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Test fleet: Kawasaki Versys 1000 S Grand Tourer

After being locked down for so long I can’t get enough of riding this year, and the Kawasaki Versys 1000 S Grand Tourer is proving to be the perfect bike to rack up the miles on.

Homewards

This month I visited my home region of Galloway in Scotland and clocked up more than 1,500 miles riding on every kind of road imaginable. From the hideous A14 dual carriageway and the M1 motorway to fabulous A roads, twisty B roads, and dusty and gravel-strewn unclassified roads, the Versys sucked them all up without complaint. That is, until me and my mate Morty (on his

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