YAN (yet another newbie)

Hi everyone,

New to this forum, thought I'd say hi. New to Kawasaki's, spent 4 days on a green Ninja 250 with my dad in Malaysia, and then bought a green Versys when I came back to Australia. Haven't ridden it much yet (busy, and it's very tall so not overly confident riding it around - getting the seat redone tomorrow by John Moorhouse), but so far am loving it. Had a Suzuki SV650 before this, so the Versys had a very high benchmark to compare against, and so far - Yep, am certainly loving the Versys



Haven't done much to it so far. Dropped the front forks about 15mm to help me to get the bike home, if I can get the seat low enough I would probably think about raising them back up again to stock. Have no idea how to do this though, it looks like I'll need some way of jacking the front of the bike up to do this? Does anyone know?

Apart from that, have installed a 12v Powerlet style socket on the dash, installed an Autocom intercom system and a RAM mount for my GPS on the handlebars. Have also put a flap in front of the rear wheel to stop water and muck covering the rectifier, apparently it's a very common issue for the Versys (or so the UK owners recon). Would like to get a rear hugger sometime, but have no money for that at the moment...

Plans next - H&B top box (Journey 50) and panniers (probably Junior 40's). I believe ginny650 has the top box? Looks the goods, and well priced, I hope it works out well.

Anyway, so yeah - Hi

welcome demuire....

hope u enjoy the bike... the green side is GOOD!!!

hi YAN welcome to KSRC
I used to race an SV650 & they are a great bike & kick arse for a small cc bike, but I prefer inline 4's these days

Thanks for the welcomes Well, the Versys is still a twin (and a parallel one at that). More vibration than the SV650 and a little less smooth on the bottom end, but bucketloads of torque through the midrange (feels like more than the SV even, surprisingly). It's got nice wide handlebars and a very comfortable touring position. Despite the engine vibrations etc the bike does feel a lot more refined than the SV650, and seems to fall into corners a lot easier, which is nice

welcome to the club

Hey Fook

Glad the green got into your blood (I was hoping after seeing your trip pics )

HI TANYA!!!

welcome

hi and welcome!

Welcome buddy

Hey you! What took you so long???

Great to see you here- hope you enjoy the hugger!

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Hi Wendy! It certainly took me awhile, but hey I'm here now Am itching to put the Versys through some dry twisties, I've done almost 400k's on the bike and almost all of it has been highway/city, and more than half of it in the rain!

Hi Wendy! It certainly took me awhile, but hey I'm here now Am itching to put the Versys through some dry twisties, I've done almost 400k's on the bike and almost all of it has been highway/city, and more than half of it in the rain!

Well you should be doing the KSRC ride with us on Sunday!!!!

Haha, if it's anything like any of the group rides I've been on - you'll spend most of the day waiting for me :p I'm very very (very) slow :p

Welcome to the club!