I loved my standard 97 Valkyrie. I put 60,000 miles on it. I went to the C14 because I wanted to go to an ST type bike. If I was in the market for a cruiser I would definitely buy another Valkyrie but not a Rune (unless it came equipped with Walker18's seat mod
). The rune is just too long and too much bling. Too much show IMHO. I would love to see Honda do a gen 2 Valk with the same concept of the original valk, that is to say a naked Goldwing on steroids using the FI 1800 engine, no extra flash, not stretched out wheel base. It should handle at least as good as a wing. That would be one hell of a cruiser.