2000 Honda Magna

Pros: Power, Handling, Uniqueness
Cons: Seat, Factory carb setup, low rpm power

I've been lusting over the Magna for a long time and I finally decided to buy one this summer. No bike is perfect, but the Magna is about as close as I could get and with some minor tweaking it IS perfect (for me). Styling The Magna is ...

Pros: Powerful, great handling, comfortable
Cons: Fuel tank capacity

The Magna has been around for quite a while now in it's current configuration, virtually unchanged except for a new paint scheme every year. It's not one of Honda's top sellers, but it does have a pretty loyal following among its owners, which I suppose...

Pros: Everything.
Cons: Can't think of anything.

In 1998, I bought a 1998 Honda Gold Wing Aspencade. Wonderful bike. Incredibly well engineered but my legs consistently got terrible cramps in them due to the placement of the pegs allowing for the horizontally-opposed cylinders. And the seat was...

Pros: Good value, strong engine, low maint.
Cons: Never enough time to ride it!

I've always been a fan of Honda bikes... My first motorcycle was a Shadow 600, and when it was stolen in late '93, I needed a suitable replacement.

Since I was ready for a bit more horsepower, but didn't have a lot more money to spend, I...

Pros: Powerful, smooth, quiet, and easy to handle
Cons: Needs a windshield and a larger fuel tank

(NOTE: this is my original review, written just after buying the bike... scroll down for an update, 2+ years later)

Like many 50 year old baby boomers, I recently returned to motorcycling after a nearly 30 year absence. I bought a used Honda...

Pros: Fast, reliable, smooth, handling, and absolutely unique in a world of clones.
Cons: Smallish tank, single disc front brake & drum rear brake, seat uncomfortable for long rides.

I've been riding motorcycles since 1963, pretty much steady but with a couple of year or two gaps. I even spent a couple of years dirt-tracking as an AMA pro. When I decided to get another one, I knew this would be the last one for me, so I wanted a ...

Pros: Great ride, great engine, reliable, low maintenance, blue color makes it stand out.
Cons: small tank, needs another disk break in front

I hang around the local Honda, Kaw., Yamaha dealership. This is a huge place that has been in business under one owner since before WWII. After seeing, sitting on, riding, talking to the mechanics, and anything else you can think of I bought a 2003 Magna ...

Pros: Acceleration; low operating costs; handling.
Cons: Limited cruising range due to small fuel tank; ho-hum styling.

The Magna is what I would call a compromise bike. It has good classic looks but isn't nearly as well executed as most Harley Davidson models or even Honda's own Shadow line. What it does have is a nice torquey v-four that will blow the doors off those ...

Pros: The best damn sport-cruiser there is
Cons: Seat, too much plastic

I bought my Magna almost new in Jun 2003 and have to say it's the best purchase I've ever made. Power: There are only three other production cruisers that will take this bike on the 1/4 mile: the Honda Valkrie ($13,099), Yamaha V-Max ($10,899) and H ...

Pros: ENGINE, handling, reliability
Cons: fuel tank, front brake

The bottom line is this is simply a great bike, one of the best ever and a downright shame that Honda discontinued it. (Though there are rumors of a new "midrange muscle bike")I have a '95 (they virtually remained unchanged from 94-2004 as mentioned ...

Pros: Power, Handling, Decently soft spoken (read not-loud), takes skill to handle
Cons: Gas mileage, Needs a 6th gear, Foot control positions, takes skill to handle :)

I've had the Magna as my first motorcycle for about a year now. Here are my opinions on this bike:
1. Runs like a dream
2. Power power and more power (for a 750 cruiser that is). It's no sports bike, but at a little over 80HP, it's no...

Pros: power, build quality, performance, real street presence, sex on legs.
Cons: seat ok, painful after 3 hours riding. Tank is awful. Exhaust-Remove baffles and end-plates.

The VF750C Magna is just incredible. I'm a female, 5'6', 28-32-30 (yeah!) been riding about 3 years and about to take the IAM and Rospa test. I have had mine for nearly 2 years. The build quality is excellent and the power of the beast is simply ...

Pros: Acceleration, Handling, Ride, looks, accessories available, price (VALUE).
Cons: None, be carefully of OVER accessorizing

I bought a 94 Magna in October. Since then I have been very pleased with the bike. My specific Magna has around 3k in accessories on it, and if I painted it so that it didn’t say Magna, you would never know it was a HONDA. I will list the accessories I...

Pros: Reliability, Acceleration, Handling, Versatility, Low Maintenance, Low Cost, and Awesome Good Looks.
Cons: Rear Drum, Single Front Disc, Low Fuel Capacity, and a Stock Seat from He11.

When I first became interested in motorcycles, I was lucky enough to stumble upon the 1985 Magna V30 as a trainer bike.

From then on, I refuse to settle for anything less than a V4. And despite Yamaha's speed title held by it's long-in-tooth,...

Pros: Price, handling, performance, reliability and smoothness.
Cons: Small fuel tank, seat.

At age 56, I wanted to experience motorcycling. I had only ridden about 300 miles total during my younger years and all of that was on 50 to 300 cc bikes. As a result, I did some preliminary research, took a local MSF training course and bought my...