Rune Fox.....not quite. Our decal on the rear fender was just that....it was a decal....ON TOP of the paint. It was as easy...or probably even easier ....to remove than your raised letters. Just peel it off. So our rear fenders look exactly like yours....free of any Honda advertising.
Yes, we have that same lettering you do on the side covers.
The only difference in the 05 was the raised letter on the rear fender (verses a decal ON TOP of the fender on the 04s.....BOTH easily removed)....and yours says 05 in the VIN and ours says 04. And yours probably cost you more :wink: :wink: :wink: (since you can get a brand new 04 all day now for about 20,000 out the door....)
Of course the 05s also only had the chrome wheel option and the rear bar. Guess those forward bars weren't too popular! I had them on my Black Rune....swapped them out for rear bars. The wifes Red Rune had the rear bars on it from day one.