Wingnut,
I meant the phrase
"This article ( by Steve Saunders) the author claims that the Magenta was the color dropped ( he didn't mention this, but in favor of the Black Cherry?)."
to be more of a question, Your right, it was my bad read on the Magenta replaced by white. I obviously had no clue as to what the actual '04 color status was other than what my dealer told me. They're never wrong, right? and I was curious, just what is the real story. I wanted and got Candy Red, I just get real irratated with those that should know, don't and won't admit, 'Gee, I don't know, let me find out.'. I'd rather hear that, than some ignorant response to get the sale.
I doubt that I am the only one that is misinformed on the colors available, thank the dealers for that?. Dealer probably didn't want to order another one, rather they wanted to sell what was in stock maybe? In fact Honda's brochure I received, listed all the colors without mention of what might not be available. Last fall I started to look seriously at the bike for purchase and was told that the Candy Red was replaced by the new plain Red, so I settled for Titanium up until last week when I mentioned that I really wanted Candy Red and the sales mgr pipes up, 'Oh, we have 2 coming in next week', so I grabbed one. So they definitely didn't have the right information last fall and I didn't pursue it much until now as spring approaches and almost ended up with a color I really didn't want because of it.
Wasn't flaming your article, I found it a good read and informative (except for the font and color, sorry my eyes have a hard time with it).
Keep writing!