A Kawasaki is the safest bike to ride

[c-m]

Human eyes are most sensitive to the colour green.

By that rational, green motorcycles are easier to spot than other colours.

Was thinking about this when I had my old ZXR750. Ok it was blue but i added the front fairing from a K1 model.

As dusk approached and darkness fell the blue on the bike became less and less visible, but the green parts of the fairing were still visible.

So continuing this line of thinking.

If everyone rode Kawasaki bikes (or painted there's lime green), then there would less, "oh i didn't see him" type accidents? (all things being equal)

[angryjonny]

Yeah but there'd be a lot more accidents from gearboxes seizing, wheels falling off, fuel tanks spontaneously exploding etc etc.

[gmanxiii]

The human eye can indeed see more variations of green than any other colour but visibility is defined by contrast and whilst certain shades of green are visible against black. Yellow and black are the most ideal colours. This is why hi vis and traffic bollards tend to be yellow to contrast black(night time). Driving glasses also tend to be yellow glass as this brings the contrast up making things more visible. Yellow filters tend to be used by photographers on black and white film to bring out more contrast too.

Just think, british racing green is pretty dark and something that colour wont show up well but you can't really get a dark yellow as it becomes brown or orange in colour and isn't really yellow anymore.
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VFR400NC30 > ZZR600 > CBR600FX > CBR1000rr

[MonkeyKnuckle]

Maybe that's why I've never (touch wood) been pulled out on. Both the bikes I've had so far have been yellow and black.


Or I've just been lucky so far.
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[Paulington]

At least this won't happen to you:

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/222889/images/Generic_Accident.jpg

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[Paxovasa]

Green will blend in with the hedge row, red is what you need
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).

[Ste]

[-Savage-]

[Paxovasa]

I guess that they hit the accelerator rather than the brake
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).

[colin1]

[gmanxiii]

[c-m]

[pinkyfloyd]

You could always get a bike like Pax has.

This pic was secretly taken as Pax was heading out to work yesterday

https://sverrirt.blog.is/users/1a/sverrirt/img/c_users_sverrir_th_pictures_pink_ktm.jpg
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Paxovasa]

[pinkyfloyd]

^^ note the lack of denial
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Hetzer]

[Paxovasa]

[LordShaftesbu...]

[robocog]

Just had my bike sprayed lime green as it was matt black and was as good as completely invisible judging by peoples reactions (usually being close enough to see at what point that actually clock I'm there and on a motorbike, despite white helmet, sidelights on and wearing flouro safety vest)

Was a toss up between Lime green, flouro orange or yellow
Being that its a Kawasaki GPZ500 the lime green won

Chap round the corner has just got a GPZ250 in the same shade of retina attracting lime green and my mrs commented how she's seen it around a lot...so the colour works (based on the fact that she's never commented on seeing certain bikes - so not 100% scientific)

Not had any close calls since doing the paint job...yet, but then I am riding like its just had a new paint job that I want to preserve for as long as possible

I also work in a breakers yard and have heard the roumours that green was supposedly an unlucky colour for a car/bike

Silver has to be the most common colour of car we get in if I had to guesstimate the most popular in our yard
(but then that's hardly conclusive as there are a higher proportion of silver vehicles out there smashing into each other/ the scenery or being twoc'd and I assume fewer green uns)

Bike wise its hard to say, but not seen any green ones as far as I can recall over the course of the last year

Silver, black, blue yellow or red again I would say are the most common colours we see as far as bikes go- not all of them come in after smashes involving other vehicles, so less than scientific
(and anything slightly crosser like or off roady are 90% stolen recovered rather than crashed/dropped or smidsy'd)

Regards
Rob
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