I did a few youtube clips on that bike. The bike looked all ferocious until you open the exhaust. It sounded like a whimp kid. Bike like that should shake the ground beneath it ! lol

Wing was the same... until I put on TorqMasters   

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.

I could do a 2nd gen Valk with the 1800 motor... would be sweet... those 3 into one pipes on each side. 

Meh.  To me it just looks like a flashy, low, impractical, loud, overpriced, heavy, chromed, poor handing, lower-tech cruiser thing.

Wrong forum...

Yeah, your correct.

But damned, I've wanted one for years.

Wing was the same... until I put on TorqMasters 

sherob, what year of wing did you put the pipes on?  I have a 94 GL1500 and the exhaust is the only thing I dislike about the bike.  Crack the throttle and it sounds like an electric bike.

I must be living in a cave to not know  they were made in.....

Cuda, that is the exact same feeling I had when I heard about the Yamaha GTS 1000.
I mean, was I totally in a coma during the 90s or what?..not to know that bike even
existed until I "discovered it" in 2011??      It's things like this that sometimes make me
think about the movie Total Recall. 

Enough about my mental problems, you may now resume the cruiser bashing. 

sherob, what year of wing did you put the pipes on?  I have a 94 GL1500 and the exhaust is the only thing I dislike about the bike.  Crack the throttle and it sounds like an electric bike.

2006... wind it up in 1rst, and it sounds like a Porsche.  Has a nice humble rumble at speed.

Impractical Yeah that is what I LOVE about it
I've got my business up for sale , 70 + hour work weeks 12 employees , I'm 58 I I'm sick of being practical , I'll just take care of my rentals and be Impractical
Loud ... No It NOT loud
Overpriced ... One just sold on ebay $ 15,000  3,000 miles
Heavy ... yeah so is the Concours , but the Rune's weight is low , with a 26" seat .
Poor handing , you mean Handling? only at 2 mph just like your Concours.
Low tech ?? You are very wrong , you have heard  about Honda before right ?
It has a revised fuel and ignition mapping hotter cam six individual throttle bodies with 12 injectors, yes it gets poorer fuel mileage    than a Concours so what! I don't plan on getting rid of my Kaw, I just LIKE it, yes a Sunday Cruiser.
12.42 seconds at 107 mph in the 1/4 mile yeah it is a real dog, 
My wife saw it and thinks it's Bonita 

+1
I'm looking for a Honda Supermagna 700 or 750, from 1987 or '88. I guess it's like a poor man's Rune. Nothing to do with practical. I like it and it's my hard earned.
Go for it!!!

A Rune, seriously? Fugliest bike ever made. Sold to blind people who somehow passed their driving test. You're joking, right?