Rising US tariffs on foreign built motorcycles over 700 cc led Honda to cut the VF750 engines to 698 cc for 1984 by shortening the stroke, which made the Magna the VF700C in the USA, with an engine that revved higher, rev limiters in the CDI units, a rectangular chrome headlight and wider, lower two piece seats. The 498 cc VF500C Magna V30 was also produced for 1984 and 1985, a chain-drive middleweight advertised in the United States as the most powerful midsize custom in the world.
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The Honda Magna is a cruiser motorcycle made from 1982 to 1988 and 1994 to 2003
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Wikipedia1982 to 1984 VF750C, 1984 tariff
So for 1984 Honda responded by reducing the engine size for the VF750s to 698 cc by decreasing stroke on all of their 750cc engines, so the Magna became the VF700C in the USA.
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The Honda Magna is a cruiser motorcycle made from 1982 to 1988 and 1994 to 2003
1982 to 1984 VF750C, rev limiter
In 1984 rev limiters within the CDI units were added as well
1984 to 1985 V30
Honda produced the 498 cc, V4 DOHC VF500 for the VF500C Magna V30 (1984/85)
Body style, cruiser-motorcycle: Lead paragraph, cruiser
The Honda Magna is a cruiser motorcycle made from 1982 to 1988 and 1994 to 2003
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