolling it to wide open from 4k or so.

    yes they are kinda ugly and very 80's but im more after the the sleeper affect of playing with 600's with less than perfect riders and being able to surprise them. These things are like the grand national of bikes to me haha
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    Quote Originally Posted by BAD LS1 View Post
    But im looking at trying to get a mint 84 Honda Magna V65 1100.

    http://www.magnaownersoftexas.org/v65/v65article.htm

    But since i cant afford a new cruiser or a used one for that matter and still put my car on the road this year, ive started looking at these... I actually got to ride one this past weekend and it wasnt too bad, little top heavy and quirky to ride at first but i was deffinately getting way to confident on it quickly.

    But these things were essentially the first factory super-bikes and hada goofy V4 1100 cc engine that they ran high 10's @ nearly 130! that is fukkin haulin for something this old!

    The things are kinda fun to ride cuz they have a ton of low end like a v-twin and just start pulling pretty dam hard above 5k, spinning to 10K. It would wheelie a bit in 2nd from rolling it to wide open from 4k or so.

    yes they are kinda ugly and very 80's but im more after the the sleeper affect of playing with 600's with less than perfect riders and being able to surprise them. These things are like the grand national of bikes to me haha
    dude those things are badass!!!!

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    Those are very powwerful bikes, esp for their age. I have been on a few of them, and they are GREAT bikes.
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    Awesome! An uncle of mine had that bike when I was young. Loved getting rides on it since it was so stupid fast!

    I'm not gonna laugh, gonna give a big

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    my wife has a 750 magna and even the 750 has some serious balls.

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    Ohhh - I had an '84 back in the day. Lightening fast... Advertised 0-60 time was 2.2 seconds...

    Smoove as silk with the shaft drive - I loved mine...
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    yeah i just picked up and 83 v45 750. supposedly it was bored over. i just got it running and it sounds sweet. I can't wait til i get the tires for it so I can drive it

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    Quote Originally Posted by diablizzard View Post
    yeah i just picked up and 83 v45 750. supposedly it was bored over. i just got it running and it sounds sweet. I can't wait til i get the tires for it so I can drive it
    There was one like that by my house for sale recently, i never thought to stop and look at. When i did, someone bought it already.
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    Damn, if you had gotten this 18 years ago, we could've battled!
    This was how I rolled!(Literally, as I ran from the cops and crashed, went to jail, lost my license, etc. but thats a whole nother story.....) 1983 GS1100E

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    These are the "Grand National's" of motorbike imo:



    Yamaha V-max

    I would LOVE to own one...still damn expensive though

    good kill on magna though
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    i'll see if i can post pics of the gas tank soon. some one did an airbrush job on it. looks really sweet

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    Quote Originally Posted by diablizzard View Post
    i'll see if i can post pics of the gas tank soon. some one did an airbrush job on it. looks really sweet
    Where did you pick it up from?
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    it was in twin lakes. It wasn't officially for sale until i mentioned that i was looking for a bike.

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    just put a turbo on it.... then that thing will be sick!



    also get one of those sweet white helemts, a sh!t stash, and aviators!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prince Valiant View Post
    These are the "Grand National's" of motorbike imo:



    Yamaha V-max

    I would LOVE to own one...still damn expensive though

    good kill on magna though


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    I bought a VF1100C V65 Magna in 1983 when they first came out. I still remember the Honda commercial with Pee Wee Gleason riding the bike to a 10.84 @ 124.82.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfJ9IqXcoE

    I only needed to see it once. $3800 later, I picked mine up in April of 1983. I didn't even have my cycle license yet, just my temps. I was scared as fvck when I got dropped off at the dealer to ride it home. The only other bikes I'd ever ridden were a Rupp mini-bike at 13 and a Kawasaki 100cc enduro when I was 14/15 years old. Now I was hopping on an 1100cc monster...

    I made it home OK and didn't kill myself on it, (Not without a lack of trying, though. Ah, the recklessness of youth...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by -stew- View Post
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    haha sweet
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prince Valiant View Post
    These are the "Grand National's" of motorbike imo:



    Yamaha V-max

    I would LOVE to own one...still damn expensive though

    good kill on magna though
    One of these was at bike night on Thursday on the dyno. 109HP
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