Kawanow forum membership growing...

[trip]

The kawanow forum membership is now over 60! Thanks to all you guys and gals for logging on and giving us your take on your Nomad.

Trip

[bluetongue]

Trip, I have a feeling that you will see this forum grow even more in time. I want to thank you again for all your hard work creating such a great place for all of us Nomader's to hang out ,swap ideas and first hand knowledge about our great bikes.

[frontwheel]

Just want to say Hey to all of you out there. Just purchased a second Nomad, an 02 to keep in my house in upstate NY. Have an 00 in Florida. Both happen to be set up the same with PC, Vance and Hines and K & N. I looked at all the rest and always came back to my Nomad.

[spork]

Trip,

I have to say that your design and enthusiasm is top notch. You seem to have an eye for the "detail" in what you do. That speaks voumes to what the site will become.

I took notice with TXVROC forum and am so proud of what you guys have done. I am proud to be a part of this group and only hope that I can contribute something useful.

Hope to meet everyone at some point, maybe Eureka Springs! I am counting down the days! Reservations have been made for some time. :)

[trip]

Thanks Guys....actually, it's the guys and gals that log ino Kawanow that make up the best part of this.

[blowndodge]

And now I'm officially #70!! Great site Robert. I really enjoyed your site and your trips on your Nomad. I feel I've gone with you after reading them!

[dip]

Thanks Trip for this site. When I traded my 750 in I was a little concerned about the loss of expert technical advice and the nice folks on the VN750 site. The site was awesome and that group helped me with anything I could possibly imagine regarding my 750. My name on that site was Popsicle - old family nickname.

Anyway, I was really happy to find your site - thanks to Gadget's site. I know the membership will continue to grow; probably even exceeding your expectations. Good job.

Oh yeah - I hope to learn as much in time to maybe make it to your spotlight page. :)

[legend82]

Trip,
Thanks for making a site for Vulcan owners to exchange thoughts and solutions.

[zoom45]

What's Eureka Springs about? I guess I'm behing the curve on what where & when it's about. Great site. I found it from Gadgit's page.
Thanks,
zoom45

[trip]

blowndodge, dip and legend82,
I really appreciate your comments. Thanks for becoming a part of Kawanow and contributing. And blowndodge thanks for taking a look at my Kawasaki page. It represents over 6 years of documented trips as well as videos.

[trip]

zoom45,
Eureka Springs is a town in Northwestern Arkansas that is home to just about every motorcycle group get-together in the US. Well, maybe not all, but that's close.

Northern Arkansas is a mecca for good roads to ride and Eureka Springs sits right in the middle. If you get a chance, ride to Eureka Springs.

[roosed]

:)Hey Trip! As mentioned in a couple previous postings I'm the typical returning mid-lifer and really appreciate the great repository of information!!!

I used to be the web site administrator for a local gun club in Indiana with about 100 active members so I know it's a LOT of work!

Great job dude!
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[trip]

Hey thanks roosed. Actually, the forum is no bother, but the website is going to be a challenge for a while. But, I knew that going in, so it's no problem.

If you guys have any additional ideas for the website, feel free to suggest away.

[jmorrow]

Hello, all Fellow Nomad Riders. I just registered to this forum after locating it on Gadget's Page. What a great forum. I hope to here from all you great people out there. I'll be checking in on a daily basis just to see whats going on and may put my .02 cents in.
By the way, I Ride a 04 Nomad. bought it new in June of 04 & have put apprx. 34000 on the girl so far and haven't done a thing mechanically to her except change the oil/filter and put new treads on. We just returned from a 1700 mile road trip thru the Cumberland & Smokies Mountains (Ar., Mo. Tn., NC., VA., & nipped KY.) on July 9th. Ya'll have a Safe day and stay safe.... Jim

[40shooter]

Hey Jim,
I too ride an '04 nomad. I found the Gadget page and the wife hates it already. I have done a few of the mods from the page and the one that I would recemend is the ignition switch relocation to the left side cover. But When I did it I found a way that you DON"T have to cut any wires and you can save your tool storage space as well.

John in Colorado
40_shooter @msn.com
:)

[jmorrow]

(I hit the wrong button and didn't get to finish my post (sorry).

John, How ya doing man? The ignition is definitely in an awkward area on the 04 Nomads. I would like to relocate the ignition and choke , but I have spent my quota on the Nomad for a while. I will be tackling that project though sometime in the future. What did you do differently to keep from cutting wires? I didn't realize that the relocation took up the tool storage area, I wouldn't like that because I utilize that area above where the tools are stored for extra fuses, headlight, tail-light bulb and a few other handy things. I appreciate hearing from a Fellow Nomad rider. Any Mod's you would like to pass on I'd like to hear about them. Thanks for the reply.........Jim

OK, I hope you guys don't freak. This was the oldest thread in the room and I bumped it for a couple reasons. First, I just thought it was fun to jump into the wayback machine and bring this relic back to light. ;)

In almost exactly 1 year since this thread was started, KawaNOW went from only 60 to almost 1000 members. That's something worth mentioning. http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

Also BD's first post was in this thread; and amazingly it was a serious post! http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

Finally, I see a couple members that haven't posted in a long time but the rest are still regular posters.

OK, history class is over. ;)

[beezer]

I love you guys.(even you BD :-*) http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

[misunderstood]

Just want to say Hey to all of you out there. Just purchased a second Nomad, an 02 to keep in my house in upstate NY. Have an 00 in Florida. Both happen to be set up the same with PC, Vance and Hines and K & N. I looked at all the rest and always came back to my Nomad.


Welcome from TN.

[misunderstood]

Dang just saw the date.............................................

Group hug !! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[fish]

Looks like Trip hasn't aged a day from a year ago ::) http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[trip]

My hair's gotten a helluva lot greyer tho fish. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif Dang CaddmannQ, I saw that first post and thought I was in the Twilight Zone. "We will control the horizontal".......LOL.

BTW, KawaNOW sports 650, numbered members and over 900 members now on the forum.

You guys need to pat yourselves on the back!

[racinchef]

When I first started reading the posts I thought "60" was a typo. Then when I began seeing strange screen names with low posting numbers and 2007 as the date they joined it began to dawn on me (hey give me a break, I'm still on my first coffee). While it is true that the members make up the bulk of what Kawanow is all about it couldn't get there without good leadership. Kudos to you Trip and all the Moderators and staff for all they do to make this a great place to be a part of. At this rate of growth I want to throw my hat in the ring early for "Food Editor" of the soon to be "Places to Eat/Recipes Forum" within KawaNOW http://s2.images.proboards.com/shocked.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/shocked.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

Dang just saw the date.............................................

Group hug !! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

Ummm. sorry. I didn't intend this to be a trap or anything.
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http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif CAUGHT ONE! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[blowndodge]

This does not bring a tear to my eye no matter how feminine you men talk!!!! :-[ :-[

Somehow I just knew that BD's second post in this thread would not be a serious one.

::) http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif ::)

[dantama]

That was kind of fun, wish I knew about it then. :)

Me too, actually.

[Top Cat]

That was kind of fun, wish I knew about it then. :)

OK, Ill admit it. I'm slow.
What was kind of fun ??? Wish you knew about what then ???

KawaNOW. A year ago. When Trip started this thread that I bumped up outta the cellar last night.

[dantama]

It took me a few more months to find it off Gadgets site. Wish I had known a few months sooner.

lol...I thought he left the extra '0' off the '60'!!!

Ya know, I don't remember what brought me here the first time either. Mighta been someone invited me from another board. That was nearly 3000 posts ago, and I've slept since then.

[scion0]

A buddy of mine who rides a Vulcan Classic told me about this site.

[audiogooroo]

I found this site from gadget's site as well. Signed on last October.

[fish]

I think i did a search on kawasaki forums or nomad forums

Hmmm...

I looked back at my very first post for some clue of what prompted me to come here and I didn't find a thing.

It did give me an idea though.

[cactusjack]

I found the URL crudely scrawled on the wall of a men's bathroom near the Port of Long Beach. I think it read: "for a good time, go to http://www.kawanow.org ask for Blowndodge" or something like that.

[ringadingh]

I found the URL crudely scrawled on the wall of a men's bathroom near the Port of Long Beach. I think it read: "for a good time, go to http://www.kawanow.org ask for Blowndodge" or something like that.

I kept dialing that number too. at $2.99 a minute I rang up one hell of a phone bill. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

You mean none of you looked in the phone book under "Macho Chiropractor"?

I found the URL crudely scrawled on the wall of a men's bathroom near the Port of Long Beach. I think it read: "for a good time, go to http://www.kawanow.org ask for Blowndodge" or something like that.


It wasn't me. ;)

Come to think about it, I might have found this place because of a link at Gadget's place posted by some member here, that posted some DIY project there.

I know it wasn't that grafitti in the men's room. I never bother to read those things since I got married. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[oledawg]

I was lucky enough to have Trip send me an E-Mail informing me of the site. As I had E-mailed him thanking him for sharing his pics on his web site which I originally found on Gadgets page. http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif
Been here since. Nice place. ::)

[coacha]

I think I searched for Nomad stuff on the interweb and found Gadget's site, then came here from there...or not.

[skeeter]

Met Trip first in Abilene. In the rain. We had a good time and made new friends.

[Cajunrider]

Found the site on Google looking for Nomad owners.