07 FJR, 60 miles - Value

[Spridal]

I like the color of the 07. If I was closer to you I would swap my 08 colored parts for your 07.

 

[BeeLine]

Chameleon Syndrome:
A curious affliction, often manifested in the sufferer after a major purchase, such as a new home, automobile, fishing boat, wife, or motorcycle. The victim imagines himself oddly dissatisfied with some characteristic of his new acquisition, specifically in such a trivial nature as color. He feels he must pursue a new ideal object, even though it is essentially identical, except for hue.

Unfortunate individuals afflicted with this neurosis have been known to seek an illusionary ideal to their own detriment, sometimes throwing away thousands of dollars in the pursuit. For some patients, one such exchange is sufficient to quell this impulsive malady. There are others, however, who will endlessly pursue successive ideal after ideal, essentially chasing that which is unobtainable, until exhaustion, suicide, or divorce overtakes them.

A large percentage of those striken with this condition can overcome it, merely by retaining their current bauble until they develop a sense of pride in it. Oftentimes, the once, imagined, unpleasing color of said object, suddenly changes, chameleon-like, to highly desirable. Of noteworthy mention, it has been observed that among those who have successfully undergone this conversion, there is a subset which will begin to vociferously proclaim that their's is now the best, greatest, most sought-after, prettiest, or the fastest color around. Family and friends of this minority of converts, have been known to tolerate their new revelation, until revulsion finally caused them to warn the offender:

"If you don't shut the **** up, I'm going to kill you."

I always hate the color of my new bike; everyone elses' is better... A few months later, I get used to it.

To cure Chameleon Syndrome take two farkles every other month.

 

[CRMH Eagle]

$3.99 for each can of black spray paint at Wal Mart.

 

[vandy]

Sounds like if you really want the black one I would plan a long ride or pull all of the colored parts off of your bike and send them to the man who doesnt want the black color..

Personly I love the looks of the black one more but I'm too dang lazy to keep black clean so I'll never own another black vehicle.

 

[Zodiac]

Thought about it too a few times. Buttttt everytime I see a black bike after a ride, they really turn me off. It's like they highlight the dirt and grime and magnify any scratches. Even waxing with a cloth rag shows swirl marks when clean.

 

[ELP_JC]

I always want my bikes black, but in order to make a long trip, I settled on an '07 A with silver panels (no extra charge). Worst part is I couldn't make my trip due to the stupid altitude problem, but no way I'd pay several grand to just get a black bike.

As a perfectionist, I wouldn't paint my bike black, but if you're hell bent (I'm not, fortunately) on a black bike, sell your panels on Ebay and buy new ones. Or make an offer to swap panels + some $$$ on this site and others. But if you have to buy new panels and sell yours, you'd be waaaaay ahead than a trade. As it was said, new '07s are being sold dirt cheap, plus new '08s are not; worst of both worlds. Hold on to your bike this model year (it'd be worth the same), sell it, and buy a like-new '08. Or if you have money to spare, it's only money. Good luck whatever you decide.

JC