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Back in Black: Top Five 2016 Sportbikes That Look Better in Black

Aprilia, Honda, Kawasaki, and Honda all introduce 2016 models in black graphics, and boy do they look good

October 31, 2015

Twenty-sixteen is beginning to look like it’ll be a dark year for sportbike fans. Not literally. What we’re actually referring to is the decision made by a vast majority of motorcycle manufacturers to offer their 2016 models in all (or mostly) black graphics.

While not a new approach to the design of sportbikes or sportbike gear (remember the success of matte black helmets a few years back?), the intensifying push toward black paint has actually created (depending on taste) some cool options for those riders in the market for a new bike. I mean sure, the 2016 ZX-10R and Yamaha R1 look good in their race-inspired graphics, but damned if they don't look just a little meaner in all black.

So, without further a do, here are five 2016-model bikes that will be hitting dealers soon, and might even look just a little better in their less-is-more paint. What do you think, would you pick up one of these bikes over one of their flashier counterparts?

1) 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R