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Was this thing downwind from Mt. St. Helens?

Too bad -- these were nice-looking little machines, and downright respectable motorcycles.

At one time.
 
naw parked in the green river for 20 years lol, good parts bike if you can get it apart
 
robertbarr said:
Was this thing downwind from Mt. St. Helens?

Too bad -- these were nice-looking little machines, and downright respectable motorcycles.

At one time.
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Still are. Totally competent machines, I have an 86 with less than 1000 original miles, one of my permanent "keepers."

 
Looks like it was sitting in the open in a poorly equipped fibreglass sanding facility...
 
It looks like it has been used for what it was designed for... A boat anchor!
 
storm 64 said:
It looks like it has been used for what it was designed for... A boat anchor!
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You obviously haven't ridden one, in stock form, it will spank any stock GS1000 or GS1100E in existence. Sub 11 second quarter miles in 1983, fastest production motorcycle ever made at the time. Great all around motorcycle, one of the best ever made, and Honda reliability to boot. The internet noise you hear about bad cams are all just BS, propaganda so a few unscrupulous vendors could make thousands of dollars on unnecessary "oil mod" kits. Total waste of time and money. They are notorious for bad 2nd gears though, but that's the same with the VMAX, and it's just because people bought them and rode the $hit out of them. I've personally owned several over 100K miles with nary a problem with cams OR 2nd gear. Here's some good reading on the REAL story behind the cams "issues."

http://www.motorcycleproject.com/text/v4_cams_what.html
 
My brother had an '83 V65 Magna that I rode a lot. Yes, it was bad-ass for a stock bike in it's day.
 
I never rode one, but I ran one 5 runs. I outweighed him by 30 lbs and beat him 4 out of 5, losing only once from missing a shift. He was getting all it had, a better launcher than me. I never saw one of these win a shootout in the mags, but those were always close.
 
Never lost to one of them, maybe a magazine tester got a good time with it but nobody I ran across coud beat my lowly 81 11e. Never cared for the rise and fall of the shaft drive very spooky to let off the throttle mid curve, a friend crashed one, he blamed that very thing.
 
A buddy of mine, who rode a CBX, borrowed his cousins V65 Sabrer, just to beat my GS 1100. Didn work, I beat him 3 out of 3. He was so embarrissed he didn't even stop when we got back to the shop.
 
83GS1100E_Tornado said:
You obviously haven't ridden one, in stock form, it will spank any stock GS1000 or GS1100E in existence. Sub 11 second quarter miles in 1983, fastest production motorcycle ever made at the time. Great all around motorcycle, one of the best ever made, and Honda reliability to boot. The internet noise you hear about bad cams are all just BS, propaganda so a few unscrupulous vendors could make thousands of dollars on unnecessary "oil mod" kits. Total waste of time and money. They are notorious for bad 2nd gears though, but that's the same with the VMAX, and it's just because people bought them and rode the $hit out of them. I've personally owned several over 100K miles with nary a problem with cams OR 2nd gear. Here's some good reading on the REAL story behind the cams "issues."

http://www.motorcycleproject.com/text/v4_cams_what.html
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Ime with you,honda reliability,fast,smooth and cool looking and for $350 maybe less its well worth it and it looks to be all there.
 
83GS1100E_Tornado said:
You obviously haven't ridden one, in stock form, it will spank any stock GS1000 or GS1100E in existence. Sub 11 second quarter miles in 1983, fastest production motorcycle ever made at the time. Great all around motorcycle, one of the best ever made, and Honda reliability to boot. The internet noise you hear about bad cams are all just BS, propaganda so a few unscrupulous vendors could make thousands of dollars on unnecessary "oil mod" kits. Total waste of time and money. They are notorious for bad 2nd gears though, but that's the same with the VMAX, and it's just because people bought them and rode the $hit out of them. I've personally owned several over 100K miles with nary a problem with cams OR 2nd gear. Here's some good reading on the REAL story behind the cams "issues."

http://www.motorcycleproject.com/text/v4_cams_what.html
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Great article! Thanks for sharing.
 
Back when I had a VF1000R, I raced a guy on a V65 in a stoplight to stoplight drag and got handed my ass.

83GS1100E, quick question: What's the fuel range on the Magna? 150 miles or thereabouts?
 
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