My first "talking head" style video! I was super nervous making this and am even more nervous releasing it!! Let me know if you like this style of video and I'll try do more. Due to it being winter and having about 10 minutes of light to work with I'll be trying to integrate one indoor video a week if I can keep them interesting....so all feedback is appreciated :) Thanks for watching.


Also @Kaptain Granite! You're nominated too, accidentally left you out of the video sorry :)

I've had my 1984 V65 Magna since 2001; smooth, quiet, & strong, & will pass a semi-tractor trailer double, in two shakes of a lamb's tail.  I now have 117,000 miles on it; I bought it with 44,000 miles.  This is as sweet a machine as I can imagine.

I loved pissing off Sport Bikers with my V65 Magna when they couldn't catch me in a straight line because they under estimated me. All Harleys were not even a issue.

Still have my 97, still love it. People are blown away when they find out it's 22 years old.

I am pushing 70 years old and still have my 1996 yellow magna V4 that I bought new.  Still love it, has all the power I need and I have got 53,000 miles on it.    Thank you for your video

Posting late, but I just bought an '88 VF750c Super Magna in red. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it, and I was lucky enough to find one in excellent condition with only 10k miles on it.  Best bike i've owned so far, and this video just solidifies the love.

My '83 V45 Magna was the first bike I ever bought new, and I loved it!  Every bike since has been a step backwards, in my opinion.  All my other bikes had chains, which I hated having to adjust, clean, and lube all the time.  This was the only bike I've had with a hydraulic front brake and hydraulic clutch as well!  The Magna never gave me a lick of trouble in nearly 30,000 miles of riding.  While I love Harleys and American V-twins in general, they feel so outdated.  I was looking at a Victory because I liked the hydraulic valves and liquid cooling, among other things.  They were just more reliable than Harleys as well.  Then Polaris killed off Victory and took over Indian.  Okay, nice... My father had an old Indian Scout before I was ever thought of and he loved it!  Thing is, for some reason Indian went with hydraulic lifters and went back to pushrods.  Nostalgia is fine, but geeze!  So... the Victory and Indian lineups all have cables for the front brake and clutch... and a #$%& belt drive.  Why they refuse to get a shaft drive eludes me as I don't buy their arguments of, "It's too heavy," and all that.  Wasn't too heavy on my Honda or my cousin's BMW... but companies that make 700-900 lb bikes somehow can't wrap their heads around shaft drive and it's just stupid.  Sorry for the rant, but I'd rather get an old '83 V65 than buy pretty much any of the crap out there now.  I'm just so blessed to have had my V45, but I'm afraid it ruined me when it comes to buying a new bike again.  If I'm going to have to fiddle with clutch cables on a new bike... I may as well get an old one.

I bought the '88 Super Magna and loved it with every fiber of my being. I graduated college in '89 and got a new leftover Magna from the previous sales year at a dealership in Queens. I would have that bike today if I could have afforded to keep a motorcycle in NYC and a car. After parting with it in '91 to pay for a car, I didn't ride again until 2018, when a beautiful Honda Shadow Spirit 1100 fell into my lap for a song. I ride that now, and it's wonderful, but if I could have that black monster (I described its looks as "a mechanical insect from outer space"), it would be heaven. There was nothing that bike couldn't do. I rode it all over Brooklyn and Manhattan, day or night, and had no problem avoiding danger due to the bike's supremely nimble balance and raw power. GREAT brakes, too.

Just wanted to share with you guys , I just bought a 1987 Honda Magna 700cc for $100 dollars I have a no spark issue right now. All the light's work engine turns over I can't wait to hear it roar and ride it..
                   Humberto  
      Eagle Pass,Texas USA.

my first bike was the magna '84 V30.. got it for $900, it was already 29 years old at the time, but ran like a dream but then i dropped it a couple years later.. to be fair it still ran like a dream after that, but it needs a bit of work
moved across the country and couldn't take the project with me so i bought a suzuki gs500... but i never got over how awesome of a bike that magna was
fast forward, and i'm back across the country again and just bought an '85 V45 for $1800.. bike runs like a dream, and is a total blast to ride.. and now i can fix up that V30 too.. i don't know if i have the heart to ever get rid of it, unless it's to a good friend or family

Have and love my 82 v45. My first bike and I will only give it up to pass it to my kids. Today, after over a decade, got my v65 - an 83, of course. Can't wait to get her on the road so she can be a worthy successor to Be'lanna and let me pass her to my son and ride together in glory :D I'm thinking of Be'tor as the name of the v65, with a new bird of prey paintjob to match, in honor of Be'lanna...

ive owned two and neither have disappointed. my first was an 85 700cc back in 1987. i looked for about 5 years and found a 1999 magna that is flawless. and beautiful. cant say enough good things about these bikes

I have a 1983 V65 Magna that has had numerous improvements made over the years!  I have drag raced it in Dallas, Texas many years ago, still runs 10 second times.  The bike is still a killer, a scary killer, well design piece of history!  Dodge Racing built the engine, overdrive has been cut, bike was lowered, Barnette Kevlar Clutch and many other up-grades.  I found the weak spot in the drive shafts, sheared a few off.  I had many buyer make offers, some really good, but I can't make myself sell her after all the years of enjoyment.  I'm now too old to handle the full maximum power of this screamer, but she's a part of me, or I'm a part of her.

I just picked up an 86 VF700 in black as my first bike. Currently cleaning out the carbs as it hasn't ran in years. I am very excited to get it running, and many of my friends who ride have told me that as a 1st bike, there is almost nothing better. And at only $800, who could complain! It is such a beautiful bike too. Only 29k Miles, so good amount of life left in it once its back up and running.

I had a red ‘88 Super Magna for many years - loved it! Smooth and fast and low - the dual upswept pipes sounded great.

"YOU WERE WRONG HONDA!" I agree entirely. Even as a hardcore Honda fan the Magna was such a cool and unique looking bike. I am however glad that with the dead of some of the shadow line they kept the Aero as it keeps that older Honda nostalgia factor for me in the looks at least. The gorilla is OBVIOUSLY a Paul or a Stan.

I had an 1983 V65 for 10 years and put over 100,000 miles on it. Took it into the shop for a tick in the engine and when they saw how many miles were on it  said they wouldt touch it, just ride it till it stops. I sold it and found an 84 with 18,000 2 days later and bought it . Those bikes are awesome

That V4 is a GREAT engine !!

My friend have magna 750 1983. Really good bike. I had a Honda VF 750 F Some problem with the cam chefs. But the previous owner did the job.

Owned the v45, loved I still have my 85 v65 magna awesome machine