Sept. 2013 Bike of the Month

[FromMaine]

This months winner is a true V4 enthusiast. He buys these bikes and restores them not with an eye to make a profit, but because he really enjoys working, and more importantly riding them. To best of my knowledge I do not recall him selling any of his bikes, which probably accounts for why they seem to collect in his garage. :)

Retired now, his former job was as a plane captain of one of the Navy's large passenger jets used to ferry personnel around the world. That means he was where the buck stopped when it came to the planes maintenance and air worthiness. As anyone involved in any aspect of aviation knows, there is no gliding into the breakdown lane when you have a problem. Guess it makes working on these old V4's a piece of cake  ^-^

Congratulations Steve (Steevo) your set of 3, V30 Magnas are Sept. 2013's Bike(s) of the Month.



These bikes tend to languish in the shadows of the V4 world as they tend to not bring in much when sold, so the guys trying to make a buck pass. The guys looking to ride them for the thrill soon realize the Baby Magna has, well a Mama Magna (V45) and Papa Magna (V65), and well tend to either move on rapidly or just pass.

The fact that Steve is a dyed in the wool Interceptor rider and still finds the time to restore these bikes knowing theres no gain to be made says everything you need to know, he is a V4 enthusiast, which is what this Board is really about. He has certainly garnered my respect.

http://v4hondabbs.com/index.php?topic=65121.0

See Steeve's reply to Gerrie, wish I could ride 325 days a year............... ;D

PS: I'm in Hamburg Germany right now awaiting my 3:30 am wake up call to get to the airport. I did package the trophy before I left, and Mrs. FromMaine has your address. You should get it fairly soon.

[MB_ED]

Congrats Steve!!! :beer:

[EV]

Great pic Michael,, congrates Steve some nice saves there :thumb

[TarHeelV4Rider]

Excellent choice, Michael!
As a V30 Magna owner/rider, I must say I love these little screamers!
Congrats Steevo!! :beer:
Have a good'ern!
Hunter

[v4forever]

Congratulations Steve.
Those are 3 great looking bikes.

[John Hilmer]

Steve,

Now you know.

"  Oh No.....Not Again!!!!!  " just a tease of course.

You certainly deserve this appreciation for all of the reasons that Michael mentioned and more.

Helping others with insight, attesting to what has worked for you and just for being a really nice guy and a good friend to me and others all come to mind without thinking about it much.

John

[CraigT]

Congrats to a worthy recipient Steevo. Well done. :thumb

[Hopit88]

Nice gaggle of V4 fun. Congrats! :thumb :thumb

[OregonMike]

Tons of fun!  Congrats :beer:

[klopperg]

Way to go Steve, congrats.  tenof10

[chazglenn3]

Congrats, Steve!   tenof10

[Steevo]

  Don't know what to say, 'cept Thank You to you Michael and to all members with the kind words. Was havin a bad day with a set of 750C pulse generators.

That all went away. ;D

[Six7390GT]

Great Choice-
Not only for the beautiful work he does on the bikes, but for being one of the class acts on this board.
Congrats Steevo!

[The Dutchy]

Congrats Steevo... A well earned spot, and with extra's...

Not only did you get one bike to the stage of Bike Of The Month, Man, you've got three.....

I guess this makes you KING BOTM...

:thumb

[CraigT]

That's a good point there Dutchy. Looks like Steevo's trying to triple dip this BOM thing  ;D

[Jeff in Franklin TN]

That's a good point there Dutchy. Looks like Steevo's trying to triple dip this BOM thing  ;D

Excellent Steevo!! (take individual pics of the bikes and you'll win bike of the month 3 times this year)

[John Hilmer]

Jeff,

(take individual pics of the bikes and you'll win bike of the month 3 times this year)

I expect this would cause our friend to blush three time more than now.

John

[Stretch]

As a former owner of a V30, they are fun little bikes. You'd have to restore them for the love of them because it certainly isn't for the money.

Great Job Steve!

[subsidiarymaxima]

Congrats, Steve!  Beautiful bikes!  Well deserved, not just for those, but for always being so generous and helpful.  You are one of the many folks that make this forum so great.   :beer:

[JonHawaii]

Awesome Steve  :thumb

[mxdadx2]

congrats steevo. my low fuel sensor holding up well. thanks and war eagle!!!

[John Hilmer]

Steve & All,

It seems to me that we should be treated to a couple more images of the entire fleet. Steve is holding back here and we all know it.

Those three are very nice, but could you at some time string out all of them and irritate the neighbors long enough for us to see them all?

Yes, I know it will take up most of the street you live on but I for one would love to see this. :ryan:

Give us a look please, Steve!

John

[Jeff in Franklin TN]

Steve & All,

It seems to me that we should be treated to a couple more images of the entire fleet. Steve is holding back here and we all know it.

Those three are very nice, but could you at some time string out all of them and irritate the neighbors long enough for us to see them all?

Yes, I know it will take up most of the street you live on but I for one would love to see this. :ryan:

Give us a look please, Steve!

John

Yeah really......ya sand bagger.

[John Hilmer]

Steve,

On a serious note without the kidding, I really would like to see an image of ALL of your collection.

When I was down to your home years ago now, that tiny garage prevented viewing most of your restorations.

Don't be shy; a low resolution image of the fleet will obliterate the imperfections that most likely only you would be able to see. Though I doubt that these flaws would be significant you could always take close-up images of flaws to clear the conscience.  :lol8: NOT

Ah, how we show what we have done and what we feel about it is something, isn't it?

Best,

John

[Steevo]

Here's the picture John. I had to clean out the garage anyway (John knows why).

[John Hilmer]

Steve,

Thanks!

Very cool as I see it.

John

[FromMaine]

Let's see.

I'll take the bike in the foreground, first pic.

Don't bother to wrap it, I'll ride it home. ^-^

[The Dutchy]

I had to clean out the garage anyway (John knows why).

Yeah... It's always a mess with multiple V4's in your garage...