Day: April 1, 2013

  • A classic – 1983 Honda V65 Magna

    On the way home today, I saw a truck hauling a piece of motorcycling history. A Honda V65 Magna, circa 1983, was strapped to the trailer. One of the first Honda V4’s, the v65 was the boss bike that year. It was the fastest off the line, and held the production quarter mile title. Shaft drive, 65 cubic inches displacement, and a laid back cruiser styling.

    The Honda Magna V65, king of the hill in 1983.
    The Honda Magna V65, king of the hill in 1983.

    It was pretty rough, but I strongly suspect that they were going to restore it. For a 30 year old bike, it seemed to have a lot of promise. I hope I see it on the road sometime.

    I remember wanting one of them bad. I recall that the early versions of the V4 had some reliability issues, but that wouldn’t have deterred me. Of course, the last thing an 18 year old male with hormones raging was a bike capable of sub 11 second quarter mile times.

    Good times.

  • Enough with the April Fools day jokes

    It used to be cute, but really, it is no longer even a little amusing.

    Google Nose?

    Ask Google for Suggestions (chrome spell check lameness)

    Slashdot’s ROT13 encryption?

    This idiocy must end.