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2009 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1700 – Road Test Review

Story and photography by Rich Cox

Bike testing for me is most pleasurable in small doses. For touring bikes, my favorite venue is the weekend overnighter. I pick an interesting destination, say within 250 miles of home (the more variety of roads the better), burn the first day rather briskly, then savor the experience with a good night’s rest in a quiet, remote location. Come the next morning, my body and soul usually let me know right away whether my mount provided a pleasant experience to definitely do again…or not.

I recently did a weekender with the 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1700 . I pounded the highway straights, muscled through some twisty passes, even forged out early on a 40-degree morning to do a quick photo session down the mountain. And I must admit I’ve discovered a newfound appreciation for its overall abilities. Maybe that’s because its duties have been simplified. In previous years, being Kawasaki’s sole model with hard bags, the Nomad had to suffice as its front line long-distance tourer. But the newly introduced 2010 Voyager currently takes that position, so the Nomad can now return to being what it was originally intended to be—a very well-equipped, light-duty cruiser-tourer.

Or maybe it’s starting to impress because the bike underwent a multitude of changes recently. Underneath the reworked exterior (side panels, exhaust system and rear fender/ taillight assembly are all new) is a lighter, stiffer, more compact frame; there’s a two-degree steeper steering-head angle which has shrunk the wheelbase by 1 inch, and the seat-to-head-pipe measurement is shorter, which ultimately pulls the bars closer to hand. Almost immediately I felt totally relaxed and comfortable sitting aboard the Nomad, and this feel-good sensation lasted throughout the entire trip. Even the seat is a keeper, my bum says so.

While this Nomad is dimensionally more trim, it’s gained some muscle almost everywhere else. The front fork is slightly larger (43mm to 45mm), and the front and rear brake discs have grown in size. But most notable is the total revamp of the engine and drivetrain. Last year’s familiar SOHC, dual-counterbalanced, four-valve-per-cylinder V-twin received a 9mm stroke increase (bumping displacement from 1,552cc to 1,700cc). Compression was raised a half point and fuel is now fed through larger 42mm throttle bodies. Handling this increased potential is an all-new six-speed tranny with overdrive (replacing the previous five-speed) and last year’s shaft drive was pitched in favor of a belt, probably to help reduce weight and increase smoothness. This engine displays a hint of characteristic V-twin “chugging” power impulses when under load at low rpm, but once underway at speed it becomes a silky smooth performer. Kawasaki claims a 15 percent increase in torque from this engine and I had no problem accelerating around traffic in top gear, even on slight inclines, although two-up and fully loaded it might behave somewhat differently. In spite of the engine’s sophisticated fuel injection system (which, by the way, provided flawless throttle response) gas mileage wasn’t great. Whether I was cruising or flogging it, the Nomad averaged just 34-36 mpg…and that’s on the required premium fuel as well.

I whipped this 800-plus-pound behemoth pretty hard in the mountain passes and felt it was very nicely balanced and controlled overall, and there’s plenty of stopping power on hand. Unfortunately, like most cruisers the Nomad runs out of cornering clearance way before it loses competence. Even with the dual rear air-adjustable shocks pumped to max preload, at full lean little dips in the road produced some pretty hefty bottoming of the floorboards and undercarriage. At a slower pace this is a non-problem, of course.

Word has it that the 2010 Nomad features minimal changes (improved heat shielding for one) so this ’09 model should be a good barometer. Overall, I was very impressed with how the Nomad is pleasing aesthetically and has been refined into a very smooth, comfortable and capable medium-distance tourer.

2009 Kawasaki Nomad 1700 Specifications Chart: Base Price: (2010) $15,199 Website: www.kawasaki.com Engine Type: Liquid-cooled, transverse SOHC 52-degree V-twin, 4 valves per cyl. Bore x Stroke: 102.0 x 104.0mm Displacement: 1,700cc Transmission: Six-speed, hydraulically actuated wet clutch Final Drive: Belt Wheelbase: 65.6 in. Rake/Trail: 30 degrees/7.0 in. Seat Height: 28.7 in. Claimed Wet Weight: (2010) 834 lbs. Fuel Capacity: 5.3 gals. MPG: 91 Octane Required (avg): 35

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2009 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1700

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Bike testing for me is most pleasurable in small doses. For touring bikes, my favorite venue is the weekend overnighter. I pick an interesting destination, say within 250 miles of home (the more variety of roads the better), burn the first day rather briskly, then savor the experience with a good night’s rest in a quiet, remote location. Come the next morning, my body and soul usually let me know right away whether my mount provided a pleasant experience to definitely do again…or not.

I recently did a weekender with the 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1700 . I pounded the highway straights, muscled through some twisty passes, even forged out early on a 40-degree morning to do a quick photo session down the mountain. And I must admit I’ve discovered a newfound appreciation for its overall abilities. Maybe that’s because its duties have been simplified. In previous years, being Kawasaki’s sole model with hard bags, the Nomad had to suffice as its front line long-distance tourer. But the newly introduced 2010 Voyager currently takes that position, so the Nomad can now return to being what it was originally intended to be—a very well-equipped, light-duty cruiser-tourer.

Or maybe it’s starting to impress because the bike underwent a multitude of changes recently. Underneath the reworked exterior (side panels, exhaust system and rear fender/ taillight assembly are all new) is a lighter, stiffer, more compact frame; there’s a two-degree steeper steering-head angle which has shrunk the wheelbase by 1 inch, and the seat-to-head-pipe measurement is shorter, which ultimately pulls the bars closer to hand. Almost immediately I felt totally relaxed and comfortable sitting aboard the Nomad, and this feel-good sensation lasted throughout the entire trip. Even the seat is a keeper, my bum says so.

Of course the Nomad is well fitted with a multitude of creature comforts. Cruise control is standard equipment; there’s a generous adjustable windscreen that offers good upper protection (you look through this one all the time) without causing too much wind turbulence; adjustable levers and padded floorboards enhance comfort and convenience; the new top-loading bags are a big improvement over the previous side-loaders (although they still won’t pack a full-face helmet, but there are helmet locks for that); and any passengers will appreciate the standard backrest, a definite requirement for happy relations.

While this Nomad is dimensionally more trim, it’s gained some muscle almost everywhere else. The front fork is slightly larger (43mm to 45mm), and the front and rear brake discs have grown in size. But most notable is the total revamp of the engine and drivetrain. Last year’s familiar SOHC, dual-counterbalanced, four-valve-per-cylinder V-twin received a 9mm stroke increase (bumping displacement from 1,552cc to 1,700cc). Compression was raised a half point and fuel is now fed through larger 42mm throttle bodies. Handling this increased potential is an all-new six-speed tranny with overdrive (replacing the previous five-speed) and last year’s shaft drive was pitched in favor of a belt, probably to help reduce weight and increase smoothness. This engine displays a hint of characteristic V-twin “chugging” power impulses when under load at low rpm, but once underway at speed it becomes a silky smooth performer. Kawasaki claims a 15 percent increase in torque from this engine and I had no problem accelerating around traffic in top gear, even on slight inclines, although two-up and fully loaded it might behave somewhat differently. In spite of the engine’s sophisticated fuel injection system (which, by the way, provided flawless throttle response) gas mileage wasn’t great. Whether I was cruising or flogging it, the Nomad averaged just 34-36 mpg…and that’s on the required premium fuel as well.

I whipped this 800-plus-pound behemoth pretty hard in the mountain passes and felt it was very nicely balanced and controlled overall, and there’s plenty of stopping power on hand. Unfortunately, like most cruisers the Nomad runs out of cornering clearance way before it loses competence. Even with the dual rear air-adjustable shocks pumped to max preload, at full lean little dips in the road produced some pretty hefty bottoming of the floorboards and undercarriage. At a slower pace this is a non-problem, of course.

Word has it that the 2010 Nomad features minimal changes (improved heat shielding for one) so this ’09 model should be a good barometer. Overall, I was very impressed with how the Nomad is pleasing aesthetically and has been refined into a very smooth, comfortable and capable medium-distance tourer.

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By shuguley , February 15, 2014 in Regent Seven Seas Cruises

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.

Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?

My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

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If you are considering this on the 2015 June Baltic cruise on Voyager; my suggestion is don't. There is so much to do in St. Petersburg and although a train is one of my favorite ways to travel the time would be far better spent in St. P.

Thanks for the advice. Yes, this would be on the Voyager during the 2015 season but not yet sure exactly which cruise.

We did the Moscow excursion "on a different luxury line", but from your brief description it sounds very much like the same trip, so I will operate on that assumption. It is a VERY long day! We left the ship at 5:30 AM and returned at 12:30 AM. The highspeed train trip is comfortable, and while they call it "Business Class" it does not compare well to the equivalent class on say Rail Europe. When we did it in 2011, we did have highspeed both ways, and the trip back seemed much longer as the adrenaline and excitement had worn off!:D

Moscow itself is not that terribly different from any other big city in the world, but this Cold War kid never thought he would ever stand in Red Square, never mind walk the grounds of The Kremlin, or tour The Kremlin Palace, or see (but not visit) Lenin's Tomb, or visit The Armoury. But he did, and he loved every minute of it! Yes, it is a long day, and you barely scratch a scratch on the surface, but it is worth it. There is a tremendous amount to see in St. Petersburg, but every Baltic cruise goes to St. Petersburg, so you can go back if you choose to. Not every cruiseline offers you the chance to see Moscow.

I have not personally done this tour, but our last time in St Petersburg, the private guide that we hired for a day was leading the regent tour to Moscow on the high speed train the next day. He said it was way better than the previous alternative, which was flying to Moscow and back. He said that you actually got to Moscow faster because you didn't have to deal with airline checkin etc. it did seem like a very long day to me, and there is so much to see and do in st. Petersburg that I didn't consider doing it.

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We toured to Moscow from St. Petersburg via the hi-speed SAPSAN train last September, from a Baltic cruise on the Oceania Marina. You need to have a two-night, three day port call in St. Petersburg to take this tour because the tour typically leaves the ship around 5:00 - 5:30 AM and doesn't return until after midnight the next day. We didn't take the ship's tour; we made private arrangements with TravelAllRussia for three days of touring, the first and third days in St. Petersburg and the second day the tour to Moscow by train. Our cost for the private tour for three days was about the same as what the ship charged for the excursion to Moscow alone. There are a number of private tour agencies that operate in St. Petersburg and offer the Moscow train tours; we would strongly recommend them over the ship's tours.

All three days had private guides with car and driver. The second day, the driver picked us up at the ship and took us to the train, but we were alone on the train, and met in Moscow by the guide on the station platform. After our tour and dinner, we were brought back to the train and after the return train trip met by the driver and taken back to the ship. Because you are alone on the train you must have your own Russian visas.

If this is your first visit to St. Petersburg, I would agree there is much more to see there. We found Moscow somewhat a disappointment, particularly Red Square. The Kremlin and the cathedral in Red Square were also worth seeing. But the best thing we saw was the Moscow subway! I worked for the Washington Metro system back in the 1980s as it grew from 40 to 80 miles and although I was in the computer area, I learned a lot about the challenges of running a subway system. We used the Moscow system to get across the city from where we had dinner to the train station, and I was amazed at the cleanliness', speed of operation, the short headways maintained, and the courtesy of everyone involved. A very impressive experience!

We had been to St. Petersburg before, and so had the time to take a day and go to Moscow. Also, I really like trains, and the SAPSAN is a German train set running on Russian rails. Seats are like first class domestic air, spacious but not too plush or comfortable, but with enough room. Not too much recline, and almost 8 hours on the train in two shots is a lot for an old man. They come through and sell drinks, candy, etc. but the sellers don't speak English and no one around us helped, so we had just poor coffee once coming, and brought stuff with us for the trip back. Not too much to see from the train either, particularly on the return when it is night the whole way.

If you decide to go, take a private tour and avoid the overly expensive ship's tour. I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't bother to repeat the tour; we've seen Moscow.

Thanks so much to all of you for the thorough and thought insight. Yhe information you have provided is most helpful.

countflorida: Your detailed post is very helpful. We are not quite ready for a Baltic cruise but should do so within a year. Time enough to do our pre travel research, bookings and visa gathering.:) Thank you!

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.   Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?   My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

I did this on Seabourn. IMO DONT. Take Aeroflop (er Aeroflot). The train has non folding seats where you are literally knee to knee with your fellow passenger (facing each other). Further they don't believe in air conditioning. It's also the worlds slowed bullet train. I think I would have found more enjoyment wandering around the St. Petersburg and Moscow airports.

Countflorida,

This is a little off topic,, however we had planned a river cruise in Russia but decided we would rather stay on land and have booked about two weeks with Travel-All-Russia using the private guide and driver. I'm curious as to how you found them as a tour company.

The guides they provided were fine. We had a different guide each of the days in St. Petersburg, but both were flexible, pleasant, knowledgeable and spoke English very well, as did the guide in Moscow, incidentally. She was a bit aloof, distant, not too friendly, but otherwise fine. In fact, she was the one who suggested taking the Metro, which unexpectedly became one of the highlights of the Moscow excursion. If I have a complaint with AllTravelRussia, it is with their plan and its execution (more later).

I had requested emphasis on World War II (in Russia, the Great Patriotic War) sites and info. In scheduling us, they weren't careful about dates and a couple of the sites we wanted to see were scheduled on the third day, after we'd been to Moscow. But both sites were closed that day of the week, and that info was readily available, right on web sites describing them. Also, the included meals (lunches in St. Pete, dinner in Moscow) were not what we asked for: light meals with some choices, so we could avoid things we didn't like and choose things we did like. My request was ignored; we were given full Russian meals with a fixed menu, no choice. On the first day, a fish dish was the entre, but I am allergic to fish. Fortunately, I had the e-mail I'd sent with me and showed it to the guide, and she was able to change my entre to chicken, which was very good actually. But we didn't want a 3-4 course lunches or dinner (in Moscow). We had the guide drop the lunch the third day, although we never got any credit or refund. But, particularly in contrast to the ship's tours, the prices were so reasonable we didn't worry too much about it.

The people who were on the ship's tour to Moscow saw us boarding the same train for which they were forced to queue up and wait on the way back, and asked us what we had done. I was candid and open so they were not happy when I explained what we had arranged and particularly what it had cost. Also, when we returned to the ship, we found they had laid on a late supper for those who had gone to Moscow, so up we went and had something. Well, it turns out the late supper was supposed to be just for those on the ship's tour, but we and others on 'independent' tours, there were a dozen or more of us, crashed the party, actually got there first, and they didn't realize it until the larger group arrived and there weren't enough tables/places set. By that time, the 'independents' had all gotten served and were eating; what could they do?

A couple from the larger group sat down with us and asked us about our tour, and they were the ones I told about our arrangement and its cost. They turned to others who’d been with them and announced the details, loudly enough so the whole room heard, which started a lot of bitching and complaining. I gathered they weren't very happy with the ship's tour to begin with, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. We finished up and beat it out of there, but overheard later that one of the excursion staff came to check on something and ran into a real mess. I caught a cold on the trip, which forced me to bed the second day following in Tallinn, so by the time we reappeared we heard about the contretemps' but apparently no one recalled who started it, thankfully.

Because of what happened to us, I would probably not use AllTravelRussia if I were to go again, or if I did, I would be sure to get confirmation of every detail of the tour. They do have good reviews generally, and we were certainly helped by their visa department and liked the guides and drivers. Their weakness, I say now with full 20:20 hindsight, is that once the sales person who plans the tour, sells it to you and collects your money, he (or she) transfers the plan to their Russia office for implementation; there is no follow-up to make sure it gets done right. And that is where our problems arose; we paid for a custom tour but got a standard package with a few destinations switched, and no one checked them out, even to see when they were open the day we were scheduled to go. If you check every detail that’s important to you, it should be OK, but that’s a hell of a way to have to do business, in my opinion.

Thank you for the 20/20 hindsight observation on your Russian tour operator, and better priced than the ship's excursion cost.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

We had the same experience as you so far as price. We originally booked a Viking Cruise but, hearing some things about the river cruises that made us unhappy, looked into other options. T-A-R cost the same or less than a cruise and had us in hotels for 11 days. We opted for the private tour. They have three tour levels, based on hotels. We originally opted for the four star as it did not cost much more than the three star hotels. Finally we decided to throw it all in and upgraded to five star. In Moscow we will be at the newly opened Kempinsky which is two blocks from Red Square. In St. Petersburg it is the Grand Hotel Europe, one of the most vaunted luxury hotels in Russia. Location is important for us as the tours use up only part of the day so being in the center of everything for our independent touring is important. As with many other cities, the less you pay, the farther out of the center of town you are.

We have been working with our salesman in D.C. and he seems to get back to us with the changes we want. He recently returned from Russia so is up on everything. When I asked they said they paid the full TA commission if I wanted so I got my usual TA on board so he is watching our back and giving us that extra level of comfort. He also set up our air, which I know pays him little or nothing, and got us business class for much less than T-A-R wanted for economy, though it took working for a while with a consolidator. He's happy to get his 10 percent on this trip without having booked it. He also took care of the trip insurance. We've been doing a lot of research on the CC sister site Trip Advisor and will write a report there. We will, I guess, become a source of info for CC members after having spent 5 days in Moscow and 6 in SP.

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Anybody considering a day trip to Moscow from St. Petersburg on the Sapsan may want to look at our travelogue filled with pictures.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1927687

Very informative. Thanks dor sharing. Jeff

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