Thank you 😊✌️

Thank you, glad you liked it!

Thank you for your thoughts! Hopefully I'll get a chance to ride the 2021 models next year - the new standard model will have a nice spec.

I'd be lying if I said that I actually had a choice in which model I rode! But it's good to know that riding the standard model is useful for people out there 😊 Thanks for your comment.

@@RikkyTang Thanks Rikky. Did you took for a spin Kawasaki Z900RS? If not, I would like you to do it, if you`ll have the possibility.

@@RRRRefuelRideRace I have ridden the Z900RS! A video should be out in the next week hopefully. The only problem is that the bike was totally brand new and had zero miles on the odometer, so I had to ride the bike carefully and not use too many revs.

@@RikkyTang Thanks. I am glad that I will hear your opinion about it.

@@RikkyTang The brutal pull and sense of instant torque with just a small wrist movement on the throttle was it more evident on Z900RS than on this Versys? For sure it is the same engine though... What impressions left you with? Thanks Rikky

Thank you 😊

Hi Jim thanks for your comment! As far as I can see, the luggage only comes with the Tourer or Grand Tourer models (which also both come in standard and SE spec).

@@RikkyTang Yeah, my mistake. Just checked and mine is a GT SE. I wasn't aware of that. 🙄

@@jimcook3448 No problem Jim 😊

Cheers, it's fine but do I do fancy the sister more though 😂 I like mine too - I get the feeling that I have fewer vibes than when the bike was new... might just be getting used to it though! And yeah I think you'll get a nice little boost from your new tyres!

Exciting times! 🏍

@@RikkyTang it will be.. but sleepless nights and a tight stomach for the next 10 days.. the 9th can't come soon enough!

Hi David, I didn't go Kawasaki - I am currently riding a BMW R1250R and loving it! I have also recently bought a little Versys 300 which is great fun 😁

I glad that I'm not alone in my issues with screens generally.. I do feel like I'm in the minority sometimes! Outright cost is somewhere the Versys does score points against some of the competition.

True, the 1050 Tiger is a great looking bike! The latest Versys has a lot of toys/conveniences now (if you have the money) and I think - looks aside - it would be a great modern machine to switch to.

Good question, I think I had more trouble with the Versys when it cam to wind buffeting but the 1000SX wasn't a lot better. Having said I think the wind effects different people in different ways depending on their shape and size 😊

@@RikkyTang thanks!

I'm sorry to say that I forgot to ask about the vibration thing when I got back to the shop, and after I put the video out it totally slipped my mind! So, I never got to the bottom of it I'm afraid.

@@RikkyTang My mate said it's something to do with when they are new and the ABS - IMU is learning ????

@@DavidMartin-ru5zt Interesting - I'll ask one of the mechanics at the bike shop I'm working with, see if they know what causes it.

@@RikkyTang Please if you could Rikky , when i got back to my local dealer i'm sure he though i had imagined it ? but I definitely felt something going on .I did only speak to the salesman though.A bloke who I know who's our local bike Guru said it's the ABS calibrating with the ECU,IMU on a new low mileage bike ? it had done 90 mls.Keep up the good work mate

@@DavidMartin-ru5zt I've emailed my contact at the bike shop, I'll let you know in a day or two if they've got back to me with any info.

Throughout this ride I had the Ninja 1000SX in the back of my mind since I'd recently ridden it and I was kinda wondering why there were two bikes with very similar engines in the range and was the Versys anything more than a styling exercise? By the end of the video I realised both bikes had their place and they appeal to different people. Yeah I'm more of an SX man myself 😊 P.S. I would have liked to have ridden the Versys SE but the dealership only have the standard version on the demo fleet.

Terima kasih 😊

@@RikkyTang Sama² .. you're most welcome 😃

In the UK at least, the 2020 base model (non SE) had the standard dash and the TFT was reserved for the SE. I think the TFT comes to the base model in 2021 (along with a number of other upgrades too)

@@RikkyTang Indeed you are correct. Taking a test ride this Sat 2020 model. No 2021 in the US for quit some time I expect according to most dealers. Not sure Skyhook is worth the extra cost really.

Your understanding of English is 1 Million times better than my understanding of Indonesian! 🤣🤣

@@RikkyTang how do you know I'm Indonesian bro 😅

@@SofanersMotovlog I took a look at your channel 🙂 good work, keep going 👍

@@RikkyTang thank bro you do too!

Shaft drive... my current bike is a shaftie and I have no complaints so that is a good shout.

@@RikkyTang I just hate having to fiddle with the damned chain. Oiling it (cleaning it I never bother to do as I found it doesn't prolong the life of the chain noticeably) and having to adjust it and so on. As far as I'm concerned ALL bikes should have shafts and ADV bikes especially.

@@philiplaurell1163 I've just clocked over 3000 miles on my R1250R and it's a joy never have to worry about cleaning/oiling a chain or cleaning off loads of claggy crap that has stuck to the wheels and swingarm 👍

I have to agree re shaft drive. 30 years ago I sold my much-loved Suzuki GS850, on which I had toured Europe. When I came back to biking I knew exactly what I wanted - same again, a bulletproof, smooth and comfortable inline Japanese four with shaft drive. Imagine my disappointment when I found there wasn’t such a bike available. So I tried hard to like the twin- cylinder shaft-drive alternatives from Germany and Italy, but they felt rattly and agricultural, and likely to stall every time I started from a standstill. I kept thinking, if you set out to design the first ever motorcycle in the 21st century, would it have two cylinders sticking out sideways? So in the end I chose the Versys 1000 SE GT, and I’ve now covered 14,000 very happy miles on it. I like the high riding position, the comfort, the big screen, the electronic gizmos and most of all the smooth as silk motor. Also, it has to be said, the value for money. For all that, I will put up with chain maintenance. Having said that, modern sealed ring chains and lubricants are a lot easier to live with than in 1976, when I bought my first bike. The wax-based lubricants, applied to a clean chain and then left to dry overnight, stick to the chain like glue and repel dirt and rain very effectively. Or for touring in mainly dry conditions, a quick spray of dry lubricant every evening to a warm chain also does the job. I guess all bikes to some degree are a compromise. The Versys SE GT was the best for me.