Owners opinions

[stewart]

New to the site and presently don't own a Nomad. Been considering for sometime now and my biggest concern is all the reports I find about the Nomad being slow.

I mostly will ride solo am 6' 230. When I add passenger weight we'll be right up at 400 and so I'm wondering what else I'd be able to carry and will the Nomad be up to the task?

Thanks,

Stewart

[bluetongue]

Stewart, I ride an 05 and I am wondering what you mean by slow? I am 6' 245 and my wife is no small lady and the bike seems to have plenty of power. I know my bike will not set any land speed records, but how fast you wanna go? I have had my bike to 115 mph and thats plenty fast for such a large cruiser.
I believe the Nomad has a well balanced power band for a cruiser if you want fast look into getting a sport bike.
There are many after market performance parts if you think the stock bike is sluggish or slow. Put it this way I have own several bikes and the Nomad to me is a great mix performance and comfort.

[trip]

I will say that I did a lot of research while I was in the process of buying a new bike. During that time, I never heard from anyone that the Nomad was slow. In fact, it's anything but slow.

I weigh 235. Fully loaded for a trip, I might have 150 lbs of gear. I've never noticed the Nomad being slow. Even in the mountains at high altitude.

I would say Stewart that you can put that rumor to rest. BTW, thanks for visiting the site Stewart. Feel free to ask any questions.

Trip

[stewart]

Thanks for the responses. I should have said accelerates slowly. I have a concours at the present time and that coming from a Suzuki Intruder 1400. The concours is only 1000cc however compared to the Suzuki it is lightning quick from 0 all the way to the limit well beyond 100. I was more concerned about how quickly it will get me to the typical highway speeds here in the Midwest and what speed does it cruise most comfortably at. For example my intruder liked to go 70 and so mostly that's what I did. My concours likes to go 80-90 and so I catch myself there allot. Not for the speed of it but that's just the comfortable cruising speed for the bike. So what brings my interest in changing bikes is my desire to be able to ride two-up comfortably (my intruder couldn't do that, that's why I switched to the Concours) and to have that sweet spot for cruising that is somewhere closer to legal speeds.

Regards and God Bless,

[trip]

stewart,
I recently had a guy write in off my website and say that he was a Connie rider and was considering buying a Nomad. He did later say he went on and bought a Nomad and didn't regret it.

Trip

[rzuni]

I am trying to figure out what is the best way to lift the rear tire on my 2007 nomad. My normal bike lift does not have work with the nomad since there is no frame toward the rear of the bike to lift on without damaging the bike . Lifting toward the center only raises the front tire.

[trip]

Rocky asked me about lifting the rear tire on a Nomad off my website. I directed him here. Any of you guys know of a quick and easy way to lift the rear tire on a Nomad????

[rzuni]

Can the rear crash bars support the weight of the bike. Where do you place the floor jack? I concerned about stability since you are raising from a single focal point

[rzuni]

I will try that, although I am not sure how I will strap down the front end. I do not have an anchor for the front end. Thanks for the info.

[rzuni]

Stewart, My wife and have ridden with a combined weight of over 500 lbs. Returning from the ROT rally we were keeping up with sport bikes at 100 mph on I-35. The NOMAD is up to the challenge. I probably would not want to do this often but she has plenty of get up and go even with the extra weight.

[rebel]

STEWART TO ME EVERYTHING IS SLOW. LOL
BUT A NOMAD WILL DO ANY TASK YOU CHOOSE FOR IT

[dragon57]

I am 200#, my wife is 125#, and we often haul lots of camping gear (all we can fit).We have plenty of power now that I did the power commander3, pipes, and airkit; they made a huge difference!! I wasn't happy with mine when stock, but with these mods, I am now.

[waynem]

One of the customs when leaving an Ice House, here in the area, (I drink Diet Coke) is to stomp on it. I was on the 2004 Nomad, and a friend was on his Harley Fat Boy. We got out on the highway and I nodded to him. We both jumped on it. When he caught me at the next stop light he made a statement something like this, "Wow, i never know your bike was that fast. i couldn't catch you."

I'm 230# - height does not matter!!!!

So how fast and how quick do you really want to go?

semper Fi!

p.s., are there faster cruisers - probably. What is your comfort zone. If it's faster, then you need a different bike.

I did have the PowerCommander, V&H pipes and different Air Cleaner.

[stewart]

All questions about speed and power have been ansered, I'm convinced.

Thank you everyone for your time in responding and for the feedback regarding your varying loads and performance. I'm still dreaming Nomads so I'm guessing it will not be long before I pull the trigger.

Regards, and God Bless.

Stewart

[ponch]

I am 6'5 and 356Lbs and still managed to get a speeding ticket a week after I bought the bike. I have had it up to 100 mph without a problem and my wife is 5'10 and 200 and the bike didn't seem to care.