Oh Norway...... a country that I remember very fondly and I will definitely go back there many times, I'm a little jealous that you live in such a beautiful country (well, maybe I envy the summer, not necessarily the winter...) ...anyway....Thank you for the kind words. As usual, there are as many opinions as there are people on the Internet, and of course you are very right about servicing at a dealer. I would gladly do service inspections at the dealer throughout the entire period of using the motorcycle, but as you mentioned, I am an independent "youtuber" (I hate this phrase) / content creator, and this means that I have no sponsors and my income from KZfaq is minimal. And here we come to the heart of the matter. To create content, whether it's about mechanics or travel, I have to invest my own funds for which I work hard, so I try to save on things that I can do myself. As for entries in the service book, KZfaq and my channel are my service book, if you want to check something, watch my video. And when it comes to supporting my dealer, I will only say that every 3-4 years I buy a brand new motorcycle from him and for the next 2 years I service it under warranty, I also buy parts and other accessories from him, so I think that I support him to the best of my abilities sufficiently, at least that's my opinion. Anyway, thanks for this comment, every opinion is important and brings something new to the topic, so I'm glad that I can exchange my opinions with you. Take care.

Thanks for sticking with this channel for so long my friend, I really appreciate it. I'm glad you're another satisfied Versys brother. Take care.

@@MotoAndy many people look for bikes like multistrada or s1000xr, great bikes as well, but too sporty and less touring in my opinion. Versys with 120 ps, it’s perfect. You were the main reason I bought this beautiful Kawasaki

@@uissniper It's nice to hear when people tell me that I am the reason why they bought the Versys and are happy with it, it's a great feeling and belive me you're not the only one 😀. Damn it.....I've become an influencer 😂 . To be honest, at the beginning I was also looking for Multistrada and BMW s1000xr, but Multistrada is too unreliable, and BMW too expensive😖

I mean they’re callf social network for a reason or not? Ahahahah. I’ve done the test ride with both and man, those are grear bikes but over 160 ps, for a tourer?? Too sporty for what you actually need. It becomes demanding to ride’em in relax

You`re very welcome, take care.

Which dealer ?

@@MotoAndy Premium Motors

I've heard about this dealer but I'm not very familiar with it, I buy and service motorcycles from Goedhart Motoren, probably the largest in the Netherlands and in my opinion they are very good technically. Groetjes...

Thanks for the warning Paul, good to know

Generally speaking, I never keep motorcycles for too long, I haven't had a motorcycle for more than 5 years, the second reason was of course the better suspension in the 3rd generation model, another reason was that the 3rd generation has a so-called ride by wire which gives a much smoother ride, especially when adding and releasing the throttle, Versys 2 gen had problems with this and was a bit jerky on the throttle. Plus, it's always nice to have a new motorcycle. Take care

My first piece of advice is "slow down, man" 🙂versys it's not a Ducati Panigale, its a touring machine, my second piece of advice will be change the windscreen, remove handguards, remove crashbars if you have and then check of there is any difference, check the tires, etc, etc

Bem, você deveria se arrepender 😅

Es gibt keine perfekten Motorräder, jedes hat einige Mängel, aber wie man so schön sagt: Jedes Motorrad hat seinen Fahrer. Ich denke, der Versys ist in Bezug auf Service und Ersatzteile viel günstiger als der BMW. Dies ist ein Motorrad für jemanden, der die Welt gemütlich erkunden, aber auch ab und zu eine sportlichere Fahrt unternehmen möchte. Der beste Rat, den ich Ihnen geben kann, ist, einen Versys für das Wochenende zu mieten und ihn einfach zu fahren. Nur Sie werden wissen, ob er zu Ihnen passt.

every 42000

Fuel filter should be change every 24000km but dealers usually replace them after a higher mileage, maybe it's because the fuel in Europe is of good quality and the filter doesn't get dirty, I don`t know, that's a question for the dealer. Valves every 42000km.

In Canada, valves are scheduled at 24000

Interesting

Nope, not really..

Unfortunate reality for the first two years of ownership if you want to maintain your warranty. This chap is more than capable and a great source of Versys servicing videos 👍

Ja, Sie müssen unbedingt mit Ihrem Verkäufer sprechen, meiner Meinung nach verarscht er Sie. Viel Glück

@@MotoAndy Mein Händler meint laut service plan muss noch der Benzinfilter getauscht werden. Aber die machen das nicht weil nach deren Erfahrung ist er noch sauber. Aber bei 42.000 ist er schon schwarz und muss getauscht werden.

The Netherlands

@@MotoAndy we are a magic country... Salaries like far east and prices like far west 🤦‍♂️it's desperate to see that people from west got less prices but got salaries like 5x bigger

In fact, I noticed this while passing through Slovakia on the way to the Austrian Alps two years ago, the prices in a restaurant in Bratislava blew us away. It's a bit like Poland in the 1970s, there was nothing in the stores but no one went hungry, the magic of survival.