Kawasaki Versys 650

Adventure Rider Issue #11

• It’s What We Do
• Touratech Travel 3
• Congregation
• Great Southern Safari
• Industry Players: Miles Davis
• APC Rally Four Day
• Ténéré Tragics
• Ride The Himalayas
• Lefty
• Suzuki V-Stroms
• Kawasaki Versys 650
• Triumph 800XCx Long-Termer
• Reader’s Pic
• How To Ride With Miles Davis
• John Hudson
• BaseCamp Basics
• Wish You Were Here
• Preparing For Adventure With Robin Box
• Readers’ Ride: Perth To Darwin
• Rain Cheque With Karen Ramsay
• Adventure Challenge
• Kangaroo Island
• Checkout
• Contributors

If you can’t have fun on this bike, it’s time you stopped riding.

It’s clear enough looking at the Versys 650L that Kawasaki intends the bike to spend most of its time on the road. A 17-inch front wheel, a whopping great Tokico twin-front-disc set-up, ABS that can’t be turned off and those Dunlop Sportmaxes are all good gear for bitumen burners. Kawasaki even lists the bike under ‘Sport’ on its website, and our test bike was the LAMS-approved model.