Hello everyone, from a new Rune Owner

Hello all,

I am delighted to have found this forum. I just bought a Rune, I am so tickled.

Here is some info about the Rune and his other bike garage mates:

The model is listed as NRC18EB4
vin 1HFSC53J24A000136
Chrome version, back bars and red
Had 0.2 miles on the odometer when I took it.
Purchased from the great guys at Newgate Motorsports in Ogden Utah

I traded a v-rod with under 500 miles and a Kawasaki ZX-10 with less than 100 miles for the bike. It was worth it!

I still have a CBR1000RR(Gunner), CBR600RR(Brady), CB900(Grayson) and soon a Triumph speed triple(Bart?, if Triumph can find an '04 in black SE). So a good variety.

The Rune is named "Al", short for Alaric, the Viking king who conquered Rome. I considered Wotan, but it just sounded funny.

All this impulsiveness started this June when I went to buy a little $200.00 battery operated motorcyle for my 8 year old nephew. It then went to the Vrod and 600RR, next the 919 (CB900), then a ninja 250. The ninja was too small, traded it the next day for a Suzuki Bandit 1200 that the dealer has used, kept that for 100 miles and decided to go to the 1000RR. Next was the Kawasaki ZX10, rode it only a day and just knew it was not going to be "love". While I think the Vrod is a cool bike and the local Harley dealer is First Class I got to thinking about how I was not getting used to the "feet forward" of the Harley. And the rider controls are different than other bikes. So this last Monday morning I went in and said "hurt me if you need to" and drove off on the Rune!

Before this madness, my last bike, 15 years ago, was a Yamaha 650 Seca Turbo.

So I have gone back to riders school and am having a ball.

I have a company that manufactures audio cable in Ogden Utah, and a company called heatshrink.com (yes, another Rune owner can get a "family" discount on heatshrink!) Also do experimental high resolution recordings and acoustics research.

I now have about 130 miles on "Al" and still can't get rid of the "perma-grin".

I am so happy that I found this forum board, thanks to you folks who make this forum possible!!

Ray Kimber