Magni Honda MH1 restoration.

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 12:08 pm

Found a old magni honda in Holland in 2014.
The bike has Suzuki wheels and other forks.
Magni is world famous frame builder from Italy.
Arturo magni was the chief engineer of the MV Agusta works race team.
When this stopped he started his own motorcycle factory.
He started to build about 250 frame kits for the honda cb supersport bol d'or bikes.
This bike has frame number 0004 so is one of the first bikes.
Frame is build with chroom molybdeen steel pipes.
My plans are to build this bike back to original with the best parts which i can find in my workshop.
The bike is ready now and i like to share the rebuild here on the forum.
It al started with this,

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 2:02 pm

Wout,

Congratulations on finding such a nice piece of motorcycle history. I am looking forward to watching this build very much. Thank you for sharing it with all of us on CN1100F.NET. Cool

Dave

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:36 pm

I'll give you a hundred for it Wout. m

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:36 pm

Cool, I remember you showing that bike before Wink

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:07 pm

The magni is rebuild together with his brother in the last year.
His brother is shown to you in another topic together with a picture of the yellow bird Laughing

The brother bike came from Switzerland to Holland and is also ready now.
here they are both under construction,

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:09 pm

this is the Swiss magni brother,

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:33 pm

I like the basic looks of that one a little better, but I like thew mods on the other one. I'm not wild about the red and yellow, I called it a clown before. Embarassed

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:33 pm

Seems to me that the accolades not be given so much to Magni, but to the Craftsman that took a very nice frame and turned it into a fantastic machine. Therefore, the true award goes to you in Holland.....great work and a beautiful end result.

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:33 pm

I like the basic colors of that one a little better, but I like the oil cooler, fork, and wheel mods on the other one.

I'm not wild about the red and yellow he came up with, I called it a clown before. Embarassed

Whatever, to each his own. Wink

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:02 pm

here we see the magni frames back after the powder coating.

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:04 pm

Color is one thing that is self expressive Gene and used much more broadly in other parts of the world than in the U.S. Maybe that's why from 79-82 we such a wide range of choices here in the U.S. for our F bikes. You could get yourself a silver one or a black one....Darren's Evo was black, but what he did by adding gold metalflake made it far from boring.....the red and yellow aren't my favorite either but they go good together and he likes it which is all that matters. How it runs and drives is far more important......

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:08 pm

on this picture we can see which frame section you can remove.
you have to remove the middle section when you have to remove the valve cover.

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:14 pm

Now we see the 2 magni frames together with a stock honda cb1100RB frame.
You can see a lot difference in the steering head.

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:13 pm

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you have to remove the middle section when you have to remove the valve cover.

Wow... but since it's chrome moly it should be robust. Is it lighter than the stock frame?

CB1100F Joined: Feb 17, 2009 Posts: 2104 Location: Oz

Size for size it will bend the same about as plain mild steel under the same load up to yield point.

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 5:11 am

the weight is almost the same as the R frame.

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:18 pm

A few rattle cans vht paint on the cb900f engine and new clutch dampers in the clutch basket Wink

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:20 pm

the build up can begin, engine covers are all fresh powder coated.

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:52 pm

this is the result without bodywork,

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:23 am

I love your lift!
You sure do work fast, Wout.

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 2:15 am

Looks awesome! Very Happy

So you're ditching the USD front end and the other wheels and going back to stock?

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 5:02 am

smurdoch wrote:

I love your lift!
You sure do work fast, Wout.

I started the restoration of this 2 magni,s one year ago.
It is easy to rebuild a complete bike with this lift.

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 5:05 am

genesound wrote:

Looks awesome! Very Happy

So you're ditching the USD front end and the other wheels and going back to stock?

Yes Gene this bike will be as stock as possible.
The other magni is the special.
I will show some pics later in this topic.

MB-5 Joined: Aug 04, 2015 Posts: 14 Location: Alaska

Awesome build!

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:50 am

That's looking really really nice!!! Love the bike lift too!!!! Lots easier to work on them like that. I can't wait to see the finished result....

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:51 am

That's looking really really nice!!! Love the bike lift too!!!! Lots easier to work on them like that. I can't wait to see the finished result....

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:09 pm

Ok here is the result,

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:10 pm

i,m very happy with this original MH1.

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:12 pm

I'm amazed by the speed you have worked on the project. Looks really cool!!

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:48 pm

Really nicely well done....