And stock big-bore V-twins or parallel twins? ThatвЂ™s what the slow lane was for.One is the 1984 V30 Magna (30 cubic inches displacement), officially designated as the VF500C. They light up with a touch of the starter button, accelerate with exceptional vigor and send their speedometer needles swinging around the face of the instrument with breathtaking ease.HondaвЂ™s fearsome V4 bikes had the potential to mop the street or track with about any stock air-cooled in-line DOHC UJM of the same or even higher displacement. Representing the top and bottom of the displacement range of HondaвЂ™s 1984 V4 bikes, the V30 (L) and V65 each offer amazing performance and reliability-even after 35 years.While much of that world was still thinking of in-line DOHC air-cooled four-cylinder bikes, Honda was letting it all hang out with a radical new line that began in 1982 with the V4 750cc V45 Magna and Sabre and had the competition still trying to catch up by 1984.Now, 35 years later, two of those early Honda V4-powered bikes still live in my shed.

In 1984, the world-at least a good portion of the motorcycling world-was under the control of Big Red and its original thinking, forward-leaning motorcycles with potent DOHC, sixteen valve, over-achieving liquid-cooled V4 powerhouses.

1984 honda v30 magna 500cc specs