Versys owners checkin - Page 367

Neckrom · 01-08-2013, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigolechalupa

Hey Neckrom.....could you post up a picture when you get a chance??

Here are a few shots. Unfortunatly I was in a low light situation so this is the best I could get. The seat is a standard hight Baldwin with the gel insert. I took the stock seat on the TET a few months back and as soon as I got back I put in the order for the Baldwin. I have put in a few rides in on the new seat and I have put in a 8 hour ride. The diffrence is night and day. The stock seat was prety bad on the TET and I was getting to where I could ride less and less each day of the trail. This seat makes a huge diffrence. No nut cruching and it keeps my Azz from catching fire. You know where you can actualy feel the bones in your Azz!

Full Side view

Top view

Side view close up

Side view close up facing back

Bigolechalupa · 01-09-2013, 05:02 PM

Thanks for the pics guys! That is a fine looking seat

I like the looks better than the seat concepts.......

Neckrom · 01-09-2013, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigolechalupa

Thanks for the pics guys! That is a fine looking seat

I like the looks better than the seat concepts.......

Ya and both of ours are just the black on black. He can do color stitching and different materials but the black on black worked best for me as i do some off roading and i didn't want to deal with mud colored stitching. Man the colored stitching looks nice though.

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sieg · 01-10-2013, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by smolt

I recently bought crash bars and "skid plate" for my Versys. After some looking and reading I got the SW Motech parts. I didn't find an alternative to the Motech skid plate.

Thanks. I like the SW Motech too, they look very "robust". My wife has them on her BMW so I know they are high quality. I wish they would go higher up by the radiator like the Hepco & Becker’s. http://www.motomachines.com/Engine-G...-09_p_980.html But I don’t think the HB’s are as robust. Do you think the SWM’s will save the Radiator? Anyone with the HB’s want to chime in?

jdrocks · 01-10-2013, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sieg

Do you think the SWM’s will save the Radiator? Anyone with the HB’s want to chime in?

Motechs do save the radiator, engine covers too in most instances. my motos have been down 15-18 times with Motechs, something like that, and always rode away.

the HB bars have an unfortunate tendency to fold into the radiator on impact, and there are photos around the forums that show this post flop.

the crossbrace mount hits the radiator first, part of the same assembly that it supposed to strengthen these bars when mounted. the connecting flat also blocks airflow to the radiator that is already known to collect debris or mud. the Motechs don't require a crossbar, and i don't recommend one be added.

never have owned the HB bars myself.

Kevinj110 · 01-12-2013, 05:35 PM

Anyone ever notice a strange almost low whistle while riding their Versys in the rain? I was coming home tonight and noticed it. Oh well.

svenski · 01-14-2013, 11:26 AM

I'm thinking about making a run at a 2009 Versys with 5800 miles. The guy wants $4400 . Needs tires, has GIVI luggage, looks clean and stock in the pictures. Any thoughts? Cheers

Murphy Slaw · 01-14-2013, 04:42 PM

He said "stinkbug".....

svenski · 01-15-2013, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Murphy Slaw

He said "stinkbug".....

Happy to entertain. I suppose I meant "Kawasaki racing, really fast, totally awesome" green. Still looks like a stinkbug to me. Getting closer, but haven't been able pick it up yet. Cheers

reddirtjoe · 01-16-2013, 06:03 PM

Stinkbug check
Green check
Baldwin (with green thread) check

svenski · 01-20-2013, 02:21 PM

Alrighty then, I'm in. Just brought home a 2009 Green Versys. It was pretty much over as soon as I rode it. I think it may have rewired my brain. Although, I am keeping my KLR for riding off road (and to retain my crackpot status). Thanks to all who post here. The info really helps. Cheers

Bigolechalupa · 01-21-2013, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by svenski

Alrighty then, I'm in. Just brought home a 2009 Green Versys. It was pretty much over as soon as I rode it. I think it may have rewired my brain. Although, I am keeping my KLR for riding off road (and to retain my crackpot status). Thanks to all who post here. The info really helps. Cheers

Whooohoo! Welcome to the club :)

svenski · 01-22-2013, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigolechalupa

Whooohoo! Welcome to the club :)

Sorry to post a boring garage shot but there's still a foot of snow outside.
Cheers

samk · 01-22-2013, 09:45 AM

Hiya - I am getting back into riding, mostly dirt experience, really looking at Versys and am wondering what you all think of the ABS. Is it worth the $$? My mentor won't buy a bike without ABS and tells me not to, but a lot of the Versys for sale in my area don't have ABS brakes - maybe that's why they're for sale? I want the bike for short solo rides on back country roads, not a hotdogger. What think you?? Thanks for any insight you can give me.

motopreserve · 01-22-2013, 01:10 PM

I don't think the older bikes had the ABS option. I may be wrong, but NONE of the used bikes in my area had this option when I was looking. While I would imagine it to be a nice feature, once you learn to get used to it (I've yet to own a bike that has ABS), you can certainly have a ball on these bikes without it!

Good luck with the search.

01-09-2013, 05:02 PM	#5492
Bigolechalupa Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2011 Location: Nova Scotia, CANADA Oddometer: 142	seat Thanks for the pics guys! That is a fine looking seat I like the looks better than the seat concepts.......

01-14-2013, 11:26 AM	#5497
svenski Eternally Grateful Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Sunriver/ Bend, Oregon Oddometer: 40	2009 "Stinkbug" Green Versys I'm thinking about making a run at a 2009 Versys with 5800 miles. The guy wants $4400 . Needs tires, has GIVI luggage, looks clean and stock in the pictures. Any thoughts? Cheers __________________ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - H.S. Thompson

01-14-2013, 04:42 PM	#5498
Murphy Slaw Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Southern Illinois Oddometer: 874	He said "stinkbug"..... __________________ The Murph Channel Acoustic Crazyness http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkomGsMJXH9qn-xLKCv4WOg

01-16-2013, 06:03 PM	#5500
reddirtjoe bikehoarder/msfcoach Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Let's Ride some red dirt!! Oddometer: 1,519	Stinkbug check Green check Baldwin (with green thread) check __________________ Nonsense, I have not yet began to defile myself

01-20-2013, 02:21 PM	#5501
svenski Eternally Grateful Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Sunriver/ Bend, Oregon Oddometer: 40	That's right, I said Stinkbug! Alrighty then, I'm in. Just brought home a 2009 Green Versys. It was pretty much over as soon as I rode it. I think it may have rewired my brain. Although, I am keeping my KLR for riding off road (and to retain my crackpot status). Thanks to all who post here. The info really helps. Cheers __________________ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - H.S. Thompson

01-12-2013, 05:35 PM	#5496
Kevinj110 सक्रेद को Joined: Apr 2011 Location: Franklin, Indiana Oddometer: 270	Anyone ever notice a strange almost low whistle while riding their Versys in the rain? I was coming home tonight and noticed it. Oh well.

01-22-2013, 09:45 AM	#5504
samk Adventurer Joined: Mar 2012 Location: CO Rocky Mtns Oddometer: 11	ABS worth it? Hiya - I am getting back into riding, mostly dirt experience, really looking at Versys and am wondering what you all think of the ABS. Is it worth the $$? My mentor won't buy a bike without ABS and tells me not to, but a lot of the Versys for sale in my area don't have ABS brakes - maybe that's why they're for sale? I want the bike for short solo rides on back country roads, not a hotdogger. What think you?? Thanks for any insight you can give me.

01-22-2013, 01:10 PM	#5505
motopreserve Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2011 Location: Brooklyn Oddometer: 110	I don't think the older bikes had the ABS option. I may be wrong, but NONE of the used bikes in my area had this option when I was looking. While I would imagine it to be a nice feature, once you learn to get used to it (I've yet to own a bike that has ABS), you can certainly have a ball on these bikes without it! Good luck with the search. __________________ Kawasaki VersysHonda CL360 ProjectHonda CB 550**Husky TE610 MotoPreserve -- a blog about wrenching on bikes in Brooklyn...

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