Some worthy updates:
https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-features/2019-kawasaki-versys-1000-se-lt-first-look.html
https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-features/2019-kawasaki-versys-1000-se-lt-first-look.html
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Well I owned a Gen 1 Versys for 5 years before buying my Super Ten a few months ago, if I had known that Kawasaki were going to make a great bike perfect for 2019, then I probably would have waited.
Agree! My mate has a Gen 2 bike, and it's great. The new updates will make it even better.Well I owned a Gen 1 Versys for 5 years before buying my Super Ten a few months ago, if I had known that Kawasaki were going to make a great bike perfect for 2019, then I probably would have waited.
Some great updates with everything I could have asked for on the 2019 bike, well done Kawasaki!
Seems like it wouldn't be all that difficult to enclose the chain and have an automatic tensioner so no need for adjustments. Man to the moon and all that.With all the rave about ADV bikes I wonder why hasn’t the enclosed chain covers come back? Or covered belts?
Seems to me like a great idea. The last bike I remember having an enclosed chain was the XV920RH but enduros back in the day used them pretty often.
Never ridden a Versys. Plenty of people here have, and they seem to like them. BUT....$18k....chain drive....It might be a great bike, but those two reasons alone....would take it off of my list. And definately would never replace my beloved Tenere.
I had a 2012 Series 1 Versys for 5 years before trading it in for my Super Ten. I have to be honest, the Versys is a simply brilliant motorcycle and if I wasn't offered a pittance by the Kawasaki main dealer, I probably wouldn't have my Super Ten now. I love my Super Ten but there are still some aspects of the big Versys that I miss and I could easily go back, it's that good!Never ridden a Versys. Plenty of people here have, and they seem to like them. BUT....$18k....chain drive....It might be a great bike, but those two reasons alone....would take it off of my list. And definately would never replace my beloved Tenere.
Color yes, and I like the analog tach, but there is an awful lot of black plastic for that size of a screenI like the instrument cluster. It is not boaring, has color.
Huh?I had ta think about that for a bit...but then saw where you are located
Big Versys in 2012= DL1000 V Strom re badged in Europe.
The 2019 Versys 1000 has nothing in common with that bike.. cept engine size
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I had ta think about that for a bit...but then saw where you are located
Big Versys in 2012= DL1000 V Strom re badged in Europe.
The 2019 Versys 1000 has nothing in common with that bike.. cept engine size
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Well....I guess Im an idiot.... I didnt even remember that version. & of course it was never offered stateside. I was thinkin of the KLV1000 based on the Strom & available while Suzy & Kawa were in bed together...but much earlier.Huh?
2012 Versys in Canada was a real Kawasaki 1000 4 cylinder, no Suzuki parts involved. It was a bit ugly with the stacked headlight and bulky muffler and never sold very well. My local dealer still has one in the showroom, 7 year old new stock!
This is incorrect, the big Versys in Europe from 12-15 was an inline 4 with a very ugly front end. The 1000 VStrom was a big adventure style bike that Suzuki made, which Kawasaki also made a version of.I had ta think about that for a bit...but then saw where you are located
Big Versys in 2012= DL1000 V Strom re badged in Europe.
The 2019 Versys 1000 has nothing in common with that bike.. cept engine size
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When I bought one in 2005, Suzuki was painted out with a black marker pen; how pointless. We enjoyed the KLV though - eveyone seemed to think it was a KTM, given they were all bright orange. Poor bottom end fuelling, anything below 4k rpm, always a hindrance, not helped by the gearing, which I think it must have inherited from the Suzuki Widowmaker sports bike. Good value bike though - traded it 3 years/20k later at nominal loss. & cheekily the dealer sold it on at original list within 7 days.The KLV1000 wasn't even made by Kawasaki. The VIN plate still says "Suzuki Motors" on it...