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02/26/09 at 12:29:14

New arrival coming soon.

A 2009 Kawasaki Versys will be dropped off this weekend but I want to thank all of you for providing all of your knowledge, understanding and entertainment for the past year.

I still own my s40 but will probably be selling it unless my wife decides she wants to ride, which is highly unlikely.

Thanks again and I'll be lurking...

Cheers,
Chris

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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #1 - 02/26/09 at 13:20:03 Congrats on the new bike. If you were closer, I might consider buying. I want to do a bobber... But don't want to cut "MY" bike apart. :-P
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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #2 - 02/26/09 at 18:01:09 Good luck on the new bike. Be sure to drop a post on how you like it.
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slowfaller Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 59 Near Chicago, IL Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #3 - 02/26/09 at 22:56:23 Will do. I still owe diamondjim some pics of the iso grips on my s40 so I'll post those along w/ some of the new bike. In the mean time here is what the versys looks like and the color I chose.
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #4 - 02/27/09 at 03:21:46 Sweet. Is there a buy one, get one free special going on? I want one!
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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #5 - 02/27/09 at 05:28:16 I like the color!
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Reply #6 - 02/27/09 at 10:12:29

slowfaller wrote on 02/26/09 at 12:29:14:

New arrival coming soon.

A 2009 Kawasaki Versys will be dropped off this weekend but I want to thank all of you for providing all of your knowledge, understanding and entertainment for the past year.

I still own my s40 but will probably be selling it unless my wife decides she wants to ride, which is highly unlikely.

Thanks again and I'll be lurking...

Cheers,
Chris

I really like the Versys and want buy one. Cheesy

33 inch seat height say otherwise. :'(

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'95 Red Savage. Oring grips and pegs, 30" Fishtail muffler,152.5 main, 1/3 spacer mod ,seat lift, Verslagy.

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Reply #7 - 02/27/09 at 10:55:13

That looks like one heck of a machine. Riding position looks comfortable & the rake looks like a handling machine design.
I went & looked at a little of a report, but the video embeded was running, so I left.
Man, thats a sweet machine. Id be interested in knowing the MPG, based on some Less than Enthusiastic riding & then some Serious Lets Have FUUUN! riding. Its gonna be different. I dont know if I could handle the seat height. The Guzzi was a bit tall but after a few thousand miles it got easy to deal with at a stop light.

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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #8 - 02/27/09 at 14:35:13 TRAITOR Just kiddin' Just add FSO(former savage owner) in front of your name,and keep coming around.
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odvelasc Ex Member	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #9 - 02/27/09 at 17:29:32 I think that is a hot bike. I have seen a few here in Canada last year.
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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #10 - 02/27/09 at 20:26:34 Beautiful bike. Stick close. Let us know how things work out.
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Reply #11 - 02/27/09 at 22:29:58

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/27/09 at 10:55:13:

Id be interested in knowing the MPG, based on some Less than Enthusiastic riding & then some Serious Lets Have FUUUN! riding. Its gonna be different.

In an article posted by motorcycle.com they said, "Speaking of fuel, we saw an observed 42 mpg during normal motorjournalist testing antics and a high of 54 mpg one day when the Versys served as a mellow-going photo mule."

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/kawasaki/2008-kawasaki-versys-road-tes...

And I'm not a traitor until I sell my s40. She's still in the garage, for now. Wink

Today the bike was ready for pick up so my brother picked me up and gave me a ride to the dealership (I think the Vulcan 2000 spoke to him).

The service manager pulled up and went over everything on the bike and the the versys was all mine. Now it was 25F and I had about 7 miles to make it home and by the end my hands were very numb but the bike handled beautifully. A lot quicker than the savage but not difficult to get used to. The seat height makes stop lights a stretch but I never felt uncomfortable, I'm 5'11". It's a definite head turner, every light had someone checking it out and one woman asked me to pop a wheelie. Yeah right. Another thing I will love when the riding season arrives is the 5.0 us gallon fuel tank.

Here are a couple of videos my brother took after leaving the dealership.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASnLWcwNFWY&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD1PRqr-lqs&feature=channel_page

Chris

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odvelasc Ex Member	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #12 - 02/28/09 at 19:04:02 hey slow faller. You probably have been riding a long time buuuttt...... Are you not supposed to be riding in the right tire track when in the left lane? lol. I mean the sideview mirror is more likely to catch you there no?
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #13 - 02/28/09 at 19:23:50 Looks cool..well perhaps cold. They are nice rides, on my list should money ever head my way agian. Enjoy your ride; and as to riding style, I also prefer the left hand side so I can see better whats coming towards me and worry less about folks on my right coming too close. How about the rest of you Savages?
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groupus Senior Member Offline Maintenance is as much art as it is science. Posts: 296 PA Gender:	Re: Thanks savage owners and suzukisavage.com Reply #14 - 03/01/09 at 09:29:22 Nice bike. There's something about it that I like even though I don't really fancy sport bikes. First thing I would do would be pull that license plate/turn signal mount off. But then again, I can't seem to put the wrench down A 5 gallon fuel tank would be a welcomed change
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