You no longer have to buy a Harley to get XM Radio with your new motorcycle.
Washington-based XM announced its second partnership with a motorcycle company Monday: Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA of Irvine, Calif., will now offer an XM system on its Vulcan 1600 Nomad touring bike.
The company has not settled on a final price for the option of having XM on the bike, which retails at about $13,000, XM spokeswoman Marie Farrar said.
XM’s first foray into the motorcycle market was a partnership with Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson in 2005, Farrar said. XM offers the radio as a standard feature on the Screamin’ Eagle Ultra Classic Electra Glide model, and sells an after-market radio customized for Harleys.
XM also sells a portable radio and GPS device that can be mounted on a number of different motorcycle models.
