12-02-2007, 07:19 AM
I have over 10,000 miles on my Nomad now and have found it much to my liking. On some motorcycles you are starting to get tired of them after the newness has worn off, but the Nomad continues to impress me more and more as time and miles go by.
I would not mine meeting the engineers and design team that developed the Vulcan and Nomads , I think they had their heads on straight so to speak and got a lot of things right.
Here are just a few of the things I appreciate about what I consider to be one of the better motorcycles ever manufactured. Most bikes being made today are very good and no doubt include some of these same features, however the overall balanced package found on the Nomad is hard to beat.
1. Majestic feel of ride, combination of engine torque, ridding position, sound of exhaust, overall smoothness, comfort and good handling both at slow and high speeds.
2. Personality of motorcycle. Very mechanical in nature with up close and visible engine, allows you to hear the engine work in a pleasant way, yet very smooth and pulsating, alive.
3. Automatic neutral finder. Use this almost every time I ride. A simple trouble free design using some steel balls in the transmission shaft to make finding neutral very easy without the difficulty found on some bikes of going pass neutral in too second or first gear. Only other motorcycles I know of to have this nice feature were the old British Royal Enfields, and they used a separate lever to fine neutral.
4. Dual electrical charging system. Two alternator windings and rotors, two voltage regulators etc. Two separate systems of 300 watts each giving 600 watts. The wiring diagram looks like if one side of the system failed you could limb in on the other 300 watt system. Goldwinger s know that their bikes have had more than their share of electrical charging system problems, patriotically the 1200cc Wings that had to pull the entire engine to replace the alternator that went bad on a lot of them.
5. I have always liked dual spark plug ignition, aircraft use them and it was a modification that some went to the expense to improve the combustion of the BMW opposed twin.
6. I still prefer shaft dive to the chain or belt on a large road bike.
7. Design of the automatic compression release system. Works so good that many may not know that it exist.
8. Very easy to remove saddlebags. Your will really appreciate this if you every needed to remove them from a GL 1500 Wing.
9. Most components very easy to get to when servicing . Air filter, oil filter spark plugs etc.
10. Combination of rubber mounted engine with dual gear driven counterbalance, works extremely well.
11. Headlight on only after the engine starts feature.
12. Exhaust sound, particularly with the Vance & Hines dual baggers.
Their are more but this is getting a little long. I am sure their are many other things you enjoy about your Nomad other than the above. ENJOY
I would not mine meeting the engineers and design team that developed the Vulcan and Nomads , I think they had their heads on straight so to speak and got a lot of things right.
Here are just a few of the things I appreciate about what I consider to be one of the better motorcycles ever manufactured. Most bikes being made today are very good and no doubt include some of these same features, however the overall balanced package found on the Nomad is hard to beat.
1. Majestic feel of ride, combination of engine torque, ridding position, sound of exhaust, overall smoothness, comfort and good handling both at slow and high speeds.
2. Personality of motorcycle. Very mechanical in nature with up close and visible engine, allows you to hear the engine work in a pleasant way, yet very smooth and pulsating, alive.
3. Automatic neutral finder. Use this almost every time I ride. A simple trouble free design using some steel balls in the transmission shaft to make finding neutral very easy without the difficulty found on some bikes of going pass neutral in too second or first gear. Only other motorcycles I know of to have this nice feature were the old British Royal Enfields, and they used a separate lever to fine neutral.
4. Dual electrical charging system. Two alternator windings and rotors, two voltage regulators etc. Two separate systems of 300 watts each giving 600 watts. The wiring diagram looks like if one side of the system failed you could limb in on the other 300 watt system. Goldwinger s know that their bikes have had more than their share of electrical charging system problems, patriotically the 1200cc Wings that had to pull the entire engine to replace the alternator that went bad on a lot of them.
5. I have always liked dual spark plug ignition, aircraft use them and it was a modification that some went to the expense to improve the combustion of the BMW opposed twin.
6. I still prefer shaft dive to the chain or belt on a large road bike.
7. Design of the automatic compression release system. Works so good that many may not know that it exist.
8. Very easy to remove saddlebags. Your will really appreciate this if you every needed to remove them from a GL 1500 Wing.
9. Most components very easy to get to when servicing . Air filter, oil filter spark plugs etc.
10. Combination of rubber mounted engine with dual gear driven counterbalance, works extremely well.
11. Headlight on only after the engine starts feature.
12. Exhaust sound, particularly with the Vance & Hines dual baggers.
Their are more but this is getting a little long. I am sure their are many other things you enjoy about your Nomad other than the above. ENJOY