Kawasaki Concours Forum
Riding => It's not a Concours - other Bikes => Topic started by: Cuda on August 24, 2012, 04:26:14 PM
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I saw my first Honda Rune ... some day I will have to get one , I'll always have a Concours 14 - 15 because It really is a old mans Sport bike ;)
But that Rune is SPECIAL , a town bike, I must be living in a cave to not know they were made in 04-05 WOW.
Has anyone ever driven one?
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Meh. To me it just looks like a flashy, low, impractical, loud, overpriced, heavy, chromed, poor handing, lower-tech cruiser thing.
Wrong forum...
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It is garage jewelry and a cock measuring bike IMHO. ;)
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I agree with the gents above...
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I have always liked them and wanted one. I see it as a 50s retro mobster look. But admit not practical.
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I thought they were ugly, seems to have been the majority opinion of the buying public considering the short run.
Joke back in the day was they took a perfectly good motorcycle and "Runed" it...
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I ride one for 15 minutes or so, I owned a Wing at the time. What a pig. ;D
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That's what they did took a Valkyrie in runed did it. The Valkyrie was a really good bike Till they made the rune. I wouldn't waste my money on it.
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I donno, but with a moderate seat mod, it's not so bad...
(https://dgmtxa.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p0rjldUrbDHo5lsJtsr5GoLSg3oCnZevTqBhqlPDEAhUai1xJg62Nw3PrzaA8cnivLozma8Lxzy_qLYcISfJMazisCiiKZzhc/Honda-Rune.jpg?psid=1)
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I was a VTX guy at the time, mostly because the Valk was too expensive for me at the time. And I agree with the above and the masses...they took a great bike and ruined it.
Wrong forum? Looks like exactly the right forum... "other bikes."
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I thought they were ugly, seems to have been the majority opinion of the buying public considering the short run.
Joke back in the day was they took a perfectly good motorcycle and "Runed" it...
That is funny, never heard that one. LOL
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Actually, my wife loved the looks of it. I forbade her to look at one ever again.
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Forbade? Yeah, right.
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::) ;)
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Wrong forum? Looks like exactly the right forum... "other bikes."
It was originally posted to "The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) The Bike - C14"
Jim moved it.
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Multilanguage for those in other countries...
I like to Move it - Multilanguage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtOSsauJKwI#)
Everyone now!
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It loses nothing in translation. :pukeface:
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I don't know, I kinda like it.
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Meh. To me it just looks like a flashy, low, impractical, loud, overpriced, heavy, chromed, poor handing, lower-tech cruiser thing.
Wrong forum...
Impractical Yeah that is what I LOVE about it ;D
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 ;)
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Something about the front fork just doesn't look right, like its backwards or something...can't be very good for handling. I never cared for it and I guess many didn't either according to the sales numbers. Not many out there, but I'm guessing there may be a few of them for sale these days.
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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
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Wing was the same... until I put on TorqMasters 8)
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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.
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I could do a 2nd gen Valk with the 1800 motor... would be sweet... those 3 into one pipes on each side. 8)
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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. ;)
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Wing was the same... until I put on TorqMasters 8)
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.
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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 (http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_gts1000_abs.htm).
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?? :o It's things like this that sometimes make me
think about the movie Total Recall. :nuts:
Enough about my mental problems, you may now resume the cruiser bashing. :deadhorse:
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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.
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Impractical Yeah that is what I LOVE about it ;D
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!!!
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A Rune, seriously? Fugliest bike ever made. Sold to blind people who somehow passed their driving test. You're joking, right?