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Us older infancy members started our own site on FB and have gone on annual rides and "sit around the campfire" like we used to do. This year we are meeting at Chester California for our 6th Rally. All of us fondly remember our Nomads (I had a green/silver 2006) and felt we had a great starting point. We met with Kawasaki reps and told them "a little more power, a sixth gear and cruise control. The original design was great as it was. It didn't happen. My 2006 Nomad is still one of the best looking V-Twin touring/cruisers I've ever seen. Probably the most reliable V-Twin ever made. 2009 they looked totally different and had some issues to boot. But that was OK as we knew Kawasaki's base was the performance monster super bikes and spent all their technology developing them. Their cruiser sector was just an afterthought.
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02-16-2019, 08:21 PM | #18 | |
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02-16-2019, 09:15 PM | #19 |
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Well, the bikes may be old, the forum may not be as popular as it once was, but my 03 Classic 1600 is my 1st ever cruiser and I really like it. I bought it used for $1200 (no 2nd gear, right now) with all the goodies and mods already done. Its my start point to build a custom full dresser the way I want it. It may be an older bike (I got no issues with that), but its a solid, great example of an American cruiser. By the time I get it set up, it'll have my own design mufflers, my own quick release design Nomad bags, my own design for a classic frame mounted (Pacifico Shadow) fairing with stereo, GPS, MP3 input, LED lights, and much more. I figure I can do it all for less than $3k.
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02-16-2019, 11:17 PM | #20 |
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Sold it to my brother who never rides it. :(
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02-18-2019, 03:22 PM | #21 |
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You only missed out if you want to .
I know that there are a good number of Vulcan riders in VA. Use the member roster here and the vroc.org roster and reach out to a few. I'll guaranty you that you'll get a rider or two, then three or four, and on. Or just try the fbook site.
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02-19-2019, 12:41 PM | #22 | |
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Facebook is only good for more replies but 90% are worthless ( i only belong to hunting groups, it might be different for other hobbies). |
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02-20-2019, 05:46 PM | #23 |
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I too do not have a FB, Twitter, instagram or similar account.
If you get BORED, read the AUP/EULA from Facebook. :) You'll know why I am not on FB! (I *HAD* a FB account at one time)... Agreed, this format is for those more focused and concerned with what they post. As MBarr stated, it doesn't take long to know people here. Ride safe brothers and sisters, Smokier |
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02-20-2019, 10:00 PM | #24 |
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Good conversation topic going on here. I will fault myself as a part of a decline in the forum activities as I am more of a reader than a contributor. I will say though I do log on at 4:30 am central time every morning while eating breakfast and at night when I get to slow down a bit, just checking in as motorcycle forums are favored over television or news papers. It is a connection to you folks that I share a commend interest with. We all came here cause we have the love of riding a motorcycle. I don't care what you ride it is that you ride. Be it help doing a repair or just hearing about some ones afternoon ride or a planned ride, I like it. Ride reports are the best! Pictures with any topic,,,, love the pictures.
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02-21-2019, 06:03 PM | #25 |
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ChuckA, 100% agree...
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02-22-2019, 02:29 PM | #26 |
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This is my fifth year of ownership now on my 2012 Vaquero. I can't get enough of it to this day. I put about 3 grand into it for customizing and it still gets a lot of attention when I am out on it and more compliments than my buddy's 2014 Street glide. And it is stone reliable and fun and covers large distances with aplomb. Never happier.
As far as forums go, this one is still the best for honest information and help from other members and I am hoping things stay very well alive here for a long time to come.
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02-22-2019, 10:30 PM | #27 | |
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02-25-2019, 11:24 AM | #28 |
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I think you have it all wrong. It isn’t that there are less riders and therefore less posters here. The format has changed.
I belong to 4 other Kawasaki Voyager and Vaquero groups on facebook. I prefer these types of forums, but the lack of responses and posts here have unfortunately pushed me to those groups more. I dip back in here maybe once a month now, so I have certainly not helped with the situation. I belong to Classic VW forums and a lot of those guys would post on Facebook and I absolutely HATED it and refused to go over to Facebook to see any posts. Luckily, that Classic VW forum is still highly active, so I visit that just about daily and haven’t moved over to Facebook to see that content. I joined here in 2016 and this forum was a lot more active even then, but it seems like the posts here have came to a halt for the most part. Look at this page alone in this topic, it hasn’t switched over to a new one in I don’t know how long and with the exception of the first 3rd of it, the rest of the topics haven’t had any replies in 2 weeks or more, that’s unusual. After my initial posts I haven’t done anything but ride my bike, so I haven’t made any updated posts in my thread and had only replied to a few peoples questions they had since then. I still intend on posting here when I finish some mods and updates on my bike and contributing by helping by answering peoples questions they may have.
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02-25-2019, 12:00 PM | #29 |
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How has the format changed ?
The people that have Nomads still try to answer questions from Nomad owners and Voyager and Vaquero owners still try help those guys. At one time most of the forum members either rode a 1500 or 1600 Nomad. Now add 1700 Voyagers, Vaqueros and Nomads to the mix. Most of the original forum members have never owned a 1700 Kawasaki so if someone does not ask a generalized question about motorcycles how do they answer someone's questions ? |
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02-25-2019, 11:12 PM | #30 | |
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Not sure what original members or nomad 1500/1600 has really anything to do with it since this forum is split up into categories and there are different clique’s within this forum. Like you said, the people that can answer questions answer them. I wouldn’t know a lot about the nomad 1500/1600 so I have little to offer there. I could answer questions about Voyager/Vaquero 1700 as that’s the bike I am familiar with here. Or, like you sad, I could answer generalized questions that aren’t bike specific.
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