[ev]

almost every time I meet someone new the very same thing happens
"how do you like your YZ?" or "that is the WR250, right?" or with the two Xs side by side they ask the Bear about his CRF and ignore me
even swapped bikes with an XR250 rider because I wanted to refresh my memory and after 10 miles back on the trailhead that dude really asked me if he had been riding a YZ400 or 426

"but it says Yamaha"
so?
if I take a sharpie and write 'Hoover' on your seat does that make your bike a vacume cleaner?

do Yamahas have white shrouts and side panels, and black rear fenders?
"Oh I thought you put on different plastic"
yes, I did, the original was R E D!

PLEASE!!! this makes me growl
why are people so superficial?
or
why do they believe what is written biggest?

[crfsonly]

actually, i think you may have hit on something that yamaha should seriously consider...resell honda products with blue plastics! think of the savings yamaha could realize by eliminating their R&D costs...plus, apparently no one would even notice it was a honda. you're brilliant ev!

ken

[Guest]

my Question is WHY???? Why would you put that on your bike? To me its like buying a new corvette and spray painting ford down the side. Just doesnt make since.

[Guest]

I agree.
Im writing HOOVER on my tank with a sharpie right now...

[ev]

my Question is WHY????

why a blue Honda? because I dislike red, so simple
why do people get fooled so easily? don't know, that is why I asked

[Guest]

Personalization comes with ownership.
What ev does with what she owns, is her business..
Just because you wouldnt do it , doesn't make it wrong.

Altho, Ev, you gotta lose the green on the gloves... that aint working for me at all.
</dripping sarcasm>

[Wingman]

They say beauty is only skin deep!

[ev]

Altho, Ev, you gotta lose the green on the gloves...

best gloves ever
and cheapest, too
used to wear one green and one purple, no one ever noticed
same with my old Fox boots, had two pairs and one each gave up on me
so for the rest of the season I wore one blue/black and one blue/white, no one noticed

but dearest "guest with no name"
this all does not answer my question on why people, self-appointed dirt bike specialits, do not see a Honda, only because it is blue

[systemnt]

I was just playin bout the gloves, ev

The reason most people don't see a honda, when its blue is... Honda and red have become synonymous.
Much like Suzuki and Yamaha were always the yellow bikes (before Yamaha ran out of yellow paint, and got a deal on blue paint).
The Yamaha on the seat, does tend to make one wonder , at first glance, if you happen to have some sort of Yamaha works bike, because it doesnt look like a Yamaha other than that..
Of course upon closer inspection, they would see the powerplant is Honda, and would answer their own questions.
People tend to ask first, and do their own research later.
Easier to ask and get an answer, than it is to actually study the object and try to figure out what it is on their own.
not so much superficial, as common lazy , in a hurry, got to have it right now, fast-food-for-thought, mentality.

[crfsonly]

it's true...they have branded the color red and it means honda. i remember the day when that wasn't the case. in fact, when i was a kid my uncle had a stable full of yamaha's and they were yellow, blue, and green...all from the same year.!

ken

[jlh1228771]

I don't think it is the color as much as it is the BOLD YAMAHA writing on the seat. Why didn't you buy a yamaha in the first place? Not saying what you did is wrong, just wondering. Personally from the pic, I new it was a honda (can't miss that alum. frame) right away. the seat is what made me take second look.
By the way nice red helmet. (just kidding)

[ev]

I was just playin bout the gloves

I still think they are ugly, but could you resist 10 pair most comfortable gloves for $20, no matter what they look like

... Honda and red ...Much like Suzuki and Yamaha were always the yellow bikes

ooooweee I remember babyblue/yellow and red/white Yamahas, blue Suzukis, red Kwawas, even babyblue and red/yellow KTMs, and purple/yellow and black/yellow Hondas

not so much superficial, as ... fast-food-for-thought mentality

wouldn't you at least look at the bike before you ride it? that dude really puzzled me

[ev]

I don't think it is the color as much as it is the BOLD YAMAHA writing on the seat.

just to give you one more thing to wonder
it is a GasGas seatcover

Why didn't you buy a yamaha in the first place?

been there, done that, but back then TTs were red/white so the 350 got plastic and seatcover, the 600 even got a frame-paint job, the TDR250 was blue/yellow and stayed unchanged

and please, what Yammi could replace an X?
I am a red rider, absolutely

[jlh1228771]

GAS GAS seatcover that says yamaha on it. Your right that does make me wonder.

Your not a fan of yamahas eather? I know there good bikes but I dont like them at all.

[ev]

not a fan is too harsh
had a few Yammies,
disliked my very trick XT500, the TR1 was great to deflate BMW GS egos, but not a good bike for sure,
I liked my TT600 and PT603 but back then I would not know better
absolutely disliked both my TT350s, can not even say why, nothing wrong with the bikes, must have been me
loved the TDR250, but she is an absolutely no-go off road, even tho she was sold as 'dual sport'
loved my '78 TY250, too
but, admit
when searching for a used backup bike this year, the only Yamaha I looked at was a 12 year old WR200