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Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:35 am
by Cleverbee
Casbar wrote: Interestingly white is not the best colour for being seen, that honour goes to Pink. Anyone for a pink bike and helmet then. Police using white helmets was about distinguishing them rather than being visible.

Someone's got that wrong, when I put my lid on at work I'm still ugly, not distinguished...... :alas:

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:38 am
by Casbar
Cleverbee wrote:
Someone's got that wrong, when I put my lid on at work I'm still ugly, not distinguished...... :alas:

;)

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 3:43 pm
by daveckelley
richardbd wrote: I was in Bahnstormers on Thursday and saw my first Carbon Black Metallic bike.


In the same way that Ebony isn't ebony - it's brown - the Carbon Black isn't black - it's a very deep blue.


Looks awesome...


I wonder what colour the Alpine White is when you see it for real...
I prefer to say that Ebony is Rootbeer! Still an awesome color in my opinion.ImageImage


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Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:48 pm
by richardbd
Rootbeer??


Nah - it's brown...


:alas: :alas: :alas:

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:09 am
by GJ-MOTO
I've heard that alpine white is the best colour offered by BMW, but I may be bias on that matter.
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Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:15 am
by guest2360
Getting back to the original question.  It still is and it's called grey and that's what it is.

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 3:58 pm
by Steve F
Nah......'grey may no longer be the best colour'......was it ever....??😉 As for this new so-called carbon black that isn't, when in fact it's just another shade of blue!👍.
Fifty shades of grey?? No thank heavens, but fifty shades of blue......now that could be interesting...??!!😉🤔

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:42 pm
by guest2360
Now don't get upset that you can't buy a new grey one (just now)

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:49 pm
by paynes1
Saw a new 'carbon black metallic' at Balderstone's in P'boro at the weekend whilst getting my '14 its first MOT, it looked a very dark blue metallic (a bit uninspiring really).
The pictures of the alpine white show the frame as either silver or black depending on which site you look. Can anyone who has seen one in the flesh tell me which it is?


SP

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:17 pm
by stayingupright
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Best colour by far

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:43 pm
by Casbar
So last year :)

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:26 pm
by B787MECH
paynes1 wrote: Saw a new 'carbon black metallic' at Balderstone's in P'boro at the weekend whilst getting my '14 its first MOT, it looked a very dark blue metallic (a bit uninspiring really).
The pictures of the alpine white show the frame as either silver or black depending on which site you look. Can anyone who has seen one in the flesh tell me which it is?


SP
My Alpine White has a silver frame. Haven't seen any black frame versions.


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Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:31 pm
by smileymiley
paynes1 wrote: Saw a new 'carbon black metallic' at Balderstone's in P'boro at the weekend whilst getting my '14 its first MOT, it looked a very dark blue metallic (a bit uninspiring really).
The pictures of the alpine white show the frame as either silver or black depending on which site you look. Can anyone who has seen one in the flesh tell me which it is?
SP
Yep, mine has silver frame, black engine & transmission.

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:32 pm
by DaveCly
The Iconic in the advertising pic above shows it with a silver engine, every Iconic (RT) I've seen as a black engine ?

Re: Callisto Grey may no longer be the best colour...

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:03 am
by stayingupright
It does have a black engine ... Not sure how that photo came about.