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Just got back from Louisville,Ky over the weekend and picked up a very nice Honda V65 Magna. This bike is in almost mint condition for being 25 years old and has only 13k miles,I dont care for the Mustang seat gonna buy the stock one to replace it soon.  
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Re: 85 V65
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Adjunct
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That is a blast from the past and in very good nick. Mate used to own one and was a good all round machine.
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Re: 85 V65
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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At 25 years old that has to be a collectors item to someone. Clean looking for the age.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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That IS clean. I don't even see any corrosion of the clearcoat around the radiator shroud. 
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Monkey Butt
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Yup! Gives new meaning to the words twist and shout.
Don't run it hard after just starting you will fry the rear cam, it takes a minute or two for the oil to pump up and wash the cam.
There is a mod for that putting a boss on the right side and pumping it up from there. Research the mod.
Other than that they are granite!
Good find, congrats.
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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Stickman Yogi
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Awesome find... clean as a whistle!!
PS... Are whistles for the most part, clean?
Live to love, love to live.
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Re: 85 V65
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Joined: Aug 2007
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Wow Donny, that thing looks clean! I agree with you about the seat, I had one on my old CB650 and it was too big for a small bike. Those wheels look fantastic! Someone took good care of it.
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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Wow, that looks direct from the show-room clean... Congrats Donny!
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
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Re: 85 V65
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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I agree about the seat, I had that seat on a bike too once. I left it on because it was comfortable.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Re: 85 V65
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Very nice find. been well looked after, I would however check the tyres are not past their best, be a shame to drop that one.
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Joined: May 2007
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Worn Saddle
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Good score, those babies rock and this one is extra clean. Does it still have the entire sissy bar/tool box behind that enormous seat?
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Bar Shake
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Piece of Honda junk. I say the moderators ban Donny from the site for life for buying a rice burner. 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Re: 85 V65
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3/4 Throttle
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Putting the bike up for sale local.For being 30 years old this bike still packs a punch! Anyone on this forum that might be interested shoot me a PM. Bike has 19500 miles and many extras. 
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Looking good!I hired a later model than that in Thailand once.As you say they have some punch! The one I hired used petrol at a prodigious rate though.
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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A very clean example of 80"s Japan styling.
Tin Man 2
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