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Breast Cancer Awareness Poker
- From: CromagnaMan
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These are three of about a hundred bikes in total ... (the middle one is my Magna prior to some of the customization on it) ... during the staging proceeding the participation in the Breast Cancer Awareness Poker Run sponsored by the local Tallahassee Chrome Divas. Notice that the "trike" parked next to my Magna is not a "trike" at all. It's set up with the Voyager Outrigger System that allows a normal bike to be converted to a "trike" in about five minutes. Using this system, one can haul a small trailer behind the bike, and when you get to where you're going, "poof!" five minutes later you can pull off the outrigger and have a normal bike again. The gentleman standing there had broken his back, and using the "trike" system, he was sill able to ride and be a part of the biker community. If you look closely, you can see that the rear end of the system consists of he regular bike rear wheel and two "outrigger" wheels ... so there's a total of four wheels on the road.
- 1 day ago
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I don't think her name is
- From: CromagnaMan
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This little pup is all saddled up and ready for the ride on last Saturday's 2nd Annual Veterans Day Poker Run here in Tallahassee Florida. She's all decked out in leather vest, spiked collar, leather hoodie, sunglasses and all the other trappings of a biker dog. I don't think her name is "cookie" ...
- 3 days ago
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Poker Run This Weekend
- From: okrider
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There is a poker run Saturday 11-7-09 starting in Alva, OK at 1 pm. $25/hand. If you are in the area come join in.
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- 2 weeks ago
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- From: IrishAmerican
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- 3 weeks ago
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my worst fear update
- From: cougarhunter
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hey everyone, hope ya'll had a good weekend! first off i wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who wished my daughter well... i thought i would update ya'll on the aftermath. she is doing good, she suffered no broken bones just lots of bruises and some road rash. what upset her the most was this happened on friday morning and on saturday a local biker group was playing their annuall football game against the police, its a charity event to help raise money and toys for our local toy run which is held in december, and she knew with the damage to her bike she couldnt ride it to the game and on the poker run afterwards. with some help from me she was able to ride on the back of mine even though getting on and off was somewhat painfull and we did get some weird looks from people as we rode by with crutches bungeed to the bike , lol, as the doctor wants her to stay off her knee for at least a week. i was really upset thinking she may never want to get on a bike again especially after her witnessing my accident in july ( she was following me when the car hit me and she saw the whole thing ) and now her getting hit herself but talking to her later on friday evening she cant wait to get her bike fixed and get back on!!!! well parts are ordered and on their way so it should be all fixed in about a week or two. again i want to say that we appreciate all the support and well wishes from all of you !!!!!
p.s. the bikers won the football game 20 - 19 !!!!!!!!! the weather was excellent for the day, lower 70's and sun shining made for great riding weather, but alas in colorado it dont last long this time of year and it rained all day today and will turn to snow tonite...
keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down and be safe !!!!!!!!
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- 3 weeks ago
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Preparing for 2009 Poker Run 2
- From: Vulcancruzer1
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- 3 weeks ago
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Preparing for 2009 Poker Run 1
- From: Vulcancruzer1
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- 3 weeks ago
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Preparing for 2009 Poker Run 3
- From: Vulcancruzer1
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- 3 weeks ago
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- From: jc02ace750
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At Keywest "Poker Run" 2009, with my beautiful wife!
- 4 weeks ago
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Shake Down Ride
- From: mjbearit
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Well after about three weeks of the bike being off the road, she went back into service today! I completely redid the suspension with progressive springs in the rear and forks, changed out the steering head bearings and a bunch of little things that had been buggin me, but not enough to take the bike down by themselves. One of the reasons I went to the progressive springs was so that my wife and I could ride 2-up in safety and comfort. So, our riding group was headed off on a 3-4 hour ride (one way) today and since I hadn't had the bike out on a shake down run (plus the fact that they were going to the desert and it is hotter than you know what here today) I planned the day to take my wife out for a ride, just the two of us. We started out the day by going to the meeting and wishing all the other riders a safe and happy voyage, then we headed...east. We ended up at one of the local Indian Gaming Casinos after about an hour where we stopped for a couple of sodas. We sat there and talked for quite awhile, then of course had to put a buck in the poker machine. I'm not a gambler, I just view them as fancy video games! So I put my buck in there and ended up playing on that one buck for about an hour before it finally trickled away. I had it up to $20...guess I shoulda taken the 20 and split! LOL! Then we headed home. Other than finding a few odd noises with the fork tins, which I have pinned down and fixed (I hope) she ran just great. My wife is not used to riding and I am not used to having someone on the back, so we both had a little something to get used to, but we did have a great time! She even loved the pillion seat I had rebuilt and said her behind didn't hurt at all. All in all, we had a great voyage and really enjoyed ourselves. Next time I'm gonna take her on the slab and let her see what a little speed is all about!
Ride safe all!
Mike
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- 1 month ago
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How Sad ...
- From: CromagnaMan
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I love my Magna, ya know? It's the finest motorcycle ever made by Honda or anyone else for that matter in my opinion.
I've been corresponding with a person named Steve that owns a Valkyrie, and I had told him of the surprise that came from understanding a lot of the Magna Owners Of Texas members were selling their Magna's and going to the Valkyrie. He said that he understood why ... but also indicated he has always respected the Magna and thinks it's the finest motorcycle ever made and developed.
Feeling a little low today, (mainly because I'm home sick and its been raining for the last eight days ... and that's so unusual for North Florida weather), and thinking of all the wonderful attributes and qualities of the Magna, I decided to go ahead and join the Magna Riders Association website that I had been putting off from joining for so many months due in part to my health and financial reasons.
When I went to their site and clicked on the link to join the MRA, this is what I found;
"In the 5 years since Honda discontinued the Magna interest in the bike and these pages has been waning steadily. As we are all volunteers, this in turn has led to other things grabbing more of our attention, and our ability to service requests in a timely manner has been greatly diminished. In order to avoid confusion and upset, the join process been suspended. The rest of the website and the forums will continue to function as always for the time being."
How freaking sad.
Despite the passing of time, and despite the manufacture and selling of all the other fine motorcycles out there including the Valkyrie, it in no way diminishes the fact that the Honda Magna is still one of the finest motorcycles on the road today. (That's why one sees so many of them!) In my opinion, no V-Twin can hold a candle to it, and despite the third generations motor being "only" 750cc it's a bullet-proof machine and the strongest motor for its size ever strapped to a motorbike frame with a top end speed of over 145 MPH.
There are still thousands of Magna owners out there that love our machines and would never even consider selling them. Most of us (including me), rather than selling our Magna, will purchase a second, third or even fourth motorcycle, but I understand that some Magna owners can't afford to do what I have done. They cling to their Magna as if it were their own family, and lovingly and as they can afford to, customize it and make it "Their" bike.
I attend as many of the bike rallies and functions as I can and as my health will allow up until this year. I have attended every Panama City "Thunder Beach" (spring & fall), Daytona Beach's "Biketober Fest" in October and "Bike Week" in the spring, and every "Bainbridge Bikefest" festival in Bainbridge Georgia for years and years. I go on every "Poker Run" every "Bike Parade" and "Toys for Tots" event pretty much for the last 30 years ... and since I've owned my Magna, at every one of these events and rallies my bike attracts attention and usually a small crowd asking about it.
When I meet someone at one of these events or rallies that also owns a Magna and are riding it, (at every major rally for the last few years), we notice our respective bikes and enthusiastically look it over and the modifications and customizing that they and I have done. We're a brotherhood ... no matter that we've never met before and most likely will never meet again. We're special. We're set apart. We love our Magna's. When you go to these rallies and see the thousands and thousands of V-Twins ... the Harley riders ... the Shadow riders ... the V-Star riders ... (dare I say it?) the Valkyrie riders ... you never see folks gathering around THEM to admire the bike and talk to the owners. Every Magna I've ever seen in all the time I have been riding ... has at least two or three people standing around and looking at it.
I loved the Magna the first time I ever saw one on the road. That's why I bought mine in the first place.
How sad it is now that the national Magna Riders Association is not even taking new members.
How sad.
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- 1 month ago
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Patriots Poker Run
- From: Annie888
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Enjoyed a great ride on the weekend with the Patriots M/C. Raising money for prostate cancer research.
- 1 month ago
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Satuday Ride
- From: CromagnaMan
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Today was a Saturday, the first day off from a horrible week of work where I was in pain, (agony), virtually every day because of my rapidly deteriorating spine. To make a long story short, it's a b!tch getting older, and I feel every one of my years now.
Since tomorrow is a major poker run benefiting the breast cancer awareness folks, I decided to take a somewhat short ride to see how I would hold up in the saddle. (I'm pleased to say I was okay, but not that's not what this post is for.)
The afternoon was absolutely stunning with bright sunshine, warm "fallish" weather, and the Magna performed only the way a great bike can perform ... flawlessly! It's hard to believe that this bike could be considered an "antique" being almost 15 years old, as it's still as powerful as the day it rolled off the line.
Now, I truly love the way a V Twin sounds rumbling down the road, but there's no comparison to the Magna with those four cylinders crackling through those four Vance & Hines pipes! It truly sounds like a big block V-8, especially when you ease off the throttle and let the motor's compression rumble and crackle through the pipes slowing you down for the next sop light. It was truly a glorious ride and a great day to be alive!
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- 1 month ago
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