new versys 250 at 25k with sidebox.. not bad

haiya.... we can never get enough of everything......

Really? Cannot be. For 25k 250cc bike.
It's a stupid thing to omit due to cost. And here I am wondering what else they would include due to the price hike.

The vstrom 250x has ABS.

Braking is done with single hydraulic discs front and rear, with dual-piston callipers while ABS is omitted.

please have no-ABS option else I'll consider older CB500X liao

I suppose it depends on the ABS actuator. I hate the front ABS on my dominar in an off road scenario (understand it was not built for that sort of duty). Everytime my front tyre gets off the ground, ABS is triggered leaving no front brakes because the actuator/sampling rate is really slow to recover. So instead of the front washing out, you get no brakes. . Brown pants moment when going downhill.

Jumping speed humps going down genting will also lead to no brakes to slow down for the corner. Have to be very precise on braking. Can only initiate braking (I tend to trail brake all the time) once the front tyre is firmly on the ground ..if not that 1-2 second delay from the ABS will mean you won't slow down enough or able to transfer weight to the front for the upcoming corner.

i have the first gen v1k. just came back on thursday from a 4.3k km.. 8 days ride of roughly 8-10 hours a day. comfy as hell and bike didnt skip a beat. zero issues while simply cruising, speeding or even rempit-ing in the middle of outer bangkok traffic.

my riding buddy for the trip is on a 2nd gen v1k... he just turned 100k km on the odo on the way back from the trip.

all the generations of v1k has the same chassis and engine iinm. maybe some updates on the suspension. oh n gen 2 above has better engine mounts for reduced vibration. so mine will vibrate more than any other generation.

its a mile muncher thats still very useable as a daily ride. get it if thats ur purpose.

I get abt 300km/tank....full tank is almost rm40 iinm.