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Test fleet: Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE Grand Tourer

Thank goodness for decent, modern bike clothing… A quarter of a century ago I was courting my lovely late wife and the kit back then didn’t keep me very warm.

The winter of 1995 saw me commute from Northants to Kent every wintery weekend on a Honda VFR750 and – on arrival at my other half’s pad – I was frozen. Sadly I wasn’t ‘frozen

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