Look Ma, no colors!

[Dan_Ashley]

Will 2012 or 2013 body panels fit on a 2014?

 

[Chupaca]

Here's the thing..!!

many smaller operations have to set up all the equipment for paint. Clean out one color so as to paint another. If dipped then all tanks have to be drained and refilled with new color. Now to have a paint set up for each color would cost to much they just go for one color at a time. How they decide how many to paint each color is a bit of a mystery. They could have a custom order sending prepped panels to a paint shop and adjusting the price accordingly, knock off for their not painting it and add the outside charge, but I may be thinking logically...that's dangerous..!! :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Will 2012 or 2013 body panels fit on a 2014?

Some might; not all of them... :banghead:

 

[wetmountainman]

Maybe a dumb Noob question, but aren't most plastic panels molded in the chosen color and not painted? I'd assume that's why they make them in color series.

 

[Bob Denman]

I kind of thought that also; until my bike picked up it's first scratch... :yikes:

 

[poordom]

Believe it or not white is the most expensive and hardest color to get right.

No actually its black, since you notice everything wrong with black, other colors are more tolerant.

Obviously this is not taking into account all the special graphic and color mixes.

Dom

 

[Tango]

Why not off a custom paint program? At an upcharge of x amount of dollars. Now that would be awesome! :clap: Tom :trike:

 

[Bob Denman]

first: cost :shocked:
second: you just know that it'd only be for the Limiteds... :gaah:

 

[Raknid]

I agree with the OP. Base model should offer more than black and white. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but it probably is an effort to put a premium on more distinctive colors. And I don't think one should have to repaint a brand new bike that already is priced north of $20K.

 

[poordom]

I agree with the OP. Base model should offer more than black and white. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but it probably is an effort to put a premium on more distinctive colors. And I don't think one should have to repaint a brand new bike that already is priced north of $20K.

I agree, it makes no sense to me either.

 

[Dan_Ashley]

Some might; not all of them... :banghead:

Just paint the ones that don't fit??? Bad idea??..

 

[bhfromme]

They only offer Black and White in the "Basic" models as another incentive to get you to move up.
It's Marketing; pure and simple! :thumbup:

That's exactly what is making me so crazy Bob. That BRP is trying to squeeze everyone into buying the RT-S or the Limited by only offering black and white for the basic RTs. It's pretty hard to respect a business model that would do that.

 

[MrLooney]

Most Expensive color

Believe it or not white is the most expensive and hardest color to get right.

In Stained Glass RED is the most expensive color so I see no reason why not that RED in any paint would be no different.

Why?

Gold is used to make Red

At least it was

 

[Bob Denman]

That's exactly what is making me so crazy Bob. That BRP is trying to squeeze everyone into buying the RT-S or the Limited by only offering black and white for the basic RTs. It's pretty hard to respect a business model that would do that.

Why do you think it's odd that they would try to maximze their revenues? :dontknow:
The entire point of business is to make money. I sure don't do what I do here out of the goodness of my heart; you collected a paycheck also...