Nov 15, 2003 09:55 AM
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(Updated Nov 15, 2003 09:57 AM)
Review: VALKYRIE RUNE. Have you ever heard of this name.? It is like Mount Everest in the world of bikes(cruiser bikes). But can put to shame any racing bike(Hayabusa included) on vast american highways.
This is Honda motorcyles' tribute to all cruiser bikes. Man this bike has to be seen to salute the Honda engineers. Honestly even born in a ferrari would love to see this bike(putting brakes on his car not a problem) Dont try to catch it though. It has a neat engine of 1800 cc with six cylinders and two valves per cylinder. I hope the people of the motrocycling world understand what does this mean.
I know this article is not going to help much but I just wanted to put the facts straight.
Number one is Valkyrie Rune.
Number two could be Gold wing or CBR1100XX.
You can always put Hyabusa among the top three.
Then Yamaha Road Star midnight just manages to be at 4
Kawasaki VN 1500 completes my list of top 5 bikes in the world.
I dont want to disappoint Harley Davidson believers(not fans). I have great regard for the most prestigious motorcycle company in the world. I dont have the guts to include their bikes in my pursuit simply because I am an average motor cycle enthusiast and honestly HD bikes are not for average bike lovers. They start from high price tag and have different specifications of their own making and any harley davidson owner would feel insulted if you compare his bike with any other bike from any other company even if those can be put in one category.
If you dont believe then please try motuonline.com. Your doubts should be cleared. Because even this website had not even a single bike from HD stable in any top 10 category so I just inquired through email to the chief architect of this website and he came up with the same answer.
on an average HD bikes start from 10000 US dollars. whereas Hayabusa(i own one 2001 model and has no complaints) which is still the fastest of the block(available for sale) motorcyle in the world is only 10500 dollars.
I can go on and on about this topic but it would make it more boring.
Go my motorcyle lover friends. do the hard work. Do search fo Valkyrie Rune. I have seen it in real and have taken a test ride too in Texas, USA and can tell you that it is 200% of what it looks on the computer. no exaggeration.
Sorry for this ill informed article. But felt bad that my friends are still not aware that old toppers have been replaced.
May be I am just too excited after the test ride or day dreaming.
Sorry friends. Dont curse my for a petty article. I can write a lot better(bragging).
