List price:

The text reads

"The Demon's Lair"

"Where the bikes are quick, Life is Fast, and Death will be slow!"

A compilation of information from mcreports (no longer online) on the Rune.

Of course, the above is an artist's drawing of what was to become the bike in the photos below:

List price:

These are the photos I took in the original owner's workshop, you know, first impressions:

As you can see, it has a small dent on the right side of the gas tank.  These are some close ups of the scratches on the gas tank and front fender.  I'm not sure if I'll get them repaired or not, but I will definitely get the paint touched up to make it less obvious!

Okay, I'm going to get it fixed...found a local paint and body shop that came highly recommended from the Honda Dealership for repairs like this (they use him as well).  I was thinking about getting the tank replaced, but at $1,500 plus JUST for the tank, I elected to ask around for other options.

The company is called Street Kreationz, by Drop It Conversions, and specializes in Airbrush, Graphics, Lowering, Paint, and Body Work.  I discussed several options with the owner, Jim Sullivan, looking through a book of his work, and a Chevrolet Corvette he had just drove into the shop, I think this will turn out nice.

Got the bike back on Tuesday, 5/13/08, and it looks like new.  I cannot see where the repair begins (or ends)....he did a great job on blending the repair into the tank and fender.  Total cost for the work was about $1,300 bucks.

The first owner also gave me the original book that Honda sent to each owner of the Rune...  And the CD-ROMs.  While these bikes ran $24,000 to $27,000 new, I got this one at a good price.  So, now, the photos below are after I got the bike home originally.

I finally got the bike cleaned up from the riding I've been doing and took a couple of shots of the finished work.

As you can see, the work was quite nice.  Which is good as the bike gets a lot of attention and thumbs up from people...even while I'm just stopped for a traffic light...on almost every ride!  I took it in a few miles early (at 3,700) for the 4,000 mile maintenance and a new set of tires.  Got it back and the bike runs really well and the bill wasn't near as bad as I expected!

Decided to pick up a half-helmet for the bad-a** look, check this out:

Wore it to and from work and when the sun was out I was SURPRISED how many people got out of my way...  Have no idea why.  The only time I've seen that many people move out of my way is when I have the high beams in the truck and am booking down the road!