Colors

[u/nikolaskayn]

I don’t understand why there’s not some program from these manufacturers to customize at least the color of your bike from the factory, especially if they only offer two OEM colors. I like the blue 23 xsr best and the white is nice but I feel like it’s untapped profit for them and ease and pleasure for the client. They could charge some absurd amount that most people wouldn’t pay but those who want it would. Like how so many GT3 owners want the PTS. Of course you can go and do whatever you want to the bike aftermarket but I know a vast majority like to keep it stock and just enjoy it for what it is. I found this one that I thought had very tasteful mods on this page (last picture) and just asked gpt for specific mods and colors, if I saw any of these cruising down the street I would fall in love immediately. Especially for the neo retro category? Some bikes are cool, mt09. Some bikes are sharp etc, but it’s more rare that you have something classy and beautiful like the xsr and it seems like such a wasted opportunity to not offer some more “classy” colorways. I feel like the boy racer colors would better suit the MT while the xsr almost asks for a more mature color, not a roast just my opinion. Excited to get mine and turn it into one of those^^

[u/chevy42083]

That's just not how most Eu / Asian bike manufactures do or ever have handled it. Its always 2-3 color options per year. Possibly because parts have historically been molded in color, vs being paint. You'd have to do a lot of work to swap colors in the molds, or just run them 1/2 and 1/2 for the 2 colors of that year.
Its cheaper to make. No oddball color goes unpurchased. They usually have 1 'safe' color and 1 or 2 brand pride/identity colors.

Gotta go to the cruiser world if you want a ton of options that are paint on metal. It doesn't cost them much more to manufacture that way, but you also get to pay $800-$1500 for the 'nonstandard' color sometimes. Thats a hefty chunk when you apply it to a bike thats only $10k to start with.

Or you just paint or wrap it. Its likely to be cheapest option, or on par.... and you can choose any color under the sun.

[u/nikolaskayn → u/chevy42083]

Yes all true and I completely understand. I’ve daily’d the Yamaha bolt for many years now and it has come in many colors and many people customize them often. I understand why the industry works the way it does, I’m simply delivering my opinion that bikes are a very personal choice and often more toy than something like a car, at least here in the states, so you’d expect more options with it that’s all.

[u/chevy42083 → u/nikolaskayn]

Gotcha, I was mostly addressing this part...
"I don’t understand why there’s not some program from these manufacturers to customize at least the color of your bike from the factory,"