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Story: 07/03/03 - Steve sends along this description of his license plate mod:

I had this idea of moving my license plate to the side after I saw a special with Jesse James and his custom bikes. I have attached a picture showing my new modification. I have used the original license plate light assembly that was on the back and it is working fine. I designed the mounting bracket that all this connects too in about two weeks and had it made out of 1/8" Stainless Steel. It works great with very little movement. The hard part was making the old rear fender area look good. This took allot of dremel work and patience! I did have to cut the steel support rods that held the old license plate assembly in place. But I have gone riding with my wife on the back and it has been just fine. Those supports do not have an load on them. I wanted to show you, and others, my new modification to see if there is any interest in making more of these brackets to custom some other Supers. Let me know what you think.


3 months ago I was searching cycletrader.com and did a search for 1985 thru 1994 Honda's. WOW there she was a wonderfully restored 1987 Blue VF700C Honda Super Magna! I started to search the net for more info on this bike and that is when I found Supermagna.com. (Thank you so much for this site and all the time it must take you all) So I went through every gallery you have (21 at the time) and decided that YES this was the bike for me. I really wanted to see one in person before I started my search so I came here to Supermagna.com and found a fella in Indiana, Scott Memmer (183) He lives about 1 1/2 hours away from us. I sent him an email and he enthusiastically agreed for us to come down and check out the bike. He has a nice red 1987 Supermagna. That was all it took!!!! The blue 87 would be mine. So I search Cycle trader for about 2 months and found some nice bikes but they where either to much or to far away. Suddenly there she was a 1987 Blue Supermagna at a very nice price (thanks Steve) and it was only 6 hours away. I hooked up the trailer that my brother and I just got (he has a 1994 CBR 600) and off I went. Steve and his wife where great folks and we had a nice time talking and loading up the bike, they where moving and needed to unload the magna to help with expenses. We got her loaded on the trailer and off I was to get her to her new home in Indiana. I have put about 250 miles on her in the past 2 weeks and I am having a blast. I think this one is a keeper. My wife loves it, my 3 year old son thinks it is super, and I just got a new blue Shoei X-Tec helmet on ebay at a great price, things are looking good! So for now I will continue to ride with my wife and brother and just enjoy my new motorcycle. Steve
 

Owner:  Steve Jackson
Bike:  1987 Honda Magna VF700C