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Saw this new 2007 bike on Kaw's U.K. site. The call it the Versys. Looks like they're going after the "Multi-purpose-but-not-quite-dual-sport" market. With last year's Ninja 650 aimed at the popular SV650 crowd, it looks like Kawasaki is taking aim at the SV's cousin, the V-Strom. Interesting looking bike. Here's a pic :

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Too late for that, given that Kawasaki already released a counterpart to the V-Strom, several years ago, The KLV-1000

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this was the Kawasaki badged DL-1000, as the two companies worked together to produce the bike.

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That bike looks like a re-take on the new 650R. I like it. Better than the V-Strom. But that's without having ridden either one of them, so things could be very different afterwards.....

Nice looking bike though. 8)

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The Kawasaki "V-Strom" was discontinued as far as I know last model year as Suzuki and Kawasaki "Broke up" that alliance.. for now.

The VerSys (or Versitile System) is the Ninja 650R in more of a "dual-sport" mode. :D

I've heard it will be coming to North America for the 2007 model year, and if so, you'll know about it on TMW. :D

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The Kawasaki "V-Strom" was discontinued as far as I know last model year as Suzuki and Kawasaki "Broke up" that alliance.. for now.

The VerSys (or Versitile System) is the Ninja 650R in more of a "dual-sport" mode. :D

I've heard it will be coming to North America for the 2007 model year, and if so, you'll know about it on TMW. :D

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Absolutely right Mike.

Should be in Canadian Dealerships this fall (at least according to the latest Cycle Canada)

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Has anyone heard about the Versys coming to the states? My dealer said that kawasaki has not said when it would make it to our epa regulated country.

...asks the guy who just bought a vstrom. :party:

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yep the versys is allready in the Canadian dealerships. so is the KZ 750 s
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Kawasaki is also in the process of developing a 1000cc parallel twin for a Versys 1000. The new engine might already have been developed as Kawasaki has planned to launch a surprise model early in 2007.
http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/News/2007_Kawasaki.htm
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I just hope Yamaha will respond to the Versys by 2008 with an alloy chassis....
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I don't want to talk about about another site but Raptors and Rockets is like the National Enquirer magazine, take it with a big grain of salt. Most their official photos are nothing more than photochops.

It would be nice to see it in 1000cc, but a 1000cc parallel twin? Seems a little unrealistic as that would be the BIGGEST parallel twin ever mass produced then, just think of the counter balancer/fly weight it would need!

Whew! :shock:

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I don't want to talk about about another site but Raptors and Rockets is like the National Enquirer magazine, take it with a big grain of salt. Most their official photos are nothing more than photochops.

It would be nice to see it in 1000cc, but a 1000cc parallel twin? Seems a little unrealistic as that would be the BIGGEST parallel twin ever mass produced then, just think of the counter balancer/fly weight it would need!

Whew! :shock:

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I'd buy a Ninja 1000R :twisted:

My bike with a 1000cc motor... dear god, i wouldn't be able to keep the front wheel down.

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