Kawasaki Versys Adventure

I sure hope the Yamaha Super Tenere sells well in the US despite the recession and that Kawasaki pays attention to some of the mods done to the Versys.

It would be nice to eventually get a modern decently powered, middle weight adventure bike for folks whose blood runs 'green'.

The KLR is cool, but modern it is not.

Not that the Versys can't be an adventure bike. But some assembly is required (though, thats half the fun of it)

What he said.......

Which part??

my versys adventure with many home made parts ,side case ,skid plate ,hand guard,fork and wheels front and rear swap

play with my bike today (350 km)





how is the better for play today ????

Awesome Versys transformation!
Are those DRZ forks? And the triple clamp? What size tires (front an drear) are you running?

rear stock drz 18 in (t 63),front stock drz 21 in (tire d606 )
and adaptor are made for fit some wheel on fork(sproket disk breake.....)

hi gang ,this week i put a full album of himself built of a kawa versys adventure my friend name is bike super tengai
the side case a him self built with alu 1/16 ,only 12 pounds each,i made and adaptor for fit on givi monokey rack







this 21 in rim is made for fit direct on stock fork ,only braket for up front fender and remove one caliper at left and use banjo bolt for fix hose at right caliper

this kit is sold with out disk breake (stock on your stock wheel),with breaket for up the fender

the make is warp 9, 1.60x21 and is great shape with out puck on rim ,price 500$can is stock on my shop in quebec canada

Very cool.

Thumb up....

+1.

Where can I get those 'PowerMad' handguards?

That is pretty cool. Heres a nice shot of JDRocks bike dirt roading over in WVA.

Marguyo, Nice Versys, caused me to add one to my short list. Thanks

Hi guys..

here's my Versys that is slowly morphing into an adversys in readiness for a round the world trip next year..

I'm saving hard, but tempering that with what I need to spend to sort out the bike and paperwork and... well just stuff I need to do !

The bike has had a few minor mods so far..

I'm off work in August and plan to get the bash plate and some crash bars sorted..Look at fitting an alternative shock, mount some spotlights and the pannier racks .. I have a set of DARR BOX ali panniers and have fitted a radiator guard.. upper and lower mudguard off a KTM950SM, a set of brush guards, heated grips, an MRA screen and added some addition foam to the seat to lift it a bit more for my extra long legs!

Heres the progress so far..


I'm running maxxis supermotard tyres at the moment to see how they manage with mileage ... but got to think about some more off road orientated rubber.

ADVERSYS........

I LOVE it.

Hey there.
Does anyone have a list of exhausts that fit (can relatively easily be made to fit) the Versys, but have the exhaust higher up the bike; so it is capable of water-crossings, etc.

Sorry mcmann, for putting you down using the term 'my AdVersys'. This isn't meant as an offense, but I think, it should only to be used by kajj:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=766979&page=14
I lead you to start reading and especially looking at the pics near to the actual end of the build-thread to show you and all the Versys riders what a nice bike your's could be. That it's a good one seems to be undeniable!
Sorry, I'm such a great fan of kajj's build and I think, that Kawasaki would be wise to copy it (and pay him for the idea!!!).
Kind regards from Germany, Bambi

gee, that's a good idea, but is Kawasaki going to pay Tony, me, and all the rest too?

i happen to like Kajj's build, and it is very nicely executed, but hardly new ground when it was built.

Thanks for the comments guys. And yes Kawasaki should design something lika our builds. But I can hardly get all the credit for the idea.
I am a big fan of jdrocks gravel runner and most of the major things I have done have been copied from his build (forks, front wheel etc).
I just gave it my own touch.

Hey jd. Have you sold the V649hp? Whats next?

Finally Added high fender:

Looks nice!

What fender is that?