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Old 08-01-2011, 06:43 AM   #76
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My pals Valk had a factory cb that came with it and it was quite handy on a few of the rides at the national. Although its something I doubt I would use much on my bike.
Ididn't know that the HD's still had them, I would have guessed they were discontinued by now.
Willie G loved the movie Convoy and the show Movin On. He just loves that CB.
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Old 08-01-2011, 06:43 AM   #77
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My pals Valk had a factory cb that came with it and it was quite handy on a few of the rides at the national. Although its something I doubt I would use much on my bike.
Ididn't know that the HD's still had them, I would have guessed they were discontinued by now.
Willie G loved the movie Convoy and the show Movin On. He just loves that CB.
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Old 08-01-2011, 09:59 AM   #78
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Convoy was Scott's favorite movie so I'm told! Now he can brush up on his CB lingo... By golly!! ::) ;)
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CJ, when you say full factory comm.Is that CB?
Yessir, CB and rider/passenger intercom, also CD/WX/AM/FM/AUX. You know, what one might expect a real touring bike to come equipped with.

I'll probably never use the intercom since I ride alone.

I ride alone. Yeeeeah, with nobody else. You know when I ride alone, I prefer to be by myself.

No you don't!!! You have a constant circle of horse flies wherever you go on your HD Scott!!! ;)
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One of the things that I like about the Nomad is that it doesn't come stock with a radio. I get the safety point for the road captain/sweep communications. Other than that I don't think I'd use it even if I had one. In a group meeting before the ride its customary to agree on hand signals. In a large group, hand signals can get to the whole group quickly without waiting for a "break" in the radio chatter.
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Old 08-01-2011, 10:32 AM   #81
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These are good if you are traveling alone: http://www.findmespot.com/
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One of the things that I like about the Nomad is that it doesn't come stock with a radio. I get the safety point for the road captain/sweep communications. Other than that I don't think I'd use it even if I had one. In a group meeting before the ride its customary to agree on hand signals. In a large group, hand signals can get to the whole group quickly without waiting for a "break" in the radio chatter.
Yeah, at the National sometimes the hand signal didn't make it all the way to the rear and other times the hand signal that made it that far was not the original signal.
So I guess there is downsides to both.
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One of the things that I like about the Nomad is that it doesn't come stock with a radio. I get the safety point for the road captain/sweep communications. Other than that I don't think I'd use it even if I had one. In a group meeting before the ride its customary to agree on hand signals. In a large group, hand signals can get to the whole group quickly without waiting for a "break" in the radio chatter.
I don't know that radio communications is practical in a large group. Certainly for the leader and tailgunner it is, but people riding in formation have enough to worry about besides radio chatter. But for a small group of riders, the ability to chat could be very beneficial.
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One of the things that I like about the Nomad is that it doesn't come stock with a radio. I get the safety point for the road captain/sweep communications. Other than that I don't think I'd use it even if I had one. In a group meeting before the ride its customary to agree on hand signals. In a large group, hand signals can get to the whole group quickly without waiting for a "break" in the radio chatter.
I don't know that radio communications is practical in a large group. Certainly for the leader and tailgunner it is, but people riding in formation have enough to worry about besides radio chatter. But for a small group of riders, the ability to chat could be very beneficial.
And that is why groups should be broken up into smaller groups. I think once you get past 15 -20 bikes at most, it can become unmanageable and dangerous.
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