11 Facts About Honda Magna

The introduction of this engine on the Honda Magna and the Sabre in 1982, was a milestone in the evolution of motorcycles that would culminate in 1983 with the introduction of the Interceptor V4.

Honda Magna's made the trek without the benefit of the support crew that usually accompanies riders in adventures depicted in such films as Long Way Round.

In 2008, Honda Magna announced plans to close the plant, their oldest in North America, in 2009, which had been still making Gold Wings and VTX cruisers.

Some trim around the Honda Magna was changed as well, like the addition of a passenger back rest, smaller side covers, slightly lower seat and footpeg positions, brighter instrument cluster, slightly larger airbox covers, lighter front brake rotors, an improved radiator, new exhaust, and the engine had silver case covers instead of the black prior years had.

In 1986 some of the parts around the Honda Magna now had the "Honda Magna Bird" emblem present on the airbox covers, the driver seat, and the passenger backrest.

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Honda Magna VF500 is one of Honda Magna's second generation V4 motorcycle engines produced in a series of motorcycles designated with VF and VFR initials.

The engine is almost entirely identical to the version in the Interceptor VF500F sport bike, and while Honda sold the VF500C Magna in the United States, it advertised it as the "most powerful midsize custom in the world".

Honda Magna had no shaft drive like its larger siblings, but a traditional chain drive.

The Honda Magna V-four has endured through the first and second generations of the VF and VFR Interceptors - both come and gone by 1988.

Honda Magna 750 was launched in 1993 as an early release 1994 model.

Honda Magna sought to capture the market for powerful cruisers by lifting the engine from the VFR750 and slotting it in a cruiser chassis.