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11-05-2013, 12:37 PM | #1 |
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2004 Nomad
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11-05-2013, 03:47 PM | #2 |
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...and it has the hard-to-find 6 speed transmission! That's a steal!
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11-05-2013, 03:57 PM | #3 |
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I wonder why they didn't continue putting that 6 speed on the 1600 Nomads
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11-05-2013, 05:11 PM | #4 |
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They wanted to save money. :\
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11-05-2013, 05:12 PM | #5 |
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It's pretty clean though, even if the idiot salesman (is that redundant?) doesn't know a nomad from a road king.
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12-14-2013, 01:21 AM | #6 | |
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6 spd
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2004 road kings didn't come with the 6 spd.
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12-14-2013, 07:55 PM | #7 |
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It needs the sixth gear cause it's only a 100 c.c.'s.
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12-15-2013, 08:33 AM | #8 |
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12-15-2013, 10:02 AM | #9 |
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The non-riding public thinks that every v-twin is a hog. At least there's no doubt about the Roundel.
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