1996 Honda Magna VF750C
"Four wheels move the body, Two wheels move the soul"
The Magna was a replacement for my Kawasaki ZL600, nice trade up!
Went more cruiser than sporty. The kawi was more sporty than cruiser. The magna handles so nice and it loves to sport around the twisties besides comfy cruising. You can find me many
a weekend up in Harriman State Park here in New York at the top of Perkins Peak. Also I like to hang out at Bear
Mountain on wednesday nights as there are many bikes as well as cars on show for all.
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I recently bought a getaway home in the Lake George area and hope to ride
the area this summer. I have been going to Lake George and Americade for many years and have a great base of operations
now. Since owning this bike I have found that it is an effort to find
custom parts for the Magna. I have browsed many a website to find what I have added to my Magna since I purchased it.
I created this website in order to share my information to help others with Magnas get the parts they really want. Of
course there is always ebay where I have gotten many great deals on parts. I have sold a few too!
I added to the Magna: Vance & Hines pipes, Jardine Light bar, Stage
1 jet kit, Metzler 880E tires, Hondaline luggage rack, Saddlemen Desperado Sissy Bar Bag, De Pretto Moto
Chain Guard and a De
Pretto Moto Radiator Cover. Go to
for De Pretto Moto Parts.
Look into the De Pretto Moto page I have here for the catalog parts page. I know that De Pretto Moto has unfortunately
discontinued some items so good luck in getting what you need.
I added Leatherlyke Saddlebags, they are lockable and look great
as well. Latest items I have added are MC Highway pegs, Studded mud flap for the front fender,
Show Chrome brake pedal cover, Hondaline windshield hardware with a
Cee Bailey 18" replacement windshield that is thicker and much nicer than the stock honda shield. They come in different
sizes and tints. http://www.ceebaileys.com/cycle/
Cycle-istic handlebar risers
Mother Nature granted us a couple of really nice days in the beginning of
March 06 so I got to ride with my new Mustang saddle. Thanks to Steve down in Georgia I got an awesome deal on a new
looking Mustang seat. What a comfortable ride, I have been enjoying the cruising much better. I recently
added a new DID X chain with sprockets and I also put on Kuryakyn Flame grips.
Americade in Lake George NY the first week in June was a great event even
though mother nature did not cooperate as nice as expected. It was chilly and showery most of the week. I looked
at it this way, I got rained on heavy 3 times last year in the hot humid days of Americade. This year I got rained on
heavy once on the ride back from Burlington Vermont. I figure I fared better this year than last! Go see
pics from Americade 2005 and 2006 at:
I purchased a 1994 Yellow Honda Magna so I may have a bike at my upstate
house in November of 2006. It was a diamond in the rough and had a long way to go to look like the 96. I
hunted ebay for parts and found many that are on the bike now. I went cheap and found a set of Jardine Drag pipes
that someone didnt like. I got them on ebay from a guy that was getting rid of them because they are
too loud. The 96 had them when I first purchased it and I thought it would win loudest bike contest.
Well any drag pipe is loud for sure! I bought a new fuel tank from www.RonAyers.com and they beat the dealers price by more than a 150 bucks. I found a wrecked Magna and split up the parts with a friend.
I got many good parts including chrome handlebar controls, chrome fork covers, and dynojetted carbs. On ebay I
bought new grips that went with the diamond theme on the bike. I also found on ebay a new triple tree top and rear fender
rail covers to replaced the pitted ones. It has been transformed
bit by bit, I made this one a drag bike and went minimal. Lighter the load the faster we go! Finished rebuild Stage 1 with many new parts and much cleansing and polishing of the bike. I hope
it likes being pampered now! I installed the cleaner top of triple
tree, hondaline crash bars, Wolo horns, new controls, fender rails, fuel tank. Off of the wreck I got a VTX headlight
that had a scratched up case so I purchased a new case from RonAyers.com and put it all together, it looks great on the bike! It went to honda and got the carbs cleaned and synched and an X chain and sprockets installed. The
rear sprocket has two extra teeth for some more tourque. While it was there I got Metzler ME880 tires, stock size
on the front and a 180/70-15 on the rear. From JC Whitney I bought a diamond brake pedal cover. I also got diamond
passenger pegs, not that I need them with the solo seat. On ebay I found a cobra chrome brake stay and added that. I purchased a radiator cover from Mapam, VTX
shocks. I also got a new Tbar from ebay. That made a nice difference in comfort and handling. They
are 8" up and 8" back and I find that I am seated very upright. The bike also seems to handle real nice with the bars.
Eventually when I am inspired I will route the wires through the bars to clean up the look. The transformation
to this point has taken 9 months so I think I did pretty good for just getting to work on it on weekends. Next I am
adding progressive springs to the front forks to improve handling. Check
back to more upgrades.
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