2017 Kawasaki Versys X 300 Adventure
I traded the scooter off for a second new light adventure bike. Light weight (375 lbs.) enough to haul camping yet full size with 19/17″ dual sport tires for some fire road duty. It’s perfect for when the wife or son want to ride along on the twisties here. I got a good deal on it since the 2018’s are already out this was one of the many leftovers the dealers are dumping. It has the Ninja 300 engine which is high-rpm parallel liquid cooled twin at 40 HP. It is light weight and mild mannered yet it will do 75 on the interstate just fine. About a 250 mile range with a 4.5 gal. tank. I wanted the graphite ABS one and it is being delivered on Tuesday to my house when they pick up the scooter. I had them toss in a center stand and it still needs a dual USB power outlet.
You sit upright on this beast and the ergonomics are perfect for me but even my wife can get on it and not be tippy toed. The seat is a few inches lower than my 2014 V-Strom 1000.
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If they get that asthma thing under control the Versys 300 is perfect for us older gents. It rides great but is ultralight weight. My 5’4″ wife pushes it around the garage effortlessly. It also cruises at 75 comfortably and still has passing power.
The best of everything. lol
guns
hunting
motorcycles/power sports
RVing
R/C / Flying
Dog and a cat
two spoiled grandkids
If I had more room a side-by-side would be a riot as well.
I rode both bikes about 1000 miles in total last week. It’s been a 10,000 mile year between the bikes.
Yesterday
DAM
GUNS
DOGS
Motorcycles
This site just can not get any better.
I been everywhere, In Mexico, USA , Canada, fifty one years riding the roads . The big 5 year ride got cut short due to health, Five months before the departure date , I came down with adult onset asthma very bad , Passing out bad ,O2 , and big drugs bad, Ten years in the planning and savings , I got cut short, After four years I can just now go an the ADV sites and look around, Not pissed , Not mad , Just a little sad, It did bring me to the PCP world.
Mike
Yes. The Versys was my 18th motorcycle in about five decades. The improvements are incredible over the years. The ECM (computer) controls everything now. The reliability of the Japanese bikes is phenomenal.
Legend is amazingly smart and forgets nothing. The smartest dog I have ever met and I used to take care of dozens of show dogs in high school and train them. We have always had dogs and have attended many agility competitions at the Purina farms nearby.
He knows about twenty commands and they say he can learn over one hundred and he remembers and executes chains of commands. He often operates off of my facial expressions and hand movements. He senses your emotional state like if you are on a phone call. If you seem worried or concerned he may come over and put his nose in your hand. Sometimes I think I am watching an episode of Lassie from the 60s where a lot of it was staged. lol
My wife watches some of things he does after he thinks about things for a while on his own and just shakes her head. He is only nine months old and decided to stack his toys up next to his bed one day. He gathered about a dozen of them (all of them) up. We wondered if he was cleaning? :rofl: Actually, he is a bit scary being so intelligent. He will sit with his head on the bed if I am asleep and not bother me until I stir if he wants to go out. My wife said she was going to start filming him because people won’t believe some of the things he does. I am waiting for him to start talking. 😛 He is ultra alert to anything we do and ultra sensitive yet he is not fearful. He was heavily socialized to everything as a pup and trained daily by me. You can’t go into another room without him. He is very friendly and harmless but growls at anything outside he sees that is unusual to give an alert. If he wants you to go look he will come and hit your hand with his nose and stare at you. It’s a bit bizarre. Whatever I do he is watching very carefully and he sets up routines and patterns he remembers and follows.
The only negative to the dogs is they need to be brushed once a week but actually shed very little most of the time and they need some heavy duty exercise every day (sheep herders). I established a pattern with him where he runs figure eights in front of me at a good clip for at least 20 minutes every day. He loves that and begs to do it every evening – even in the dark. He may not be great in an apartment unless you are always home and can exercise him regularly. They are high energy but not hyper. He also sprawls out on the couch.
In one of my lives (dog shows)my trainer had a Utility and Schutzhund hound trained Belgian Malinois and Boxer. Very, very smart dogs.
Bikes sure have changed over the years since I had them(60s-70s)another life.
Added crash bars and Madstad adjustable windshield. More FARKLE’s on order.
Beautiful riding day again.
New custom Terry Adcox saddle on the Versys. It’s a slice of heaven.
I just had a custom seat made for the new light adventure bike. It makes riding a slice of heaven. It should arrive on Monday. They use your height, weight, and inseam plus whatever you want to customize the seats. They are very wide with supporting wings and so comfortable for all day rides.
https://www.terryscustomseats.com/
It’s hard to believe Legend looked like this six months ago.
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Not like, love dogs ….. only “like” bikes, “it” don’t love u back.
LOL, my dog understands more words than my old boss I had.
……… just joking with yah Coda, beaut that bike you got …. .. light and nimble I bet.
~ Greg
Greg likes puppy dogs. This is one spoiled dog but very well trained. He is nine months old now and the smartest dog I have ever met. He thinks he owns the place. He knows roughly twenty commands and does some things from my facial expressions alone. Simply an amazing dog and a comedian. He makes everything into a challenge or a game. He can stand and hop on his two back legs (second pict). Amazingly agile too. (and he was only $2000 because he isn’t the right color for show (reddish mahogany and darker shades) but can still do agility competitions – otherwise he would have been $10k – as much as an airgun or five lol) They are a bit pricey because they are somewhat rare in US. He is strange because you can almost converse with him. He is totally alert and focused on whatever you are saying. Honestly, he is smarter than some of my wife’s cousins from the city. 😛
Belgian Tervuren named Legend – he loves to pose
Let’s see your Schnoodle or Pit do that. lol
I have been riding all this this week with the leaves in full color using the V-Strom. The Versys seat is being customized and comes back on Monday. If it was this nice all year round I couldn’t afford to live here. lol
The Missouri Ozarks
Can you spot the winery in the picture?
My backyard
This guy isn’t up to a Razor. lol I just talked to him after test rides and it’s the Polaris hands down.
Love my 2017 Polaris Ranger 900XP with power steering. Clear view doors going on it after we get back from Brimstone Tenn riding our 2015 Polaris Razor 900EPS.
I was helping my buddy shop for a side-by-side yesterday. He is looking at a Polaris Ranger and a Honda Pioneer at different dealers. He likes that the Honda is only 50″ wide for the paths through his woods (50 acres). I think the Polaris was 58″. The little two-seat 4X4 Honda is on sale for $7000 with the DCT transmission. You can leave it on auto-shift or use the paddles.
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I used to love sports bikes, but after riding and fun with Dirt bike My passion got changed into Dirt bikes, now I have two dirt bikes and a Ram 1500 truck which I use for 24 Hour Towing in New York, I have installed the hitch carrier back on my truck I bring my bike to mountain areas and ride there, this is got my passion.