Tour Tested: Kawasaki Nomad 1500 Coast to Coast (Motorcyclecruiser)
Model(s) covered: 1998 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Nomad
We've known for a year that Kawasaki was building a tourer based on the Vulcan 1500 Classic. We just didn't know how different the new bike would be from its sibling, a bike we've consistently rated as our favorite big twin cruiser. When the first photos of the Nomad were released, it seemed that the essence of the Classic had been retained but augmented with the addition of the windshield and hard bags. After Friedman spent a day in a pre-production Nomad's saddle (the red bike shown here and in the black-and-white photos), we knew that Kawasaki had gone the distance to build a special motorcycle. We decided to go the distance to test it.
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