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- sharpmagna
- Legendary 750
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New to Forums and Motorcycling
Hi all,
I've been riding for about a month now and I'm totally in love with it. I can't believe it took me 25 years to finally get my own motorcycle! I've been on mopeds before when I was younger but the bug never bit before. I went on holiday to the Philippines for a few weeks and I got a chance to ride my dads scooter around the town and I had such a blast. I got home and started looking into the MSF BRC courses. Long story short, I finally got signed up and passed the test with flying colors. After about a month of bike shopping I finally found my steed. At first I was looking at Yamaha V-Start 650 Customs, Kawasaki Vulcan 750s and Suzuki M50s. Then I remembered my coworker had a nice looking bike and he mentioned he wanted to upgrade and was looking to offload his current bike. He cut me a great deal on it and I couldn't pass it up. I bought a 1987 Honda Magna and it rocks! I've perused the forums and I guess the consensus is to buy a motorcycle with less than 50HP. Well that went out the window with the Magna as it is a complete barn stormer. I've been riding as much as possible with it to get practice time and I've already put 1000 miles in less than a month.
Well enough talk, here are the pics:
I prefer it without the fender though:
Although today was the first time I rode it in the rain and I totally regretted taking off the front fender. I had a huge "rooster tail" coming from my front wheel
Well I hope to add to the community
July
I've been riding for about a month now and I'm totally in love with it. I can't believe it took me 25 years to finally get my own motorcycle! I've been on mopeds before when I was younger but the bug never bit before. I went on holiday to the Philippines for a few weeks and I got a chance to ride my dads scooter around the town and I had such a blast. I got home and started looking into the MSF BRC courses. Long story short, I finally got signed up and passed the test with flying colors. After about a month of bike shopping I finally found my steed. At first I was looking at Yamaha V-Start 650 Customs, Kawasaki Vulcan 750s and Suzuki M50s. Then I remembered my coworker had a nice looking bike and he mentioned he wanted to upgrade and was looking to offload his current bike. He cut me a great deal on it and I couldn't pass it up. I bought a 1987 Honda Magna and it rocks! I've perused the forums and I guess the consensus is to buy a motorcycle with less than 50HP. Well that went out the window with the Magna as it is a complete barn stormer. I've been riding as much as possible with it to get practice time and I've already put 1000 miles in less than a month.
Well enough talk, here are the pics:
I prefer it without the fender though:
Although today was the first time I rode it in the rain and I totally regretted taking off the front fender. I had a huge "rooster tail" coming from my front wheel
Well I hope to add to the community
July
1987 Honda <B>SUPER</B> Magna
[i]Bikesexual - I like to ride it long and hard...[/i]
[i]Bikesexual - I like to ride it long and hard...[/i]
- sharpmagna
- Legendary 750
- Posts: 989
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 12:02 pm
- Sex: Male
- Location: Hoodbridge, Virginia
Thanks! Yup the rear wheel is stock as well as the quad exhaust. The bike is completely stock from what I can tell. The only upgrades are the crash bars and the front pegs. I've already been bit by the upgrade bug and I've ordered VTX headlight components. From what I've read it is a direct swap for this bike and really adds character to the front end.
Also the bike is not cosmetically perfect, but I can't expect it to be for an almost 20 year old bike. The front fender has a ding and some rust and that is partially why I took it off. I want to repaint it. I've also purchased some other components already to get it back to what it looked like when new. Seems the bike has been on the ground before as there are some scratches on the turn signal and the front brake lever, but damage seems cosmetic.
I plan to do some maintenance on it very soon, but I want to enjoy riding it for a while. I've already topped off the coolant as well as bled the front brakes. The brakes were a necessity as there was goop in the master cyclinder. So now it is running with fresh fluid there. All other fluid looks good but I'll be replacing it all when 24K rolls around. With the way I'm riding, that won't be far off!
July
Also the bike is not cosmetically perfect, but I can't expect it to be for an almost 20 year old bike. The front fender has a ding and some rust and that is partially why I took it off. I want to repaint it. I've also purchased some other components already to get it back to what it looked like when new. Seems the bike has been on the ground before as there are some scratches on the turn signal and the front brake lever, but damage seems cosmetic.
I plan to do some maintenance on it very soon, but I want to enjoy riding it for a while. I've already topped off the coolant as well as bled the front brakes. The brakes were a necessity as there was goop in the master cyclinder. So now it is running with fresh fluid there. All other fluid looks good but I'll be replacing it all when 24K rolls around. With the way I'm riding, that won't be far off!
July
1987 Honda <B>SUPER</B> Magna
[i]Bikesexual - I like to ride it long and hard...[/i]
[i]Bikesexual - I like to ride it long and hard...[/i]
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