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Color of my new bike?
- Thread starter Bobby A
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remember that most street lights are sodium vapour lamps which distort the colour anyway and blue red and dark colour bikes all look black. yellow white and paler bikes all look orange. All tend to become invisible.
So in that respect colour soesn't matter...
However having a sleak black bike does tend to invite boulivard bravado from other road users
If I ride my blue bike people tend to ignore me even though it has been tuned for lowdown torque etc and is quite a street "growler". When I ride the midnight black bike it always invites the attention of others who at traffic lights start to rev engines and try to cut across infront etc
it is like a red rag etc to a bull it appears the black is intimidating to others. this is not only me either as a GF of mine has a kawasaki 650 in black and since swapping to this bike even though it isn't that sporty looking she finds it gets a lot more attention than her Bf's suzuki Hyabusa in grey. My ex finds the same with her black bandit compared to her partners blue cbr1100
So in that respect colour soesn't matter...
However having a sleak black bike does tend to invite boulivard bravado from other road users
If I ride my blue bike people tend to ignore me even though it has been tuned for lowdown torque etc and is quite a street "growler". When I ride the midnight black bike it always invites the attention of others who at traffic lights start to rev engines and try to cut across infront etc
it is like a red rag etc to a bull it appears the black is intimidating to others. this is not only me either as a GF of mine has a kawasaki 650 in black and since swapping to this bike even though it isn't that sporty looking she finds it gets a lot more attention than her Bf's suzuki Hyabusa in grey. My ex finds the same with her black bandit compared to her partners blue cbr1100
Riding a bike at night is not safe to start with, but you can't be scared of everything. The main visual of your bike at night is your lights or any reflectors, not the color. A yellow bike might be slightly easier to see, but blue is a dark color which would react the same as black. Regardless, if someone doesn't see you, it won't matter what bike color you have. Bikers have to drive defensively because most car drivers don't even see them.
Riding a bike at night is not safe to start with, but you can't be scared of everything. The main visual of your bike at night is your lights or any reflectors, not the color. A yellow bike might be slightly easier to see, but blue is a dark color which would react the same as black. Regardless, if someone doesn't see you, it won't matter what bike color you have. Bikers have to drive defensively because most car drivers don't even see them.