Pirate Vessel

With Its Amazing ‘pirates of the Caribbean’ Artwork and Custom Honda Rune Basis, No One’s Going to Miss This Award-winning Beauty as It Thunders Down the Road.

- Chris Rees

Avast ye! Hornswaggle! Shiver me timbers! Dance the hempen jig! Excuse me, I seem to have come over with a severe case of pirate-speak. Arrrrgh! But then I have been spending time with this blood-curdling pirate ship of the roads: Stephen Probert’s stunning ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ themed Honda Rune trike. 

Stephen owns his own carpet shop in the Brecon Beacons in Wales, having been in the carpet trade for 35 years. How did he get into trikes, then? “I’ve always had motorbikes,” he says, “but I fancied a new toy, so I bought a 500cc Honda trike. I eventually part exchanged that for a Triumph 850cc trike from The TrikeShop but when I called in to see Haydn at Trike Shop, there it was – a Valkyrie Rune 1832cc trike.” 

Honda’s Valkyrie F6C (Flat 6 Custom) is often described as “the original power cruiser.” The Rune variant was launched in 2003 and built exclusively in the USA: it’s a special limited edition model fitted with a larger 1832cc engine and a long, outrageous custom look that really suits a trike conversion.