Radiator hose colour

[Billing]

Hi,

Today whilst cleaning my CBR, I noticed that some of the coolant hoses are beginning to crack slightly at the jubilee clips, which while not causing a leak right now, are unsightly and undesirable. I've been looking on the net, and found a set of Samco hoses for a decent price (£115 del'd)

Just wondering what colour people reckon I should get as the hoses can be seen in the fairing vents, so would like something that goes with the bike that is more interesting than boggo black (wouldn't be too fussed if they wee completely hidden though)

Got a few choices, red, blue, black, white or orange. Favourites so far are red or blue attached is a pic of the bike, to help give an ideaof what it needs to match into
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[Billing]

blue is winning atm, but need more opinions lol while I'm replacing the pipes I'll be giving the rest of the system a scrub, keep it in good condition
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[DrDonnyBrago]

How much are OEM ones?

[Kickstart]

Hi

Personally hoses are something to hide away and not make obvious, hence why I voted black.

All the best

Keith
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I agree, anything other than black would interrupt the lines of the bike.
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[Tim..]

I've just bought a set of samco pipes for my project.

Black
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[panrider_uk]

Seems a lot of money for a few lengths of rubber pipe.

Mark
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Black and white camo.
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[P.]

[Billing]

fuck off paddy It's fine, nothing a big hammer can't fix

I appreciate the feedback guys, I wanted to add some colour just to brighten the bike up, but the masses can't be wrong, black MUST be the best option

According to cmsnl.com the standard hoses aren't available anymore, the pricing was still there though, and added up OEM parts ended up about 80 euro, so for the extra £25ish it's worth getting ones that are supposed to be superior to standard
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[P.]

do they do rainbow ones? that would look gay!