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  • Well it's the same deal with cars and the same idea applies which is "money doesn't buy skill/brains". Morons will be morons. People buy things they can't handle all the time. I think the staged license would be better than what we have though.

  • MCN: Get somebody else to do your reviews with more 'decent' accent and pronunciation. This brik ish accent totally terrible.

  • @Matrixxxxist Hey Ass! He's in Europe. He's not in the US and his video is not necessarily intended for US audience. You, like many other of my fellow Americans, need to stop thinking you are the center of the universe. Have you ever left grandmama's home in the hills of Tennesee? There's a big world out there. And it's moving along just fine without you.

  • I think we are divided by a common language.

  • How is the bike going now and have you had any problems since this video, looks like a great bike for the occasional touring run and getting to work on in the summer months. Thank you very much for the review. Did you mention you have a Suzuki 650SV. They are nice bikes, how would you compare that to the Kawasaki.

  • my next bike maybe

  • Wtf does he say at the end about the restriction?

  • Lol just when i thought i was the only one who find it hard to understnad his accent.

  • I couldn't understand HALF of what he was saying... Next time talk to a damn logopedist...

  • nice review. There are no license/cc restrictions in the USA.

  • 3:25: enter, the panavia tornado!

  • subtitles?

  • Here is a tip for you. Always film with the sun BEHIND the camera and the light ON the subject. Your film is full of shadows so we cannot see the bike or you well.

  • and please speak clearly...

  • @chilloutyachting It's called an accent douche. Clean the shit out of your ears.

  • what cc is it

  • in malaysia, we dont really need a licent for big bikes, but versys is not a superbike so you need a licent for this junk

  • @JVL8701

    What do you mean we don't really need a licence for big bikes? Since moving to Malaysia from Australia, I've needed to get a full B-class licence for big bikes. Of course, to some extend, your right...we don't need a licence for big bikes because there are no real cops and no road laws to actually speak of :-P

  • @JVL8701

    What do you mean we don't really need a licence for big bikes? Since moving to Malaysia from Australia, I've needed to get a full B-class licence for big bikes. Of course, to some extend, your right...we don't need a licence for big bikes because there are no real cops and no road laws to actually speak of :-P

  • the fastest speed is 70 mph? not to fast for a motorcycle.

  • @SuperSonicPsykic The Versys' top speed should be around 125 - 130 mph, more or less like the V-Strom 650 that I had the chance to test a couple of years ago. Cheers!

  • in Malaysia, we can have license to ride @ 16years old.

  • I have the same bike and the under seat storage is horrendous!

  • And???

    I am waiting for the next installment. I am close to buying the Versys as my first 600 motorbike, and want to know how it's been going on in the test

    UPDATE PLEASE!!!!

  • 3:16 "There's also space for some spare glasses or other small items under there"

  • Hey thanks! This gave me some good user-info. I'm trying to decide between a Versys and a V-strom 650, and every bit of input helps!

  • Great bike. I've got an 09. I'm 5'6" the seat height was a little bit of an issue for me. Found a lowering kit on line. Now the bike is just about perfect.

  • i cant understand u. please speak proper english.

  • Boy, I think I understood about half of what he said. When will they teach the English

    how to speak proper English?

  • @rcoregon what he said at 3:16?

  • Maybe its time for a review, (long term)!

  • ...so the government in Britain feels it necessary to restrict someone under 21 from riding the motorcycle of their choice... sounds like age discrimination to me

  • @MAK3BELIEV3 I'm 5'6" and I ride a Kawasaki KLX250sf. It has a seat height of 860mm. I can ride it safely. Usually I put one foot down flat and leave the other on the peg. The Versys has a seat height of 840mm even lower than the KLX. Don't let the seat height scare you away. Go check it out.

  • I'm 5'8" and I too ride a KLX250sf. I'm a beginner and the seat height was an issue in August when I started, but now not so much. Like you, I've gotten pretty good at stopping with one foot down and one on the peg. Still, it would be a good feeling to have both feet on the ground while stopped in traffic. I like the Versys, but if I can't sit on it flat footed I'm going to look at something else... maybe an ER-6N.

  • Good review, good video work, but its more of a first or base review, long term would be 6 months to a year, 5000 miles, or a very long 750 to 1500 mile jurney, but very good work, you covered alot in a short amount of time, good work

  • Good review, thanks for posting.

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaa....koliko je dobar....volim ga,samo ne bas u ovoj boji,al ok.

  • nice...

  • @MAK3BELIEV3

    u can buy kawasaki lower seat

  • Very good review, thank you. I like this bike, looks like I may be getting this next year.

  • @Chriswitahawk dude shut the hell up, we have that limitaion so that the new riders dont go and kill themselves.

  • Design is great, but paintoptions are shit! This needs kawagreen.

  • whatever, i'm drooling over this bike. can't wait to buy one!

  • The brits need a 33 hp limitation for the first few years because they drive on the wrong side of the road. Here in america we know which side of the road to ride on so we don't need the limitation.

  • @Vid

    I've heard the factory tires are not all that good, can you comment on this?

  • I wish we had that version in the states, the sun yellow, or whatever color that is. I like it.

  • think the 33hp rule is stupid yes for 6 months but 2 years!!!! I am a mature rider and so passed my test at 18 then 20 years with out a bike when I went back to rideing got a sv650 MORE than enough for first big bike loved it and learning to ride again

    In my book education is the key NOT restrictions!!

    Ride an old R1 now , dont like the play station bikes and still learning !!!

  • Can anyone translate this for me? Seems like a great overall review but I can only understand the gist of what he's saying. All his words sound mumbly & run together.

  • I'd shoot myself versys ride this bike.

  • hey Adrian Mole, so you're testing motorbikes now, hu?

  • Any updates liam?

  • sounds a nice bike, 54 mph on the a1 geeze lol yup that is very scarey.

  • These bikes react really well to suspension upgrades. They actually use a dummy cartridge in one fork. All the damping is done from the one functional cartridge.

  • It looks like a great Bike.Not to sure of the colour thow.

    I have a 08Versys and I think it is a Great bike for sure.

    BTW I wish we had a HP restriction on new riders in Canada

    we have Too many Squids right off there motorcycle course getting GSXR/ZX ect

    wrapping themselves around a pole and then driving my isurance rate up.

    anyway nice Vid

    ride safe

    Cheers

  • Nice one Liam. Good review.

  • The 33hp limit could save a few lives here in America.

    Seems like 'Busas' and 'Gixxers' are too popular for first bikes.

  • @zaph0dbeeblebr0x its basicly impossible to get insured on a busa in the uk if you are under the age of 30. Either that or you need a gold mine to pay for the insurance each year.

    i've ad my full licence for a year and passed my direct acess which means i can ride anything, but insuranc eon anything over a 600 is financial suicide.

  • @zaph0dbeeblebr0x No, people need to die if they're dumb. This is called natural selection, it's a good thing, so embrace it.

  • @SorrellsAV Once you become a father you'll change your views. There's an agrssive market, a kid buys a big bike and gets killed or severely injured, how can that be 'ggod'? In Hitler's view maybe.

  • @Salaminguana I never said death and loss was good in nature, but of course it depends on your view of the picture and understanding of perception. Sadly we're over 7Billion world population increasing at 70-100Million per year. Also we're running out of fossil fuels, and other finite resources at an alarming rate along with global warming. So at the rate we're going it's going to be out of hand before your kids are retired. People think about their family, not world pop/future.

  • @SorrellsAV well, I don't wanna start an issue w/ you, but, as a human beeing and a motorcyclist, the tought of death riding a bike as way of population control sounds 'nazi'. Earth has plenty natural ressources, as long as we don't waste them. Las Vegas spends more energy than Portugal or Greece, p ex.. But that's room for everybody. Cheers.

  • @Salaminguana I would love to argue, but I'm tired of dead end conversations. If someone is stupid enough to buy a CBR1000RR for likely nothing more than to attempt to project/self impose his own manhood, then well, the death of this individual in the scheme of Humanity, progression and all is just. It's called natural selection, look into it. Humanity doesn't have much selection pressure left to force evolution, where as things that do need not be governed heavily.

  • @Salaminguana The only way at this point in the progression of the species to create an advanced, sustainable, and stable society is the recess of current population. Motorcycle bHP laws should be the least of our petty worries as an infant species with a drone to thinker ratio of 200/1. My favorite quote: "The truth shall set you free, but first it'll piss you off". On a last note: I don't wish to create a perpetual argument, thanks. Sincerely, Casey

  • @SorrellsAV Malthus wouldn't say it better :) I prefer a Christian approach, a more unChinese one :) TaKe care.

  • @Salaminguana You might prefer it, but that doesn't mean it will work. Christianity is the biggest scam of all time, not unlike the other religious views of the planet. The Chinese do what they have to to survive as a nation. Population growth if left un checked is exponential, therefore bad. We'll see who's right in 10-20 years, take care.

  • @zaph0dbeeblebr0x Let natural selection take its course- riders who get hurt generally only hurt themselves (not as dangerous as driving a car which can do far more damage).

  • @zaph0dbeeblebr0x Maybe ? How many people do you know that has bought new Haybusa , Or bike like that ? For the most part younger riders can't afford the cost of the bike's, Or insurance. If they do buy a bike as you say, It's an older model. Why would you wan't more laws, Insurance cost alone keep most from buying those types of bikes. Any tickets makes that go up big time. Yes there are bikers that ride stupid, There everywhere in the World, No matter the bike HP, Or type. Being FREE is best.

  • Why were you on the A1 with a 54 MPH bike getting shunted by trucks when you should have been running it in on the backroads? I Don`t take my Neval outfit on the motorways, I chug around the lanes where it belongs, for christ`s sake!

  • @hughjengin Would just like to add, nothing personal, he seems like a really nice guy, it`s just the way the worlds going that I object to...

  • i dont know how u lasted two years with the ristrictors in i had mopeds overtakin me on a zx7r when i had myne in they were soon taken out

  • you rekon a change of pads may help the back brake?

  • my god i love this engine,back in the day,a real long time ago(gpz 500)i had to do a london and back trip from Birmingham,it was sooo sweet then,but with some buzz through the bars,seems the buzz has been sorted for you lot now,but will always be a classic engine.

  • good review. I find the bike ugly from the front tho. everyone to their own I spose. Carry on. Good review.

  • Hi there!!!!

    I am an Indian Citizen here in the UK for my course in Automotive Engineering Design.

    Could you please help me out and understand that how can i get a biker license here in the UK would love to have one you know, and then my age is 24 yrs.

    Please been looking for help, looking forward to your response thanks, Appreciate it cool review though!!!

  • Just get a bike that doesn't vibe ?

    Plenty about that are better and cost less.

  • hi, i have a question, i got my motorcycle license when i got 18 years old, do i have to wait until i am 21 or just two years. by the way i am from luxembourg, but isnt it the same for most countries in europe??

  • 250?

  • Good review. Great camera work.

  • the rear brake on my ninja 650 is very spongy aswell

  • Nice job mate!

  • Kawasaki's break in period suggestion is total b.s. I've talked to a few kawasaki mechanics that have said that following the suggested break in period is actally bad for the bike.

  • Nice to hear a Yorkshire accent. I feel sorry for people who can't understand God's own accent (I'm looking at you, clevername33). ;)

    The bridge at the beginning looked a bit like one in Bakewell, north Derbyshire. made me miss home a bit.

    Anyway, top review. More than just the usual fly-by shots, which is great!

  • Hope to see a vid on your Victory long term test machine soon! keep up the good work guy's.

  • Good review mate down to earth and well said,nice chicken strips though..lol :D

  • Over here Its a diffrent system with Learner and Provisional 1 and 2 your restricted to 150 Kilowatts per tonne so you can ride up to 660cc bike so you have more choice and better than the 250cc restrictions also with the bigger bike you can up the power after passing your Ps without buying another bike in Sydney Australia.

  • 70mph... 33bhp on the motorway not enough to get round... ?? Im finding it a doddle, riding the 125 cbr on the motorway for a year then going 33bhp is amazing =] you feel like god on the ride

  • So you are limited to 33 bhp for awhile in Brittain? Is that a license issue or what?

  • @neworldman330 In Britain there are several stages you have to go through to get a full motorbike license. One of the stages can be (depending on which license route you take), is a 33BHP restricted bike, meaning your license only lets you ride a bike with BHP upto 33.

  • @neworldman330 if you take your test when you're under 21, you do it on a 33bhp bike and are limited to 33bhp for 2 years. Liam's 2 years are up!

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom The information MotorcycleNewDotCom gave is incorrect lol

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom almost the same as here in Latvia :-) Great bike!

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom in 2012 i believe it is changing to under 25's that are limited to 33bhp (UK).

  • @xxGxx46xx wow that would suck for people that wouldnt prat about but wanted to go touring. I think car drivers need the restrictions now not further ones on motorcyclists!

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom I am moving to the uk in the fall for work. I have a full canadian motorcycle license. Do you know if I will have an restriction or have to retake my license there? Thanks

  • @SMSBJM1981

    AFAIK, You will have to take the 2 part test and complete the compulsory basic training (CBT). Only European licences are valid in Europe.

    Not allowed to post links but it's here -

    Dept of transport Learner And New Drivers Riding Motorcycles And Mopeds

    Applies to any non EU licence also

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom In American you can drive a litter bike at 16 if you want to, and you have crazy parents. you can also have a 50. cal rifle, but you have to wait till your 18 to do that. but if you try and drink a beer and your under 21 they throw you in jail, this Courtney is so backwards.

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom haha Brittain's motorcycle laws suck.

    Here in the States if you got the balls to ride it then they dont care as long as up have a learners permit or license

  • @kingman14

    IS that because you have many corners or roundabouts:-)???????

  • @kevinb1115 prolly cause most of us learn how to ride a motorcycle very early in life (5 y/o for me) and yes we have wicked mountain roads.

  • @kingman14

    That was meant to be tongue in cheek

  • @kingman14 such an idiot and he prolly doesnt even know it.

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom

    Same applies here in Ireland - except it doesn't matter how old you are when you take your test. FYI

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom isn't that a European law? Cause in Belgium, it's also restricted under 21 y

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom This is a pretty good idea. Here in the US, we just let anyone buy anything. A lot of noobs get waaaay too much bike for them and learn the hard way.

  • @dahveed284 They will let anybody buy, Just about anything to, They just can't ride them, As Intended. They also have a lot of so called " noobs" as well, Just watch there videos. Just wish the US had the same choice's of bikes as they do. People are the same for the most all over the world, When it comes to acting like a nut. Just my 2 cent's

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom Mine are up on May the 1st :) tho i have spent 1/4 of my 2 years in hospital :(

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom We need that law here in the USA badly. We get a lot of fools getting their Motorcycle license and climbing directly onto GSXR 1000, Hayabusa with modification, or ZX14s with NO experience to qualify them for monster machines such as those... rather disturbing!

  • @motorcyclenewsdotcom that's a way better system than here in the usa. every starts with whatever they choose...many choose the R6...too much bike for most.

  • Wish they had an English speaker to give the review, this guy was impossible to understand. To bad the updated styling on the versys is so hideous. Great bike though.

  • @clevername333 He wasn't the clearest speaker, but his accent was fairly normal, I certainly had no problem understanding him

  • Longterm review? You've had it for a week!

    Good video though, looks like a nice bike.

  • @bfmv580

    It seems he will have the bike for a long term period of review and this was the first update.

    Good video. That color is pretty sweet. WOuld be nice if they had it in the states for sure.

  • Nice Bike

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