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Kermit wrote on Fri, 09 December 2016 12:21
I think I'll challenge your theory but not because of Honda intenral colour politics messing with the engineering department but physics
Red absorbs more light so not only will the bike run a bit hotter reducing power but it'll be pushed backwards** by the extra photons it absorbs from the sun compared to the superior yellow bike
*note: the converse may be true if riding away from the sun
but the Yellow ones attract all the bugs who stick to it and therefore decrease the power to weight ration and the aerodynamics