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[iandavid]

Wanted, Colour design co-ordinator for BMW Motorrad.

Requirements:

Must have absolutely no sense of colour co-ordination
Needs to design colours that no other manufacturer would even consider
Be able to revisit the design if the colour scheme looks good and turn it back to shite.

Ethnic and disabled applicants welcome with special consideration given to blind candidates.

 

[big rob]

Valtra Tractors do nicer colour schemes than BMW Motorrad

 

[Riktus]

I heard that KTM took the design guy from Kubota Tractors.

 

[Big Si]

I heard that KTM took the design guy from Kubota Tractors.

So........lots of orange then?!

 

[spoonz]

I heard that KTM took the design guy from Kubota Tractors.

And the engines

 

[CPJS]

And the engines

Pot, kettle, black.

 

[Micko123]

Most manufacturers of anything currently seem to offer lots of dull, drab, shades of 'primer grey
still waiting for the topcoat' paint finishes, must be the latest trendy fad, personally I think it looks shit .
When it first started I thought ooo look at that brand new Audi it must have been in a really bad accident every single panel needs it's top coat. Still you know what they say "one man's meat.. is another ladies pleasure".

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[Ogmios]

"Urban Camouflage".
That's what BMW are going for.
Same as ordinary camouflage - blends in and complements with the fashion colours and geometric patterns presently in vogue.
Sadly this also makes them invisible in urban settings where pedestrains and motorised traffic share space, thus accounting for the amount of SMIDSY crashes between these Bikes and Other Road Users.
... cant be the riders fault, can it?

 

[spoonz]

It must be hard to be different year after year but I too think they picked the latest designs with their eyes shut.

Could be worse though, I remember the lurid schemes we got on some sports bikes in the 80’s and 90’s. Many looked like a chav’s shell suit design or my grans wallpaper.

 

[yofi]

It must be hard to be different year after year but I too think they picked the latest designs with their eyes shut.

Could be worse though, I remember the lurid schemes we got on some sports bikes in the 80’s and 90’s. Many looked like a chav’s shell suit design or my grans wallpaper.

they got pretty close to it with the 2019 te exclusive

 

[stick]

they got pretty close to it with the 2019 te exclusive

I like mine , had a blue , a black one ,a red one , a grey one and a white one ,prefer the 19 as its subtle unlike the Rallye........Underpant brown was the worse colour ever

 

[yofi]

I like mine , had a blue , a black one ,a red one , a grey one and a white one ,prefer the 19 as its subtle unlike the Rallye........Underpant brown was the worse colour ever

is underpant brown the iced chocolate metallic of the 2017.5 te exclusive? I have one and I like it - just goes to show that it's all in the eye!! I see the new TB as a evolution of what I have now, colour wise; but again, just don't know where they get a price of 800 quid from for some additional black paint and some stickers, especially when 200 buys you the same for the gsa.

 

[Victor c]

At least they have brought back the fastest colour. Triple black

 

[GeorgeM]

Always thought this was a nice scheme

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[Riktus]

I must admit for a 40th Anniversary I did rather hope they might inspire us with a Black and Ruby red colour scheme for a special! But maybe the design teams have just forgotten how to connect the dots and be creative.

 

[Matty589]

is underpant brown the iced chocolate metallic of the 2017.5 te exclusive? I have one and I like it - just goes to show that it's all in the eye!! I see the new TB as a evolution of what I have now, colour wise; but again, just don't know where they get a price of 800 quid from for some additional black paint and some stickers, especially when 200 buys you the same for the gsa.

The irony is that it costs them peanuts to make the special editions. The panels that are white are identical to the stock white, and ditto for black. A bit of extra black painted plastic or metal in large batches costs nothing and the sticker set on the whole bike probably costs them £5, if that.
Also notice that the TB GS now has cast wheels by default, so effectively > £1,200 extra compared to the £300-400 extra for the 2016 version.

It’s reverse psychology - it costs more so it MUST be special, right?

 

[yofi]

The irony is that it costs them peanuts to make the special editions. The panels that are white are identical to the stock white, and ditto for black. A bit of extra black painted plastic or metal in large batches costs nothing and the sticker set on the whole bike probably costs them £5, if that.
Also notice that the TB GS now has cast wheels by default, so effectively > £1,200 extra compared to the £300-400 extra for the 2016 version.

It’s reverse psychology - it costs more so it MUST be special, right?

The werid thing is that on motorrad de the packages for the rallye and the TB gs and gsa versions are close to the price for the uk gs prices. Against this, the version prices for the gsa in the UK are the exception.

Vid of the gs tb and rallye (the tb includes the shadow pack 1 and 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WUbl0raIZw

 

[Neil W]

It is not just bmw motorrad the Germans in general have a penchant for truly awful colours in their automotive industry.

For a number of years some of the top selling colours for German homemarket vehicles have been varying hues of metallic dog diarrohea browns, closely followed by the most putrid shades of metallic urine yellow