How to out cruise a Harley Davidson with style, with speed and with comfort.
Posted by John Vincent on August 10, 2009
You’ve *never* seen a bike like this unless you’ve seen a bike like this. Exactly like this in fact. Meeting a Honda Valkyrie Rune face to face for the first time is rather like walking into your favourite sci-fi and interacting with the characters. The lines between fantasy and reality just blur around the edges enough to make you wonder what was in that cup of coffee you had 5 minutes ago.
It’s the look of the thing that first grabs your attention. It’s huge, it curves elegantly everywhere and there’s just *so* much chrome! This is one Cruiser that knows which target audience it’s aiming at. Big, brash and glittering it shouts ‘look at me’ with every beat of that throbbing exhaust note.
Let’s be direct about this. This bike is insane. In fact I’m not so sure it’s a bike at all. It’s just a huge 1800cc flat 6 engine crafted into a solid 50′s, retro styled frame. And I *mean* solid! The whole bike weighs in at 350kg but you really would never know it. All the weight is so well balanced and so low in the frame that when you sit on this colossus she feel more like a racehorse.
Take a ride out on a bendy road and she comes into her own. Which I have to admit is surprising for a bike designed for use on the straight roads of the USA. But point a Rune into a bend and she catapults you out the other side with ease. The smooth engine takes everything in its stride and the comfy seat is simply perfect even after hours upon hours of riding.
The only down-side to this incredible machine is the availability. Honda doesn’t make them any more and never officially imported them to Europe either. The only ones that made it to our shores were personal imports. So on the odd occasion one pops up on Ebay for sale or Bike Trader but that’s about it. The only other way of sourcing one would involve a rather costly and lengthy expedition to the USA. Good excuse for a long holiday though I guess.
However sometimes, only sometimes, one of the few of these bikes which were privately imported come up for sale. In fact, right at this very minute, one is sitting in a used motorcycle showroom in Leicester. Sitting and waiting for her next gleeful owner to arrive, to drool and to buy.
Actually seeing a Honda Rune in reality was what shocked me into writing this mini review. I have honestly never seen anything like it in my life. You really wouldn’t be surprised to see a blaster-touting Dredd come walking by and fly off on her at any moment believe me.
But for now she sits there alone with a 13,000 price tag and demands your attention. Not just *your* attention either but in fact the looks and admiration (or consternation) of absolutely *everyone* who walks by. Go take a look for yourself if she’s still there and hasn’t already been sold. It’ll be worth the trip and something you will most probably never see again or ever forget.
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