research Lentner Cycle Co. in Ottumwa, Iowa. they are a very large HD/Buell dealer for many years. On each bike they have a factory card listing msrp, tax, setup, freight. Each one is taken straight off HD's suggested pricing and nothing is marked up a red cent. Doesn't matter if you're buying a std. sportster 883 or a Screamin' Eagle Night Train. Everything is sold at msrp legitimate pricing. And they can get any bike you want. Same goes for C&C Custom Cycle in Chariton, Iowa. This is the largest HD dealer in the midwest and where I had bought my Sporty in '03. Retail all the way here too. This isn't 1995.
As far as performance goes, I'd have to see your Nomad "light up" a Road King. I would venture to say that it would be real close and I am almost sure the HD is putting out more torque. Anyways, I do not buy cruisers for acceleration. It's okay to be proud of your import cruiser, but do not get the false assumption that it is in the same class as a Harley-Davidson. Because it isn't. You could look at it like a false Rolex compared to a real one. Everyone knows it's a fake. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't function just fine. That shaft drive is a dead giveaway from the real thing.
You can downplay resale value all you want, but you know it's real and that you will not keep that bike forever. Eventually, you will lose money on it. Don't get me wrong though, I do like the Nomad but would never buy one. My neighbor has a VTX1800, sounds like a 350 chevy with his pipes. Sweet bike and is built like a tank. But it's still a Honda and that's it's biggest fault. It's a foreign made cruiser. Kind of like comparing a Toyota Tundra to a Dodge Ram or F150 or any domestic pickup. The Toyota is nice, but everyone knows it has Tacoma underpinnings and is basically a very weak pickup. Their frames are like paper.