Paintschemes

Ok folks,

Since i've been on this forum one thing i've noticed which was a bit of an eye opener for me was the fact that Honda do different paint schemes depending on where you are in the world.

I'm originally from the UK now residing in Sweden, and the paint schemes up here are the same as they are in the UK, or more likely, a European paint spec which for this year is metallic cherry red, silver and metallic black. Also the badges on the bikes are in a completely different position to you guys across the pond as the euro spec machines don't have 'Interceptor' written anywhere on the bike.

Imagine my shock when i saw a white VFR 800. My personal opinion of this scheme is that Honda got bored and couldn't be bothered to think up a colour as i think it looks incredibly bland and unfinished, like it's waiting for a good paint scheme to come along (sorry to those who like it in white ).

Back to my point, why do Honda make different colours for different regions and why not offer the different colour schemes to all regions?

[reg71]

I thought it was because they speculate on the tastes being different here and there. Here bright colors seem to stay pretty popular but the VFR is such a niche bike that they don't go wild with graphics and stuff thinking that the guys buying them are more mature and like things simpler... This is all just guessing on my part, though. I know I was really surprised to see a blue 5g when I first logged in to VFRworld...

Originally Posted by reg71

I know I was really surprised to see a blue 5g when I first logged in to VFRworld...

That's funny as my first vtec (2002) was a dark blue one, a colour i've not seen on any US spec bike at all, or since even on euro spec bikes come to think of it.

As to the graphics, i totally agree with you, it's not a graphic intensive bike at all. I know i prefer it without stickers all over the place. Having said that, there are a few tastefully custom painted vfr's about on this forum, so there is room for experimentation in that dept for sure.

I'd still like to see all the colour options made available to all though, instead of moaning about why a certain colour is not available just because of where you live in the world.