Kawasaki Versys 650

Always wanted an easy to ride and entertaining bike and Versys 650 fits perfectly. After doing much of market research on which bike to be brought with under 10 lakhs price range, I picked up Versys 650. I have picked Suzuki V-Strom and Versys and preferred V-Storm over Kawasaki since it was having traction control and tubeless type on spoke wheels but there was no dealer selling premium Suzuki bike in Kochi and nearest one was in Calicut and 4000 Kms service interval made me to rethink the option of V-Storm. Between that, FB post from Triumph Kochi came to my attention and they were offering good discounts and EMI schemes on Tiger XR. I made a visit to their showroom and felt good on showroom experience where you get a good premium feel as customer which was purely missed in Kawasaki showroom. Took a test ride of Tiger and felt good other that the heat management, on the same day called Kawasaki guy and took the test ride of Versys on same route and very much impressed with its performance. Since Tiger is considered the benchmark in adventure touring segment and Versys was matching Tiger performance at-least by 80% and with price difference of around 6 lakhs, I zeroed on Versys, booked the bike same day. Will surely consider Tiger for future upgrades. Coming on to ownership of Versys, service is not that great with Kawasaki, parts are very expensive and not available when required. Seat height is not a problem for me since I'm 5.11. Long distance is easy on the bike since the suspension and riding position is very good which keep you going miles after miles. The bike is amazing and keeps you engaged during your ride which makes big smile on your face. If you are looking for bike to show off with loud exhaust note, high speed flyby etc. then Versys may not be your machine. This bike is made for long distance touring on highways only.