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The Kawasaki Versys 650 (codenamed KLE650) is a middleweight motorcycle. It borrows design elements from dual-sport bikes, standards, adventure tourers and sport bikes; sharing characteristics of all, but not neatly fitting into any of those categories. [3] The name Versys is a portmanteau of the words versatile and system. [4]
The Kawasaki Versys-X 300 is a member of the Versys range and has been manufactured since 2017 with yearly revisions. A 250cc version of this motorcycle is also available in four countries. Kawasaki announced the model in late 2016 as the smallest model in its Versys range of motorcycles, which began production with the 2017 model year.
The Kawasaki Versys is a family of adventure touring motorcycles manufactured by Kawasaki since 2007. Kawasaki Versys-X 250/300, 2017–present, based on the twin-cylinder Ninja 250R/300. Kawasaki Versys 650, 2007–present, based on the twin-cylinder Ninja 650R. Kawasaki Versys 1000, 2012–present, based on the four-cylinder Z1000.
It is named in reference to the four-cylinder motorcycle of the same name also built by Kawasaki in 1976 [1] and was then introduced on the market in Europe at the beginning of 2017. [2] The Z650 was created as a cheaper model than the larger Z900, from which it takes the design and some aesthetic elements.
The Kawasaki Versys 1000 is a sport touring motorcycle produced since 2012 by Kawasaki, equipped with a four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 1043 cm 3 originating from Kawasaki Z1000. [1] This is the largest model in the Versys family, whose name is a combination of the words versatile system .
The Kawasaki triples were a range of 250 to 750 cc (15 to 46 cu in) motorcycles made by Kawasaki from 1968 to 1980. The engines were air-cooled , three-cylinder , piston-controlled inlet port two-strokes with two exhaust pipes exiting on the right side of the bike, and one on the left.
The Kawasaki Z650 (known as KZ650 in North America) was produced as a 652 cc (39.8 cu in) standard motorcycle by Kawasaki from 1976 until 1983. It had a four-cylinder four-stroke , DOHC , air-cooled , wet sump engine positioned across the frame with two valves per cylinder and a five-speed gearbox.
In 1960, it bought a share in the Meguro motorcycle company that since the 1930s had made four-stroke singles up to 500 cc and later twins up to 650 cc for the Japanese and south-east Asian markets. Since 1963, Kawasaki took complete control of Meguro, and the Meguro model K 500 cc four-stroke parallel-twin was re-badged as a Kawasaki.