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Anyone here got an opinion on the kawasaki 650 Versys?
I had a good look at one today and was very impressed, seems well put together, quite tall in the saddle, high riding position, 65bhp. and at £4495 otr I was seriously tempted, only the lack of a demo ride made me walk away. looks like it would make a great 2nd bike for winter hooning.
any thoughts, anyone ridden one?

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I quite like the look of them - it's a bit like a shrunken Buell Ulysses. :)
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Looks like a simple re-work of the ER600?? A fantastic looking bike for not a lot of money.
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Boxered wrote:Anyone here got an opinion on the kawasaki 650 Versys?
I had a good look at one today and was very impressed, seems well put together, quite tall in the saddle, high riding position, 65bhp. and at £4495 otr I was seriously tempted, only the lack of a demo ride made me walk away. looks like it would make a great 2nd bike for winter hooning.
any thoughts, anyone ridden one?

Steve
The Versys or the ER6 appeal to me but there would appear to be build quality issues (bit like the s then :lol: ) .The Er6 seems to have the reg/rect in close proximity to the (unhuggered :shock: ) rear wheel.
Overall I couldn't see one surviving a bad winter cosmetically intact.
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I don't want to say nothing about the looks...;-) but for winter riding the Kawak is junk o better will look like junk.I read a test in a mag riding it for 25K ilometres (actually it was its street only cousin) and they had a lot of electrical gremlins and the frame was rust-brown...
Cheap maybe,but I guess you get what you pay for.It is probably a good second bike for the summer,though,and so pretty...;-)
As a second bike for winter I probably would go for a even cheaper used 1100GS...
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BMW-Fahrer wrote:I don't want to say nothing about the looks...;-) but
If it's half as bad as your English then it won't be up to much..... :withstupid:

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Ali,you should see my german...
I speak englisch very well but I kann das nicht so schnell...
But your turkish must be even better...;-)
And I thought you liked me since I had only good things too say about the GS...
Salle Malaikum,you see my turkish sucks...;-)
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BMW-Fahrer wrote:Ali,you should see my german...
I speak englisch very well but I kann das nicht so schnell...
But your turkish must be even better...;-)
And I thought you liked me since I had only good things too say about the GS...
Salle Malaikum,you see my turkish sucks...;-)
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OOH, my local dealer is now knocking them out at £3995 otr :shock: thats a grand off list!!
very tempting as a 2nd bike.

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Boxered,.. personally,.. I like the look of the bike. Light, versatile, nippy. Build quality seems to be an issue with all bikes exposed to the UK climate. £4K is good value. Compares price wise to SV650 and GSF650,.. a great 2nd bike,.. or in my case,.. its on my list of RTW dream machines (oh how he dreamed lol)
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