Hello from a newbie

[redeye]

Hello & Merry Xmas from Northern California. I am a new member of this board & a new owner of a 2003 1500 FI Nomad. This is not my first motorcycle, I have owned a Honda dream 305, a Harley 45 cu in, ( a retired San Francisco police bike), & my last bike was a Hodaka 100 dirt bike. All of the above were pre 1968. I have been out of the saddle a little while, 40 years to be exact. The wife & I are looking forward to making new friends & new adventures with the Kawasaki. http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

[jussmatt]

Welcome aboard redeye!! Pull up a chair, put on a helmet & hip-waders and enjoy!! I've had nothing but fun since I've joined, so I'm sure you'll find the same!! Also...Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

[lomax]

...welcome redeye...Hope you enjoy your new to you bike as much as the rest of us do.....and Merry Christmas to you and your family.... :)

[fish]

Welcome, I'm somewhat new here also. We were out of saddle for 22 years and I thought that was a long time but 40 years! You can use my training wheels if you need them.

Welcome redeye!

[Yellow Jacket]

Welcome redeye! Don't feel bad about the 40 year hiatus, I went for 34 years between bikes. I hope you love your Nomad as much as I love mine.

Pull up a chair, get comfortable and grab a cool one from the fridge...I think you will enjoy the folks here.

[biscuitsngravy]

Hi redeye!! Glad to see you aboard. Welcome back to motorcycles too. I had a 20 year hiatus myself. There seems to be a lot of grey muzzles with bikes now, and I'm one of them. Welcome again redeye. You'll learn a lot here and have some fun too.
BnG

[ianicky]

Hi Redeye and welcome from another newbie :) I'm sure you will find this site as helpful as i have.

Ian

[socwkbiker]

Hey redeye! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Make yourself at home, grab a cold one and have fun.

[rlfaubion]

Welcome Redeye from another NorCal rider. I was inbetweenst for 28 years, and find the ride more enjoyable today than ever! Maybe get'n off that hardtail was the reason?

Happy New Year!

[vaccam]

Redeye, welcome to the group and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am another newbie, still waiting to get my first good ride in. The gang here are great as others have said. Lots of nice people willing to answer our newbie questions.

Enjoy!

[skyhookman]

Redeye. glad to see you here, always looking for heaps of new info. Have some fun.

[Todd]

Welcome aboard

[ringadingh]

Hello Redeye, and a Merry Christmas also. I also went about 20 years between bikes, but I enjoy riding now more than I ever did when I was younger. Back then I was the only one with a bike, none of my pals had bikes so I rode alone most of the time. Now most of my neighbours have bikes, so we get together for some good rides throughout the season. Enjoy your new bike.

[redeye]

THANK YOU for the warm greetings.

In the near future I will be taping into your wealth of information for advise on doing the basic maintanace on a 5 year old bike.

My scoot is a 2003 1500 FI with 7,900 miles. According to the service records, the bike was last serviced in October 2004 at 7,000 miles. So, come this weekend I will be doing an oil change & changing the coolant. For me, that is a weekend worth of work. Thank You again for the welcome. -Rich

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[dakals]

Welcome from Wisconsin. have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

[donguer]

Welcome Redeye. I too am New here. Hopefully sometime in the near future we can all meet in the middle. LOL
Hey, BiscuitsNGravy, I noticed the Gray here too. We've earned our stripes.

[dogdoc]

Welcome redeye to Nomad Kingdom. i too am a elite member of the grey beard society after a 20 yr hiatus. ENJOY!!!!!!!!! Lone Wolf, No Club

[cactusjack]

Welcome! I too rediscovered riding earlier this year after not riding since 1980 or so. There's a lot of good folks here!

[vaccam]

THANK YOU for the warm greetings.

In the near future I will be taping into your wealth of information for advise on doing the basic maintanace on a 5 year old bike.

My scoot is a 2003 1500 FI with 7,900 miles. According to the service records, the bike was last serviced in October 2004 at 7,000 miles. So, come this weekend I will be doing an oil change & changing the coolant. For me, that is a weekend worth of work. Thank You again for the welcome. -Rich

Isn't it amazing how some of the used bikes sit around unused for so long by their previous owners. Mine had not been ridden for the past 18 months, 900 miles on yours in the past 3+ years. They are like orphans waiting for a good home. Hopefully we "new owners" will put them to good use.

Welcome again redeye...