07-28-2021, 11:34 PM
So, my Concours 14 was crashed. oops.
Not by me thankfully! My secondary bike is always kept available on a Riders Share service for people who want to pay me a bit of cash to have a bike for a weekend or whatever. Anywho, the Concours, as it turns out, is just far too heavy and unwieldly for the average person to handle. She was a big big girl. The most recent renter put it down on the highway somehwere north of Savannah GA. Anyway, it's not as if the bike was totalled, but the damage was severe enough that Riders Share basically offered to just buy it off me. Great! now what to do with the cash.....
OH i know!
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2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 LT!! Believe it or not, this bike is actually New-Old-Stock. It was in a crate until a couple of months ago. I am its first private owner. I know what you're going to say....you lost a Concours and got back...half a Concours? It was a calculated choice. I could have cashed in for another big sport tourer...heck the same dealer had a pretty sweet FJR1300...but I got to thinking about it and i was sort of inspired by Ferrets swap from the big FJR to the NC750. my CB1100 is my fun bike. i've even muscled that Concours up and down the dragon with a passenger, and I can say i started to miss the feeling of a light weight bike.
so, enter the Versys. Supremely smooth, peppy, light, and cooperative. the little Twin comes alive at about 6krpms, and transforms from lazy commuter to torquey athlete. I look forward to learning all about this thing. I'm already approaching break-in mileage.
Not by me thankfully! My secondary bike is always kept available on a Riders Share service for people who want to pay me a bit of cash to have a bike for a weekend or whatever. Anywho, the Concours, as it turns out, is just far too heavy and unwieldly for the average person to handle. She was a big big girl. The most recent renter put it down on the highway somehwere north of Savannah GA. Anyway, it's not as if the bike was totalled, but the damage was severe enough that Riders Share basically offered to just buy it off me. Great! now what to do with the cash.....
OH i know!
2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 LT!! Believe it or not, this bike is actually New-Old-Stock. It was in a crate until a couple of months ago. I am its first private owner. I know what you're going to say....you lost a Concours and got back...half a Concours? It was a calculated choice. I could have cashed in for another big sport tourer...heck the same dealer had a pretty sweet FJR1300...but I got to thinking about it and i was sort of inspired by Ferrets swap from the big FJR to the NC750. my CB1100 is my fun bike. i've even muscled that Concours up and down the dragon with a passenger, and I can say i started to miss the feeling of a light weight bike.
so, enter the Versys. Supremely smooth, peppy, light, and cooperative. the little Twin comes alive at about 6krpms, and transforms from lazy commuter to torquey athlete. I look forward to learning all about this thing. I'm already approaching break-in mileage.