I'm not well versed in motorcycles as I don't ride. Due to the way the law operates, to ride bikes over a certain horsepower, you need to have ridden for 2 years, or be over 21, so you're stuck on pretty low powered ones.. I think I'll wait.
Anyway, when I was looking (prior to finding this out), I considered the versys and I can say that it was produced before '08.
According to wikipedia, (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Versys) it was introduced in 2007 in the US, and 2006 for Europe.
I personally think they look nice, and the fact they're suited to town driving is ideal. Not slow either, especially compared to my car (insurance is insane here for even the slowest cars when you are under 20).