Can You ID This Bike

[jon]

Excuse me if the pic was discussed here before. I hope all is well and you were all safe riding this summer.

Just for fun, Trip has promised $$$ money (or free membership to this site) for the first member to identify this bike.

This picture was posted several months ago on the H-D boards and was supposed to be a spy shot of the 09 electra glide. It looks metric to me and does not look like the final H-D that came out a few weeks ago.

I just may not recognize Suzuki, Yamaha or Kawasaki features on a customer's modified bike, but I can't figure out what bike this is. Does anyone recognize this bike or could it be possibly be the long awaited new Kawasaki touring bike???

NOTES: Trunk looks a little like a Venture. Side bags not so much. The rider foot position on the passenger boards could be for comfort or could indicate bad engine heat like the Victory Vision. I do like the handlebar height and the height of the gauges at the top of the fairing. I don't see rear speakers however.



Enhanced:

Dang! It does look like a prototype Nomad with twin cams & hemi heads with central sparkplugs. Ignore the bar & shield on the tamk & look at the water pump. Look at the lower fork legs. Look at THE NOMAD HELMET LOCK ON THE REAR CRASH BARS. Look at the Nomad seat & Nomad turn signals. Look at the bolts where the frame bolts together like a Nomad. But look at the two brake hoses to the front caliper. This bike has linked brakes.

I think it is a slightly disguised prototype of the new Nomad.

[redeye]

DAMN, you have good eyes there Cadd. I can't see anything other than a Blue M/C.

[Yellow Jacket]

Or, it could be a PhotoShop conglomeration.

Either way, it does look good!

[dantama]

Nomad fork leg, brake caliper and rotor



Mystery bikes



Very different from a Harley's



Don't know if it is a individuals cobbled together bike, or if a factory test rider got busted out on a camouflaged bike.

[jon]

I saved the picture on my computer and opened it up and magnified it 400 X. I don't think it's a fake.

I'm hoping it's a Kawasaki. 2005 BMW LT's days will be numbered.

[dank]

If that is the new Nomad, count me in for one.

[jon]

Great eyes! I agree the front wheel assembly definitely is Kawasaki. Could the Kawasaki full touring dream be alive?

Originally Posted by Dan Lund

Nomad fork leg, brake caliper and rotor



Mystery bikes



Very different from a Harley's



Don't know if it is a individuals cobbled together bike, or if a factory test rider got busted out on a camouflaged bike.

[trip]

Originally Posted by caddmannq

Dang! It does look like a prototype Nomad with twin cams & hemi heads with central sparkplugs. Ignore the bar & shield on the tamk & look at the water pump. Look at the lower fork legs. Look at THE NOMAD HELMET LOCK ON THE REAR CRASH BARS. Look at the Nomad seat & Nomad turn signals. Look at the bolts where the frame bolts together like a Nomad. But look at the two brake hoses to the front caliper. This bike has linked brakes.

I think it is a slightly disguised prototype of the new Nomad.

Or the '09 Voyager????

[chuckster131]

I say its the new HD water cooled scooter that has been talked about now for 2 yrs.

[jon]

Originally Posted by chuckster131

I say its the new HD water cooled scooter that has been talked about now for 2 yrs.

If your right, H-D must have stripped all their OEM chrome off this bike for testing because it looks a little plain for a Harley.

Originally Posted by chuckster131

I say its the new HD water cooled scooter that has been talked about now for 2 yrs.

Why would it have Nomad helmet locks?

[jon]

Originally Posted by caddmannq

Why would it have Nomad helmet locks?

I agree:

[misunderstood]

Be nice if it was a Kawasaki, but looks like a Harley emblem on the tank. ::)

[skeeter]

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