A question for you entemologists(sp?) out there:

My parents just purchased a couple of Suzuki Eigers, and Mom wanted a yellow one, and the salesman said that Suzuki does not make them in yellow anymore because bees are attracted to that color. Any truth to that statement (about the attraction)? Both my wife's 05' Outtie is yellow and my Banshee is yellow. BRP is still making 06' Outie's in yellow, so they must not be concerned. Should I be concerned? We do a combination of mountain, desert and dune riding.

Thanks!

Chips2000

 

bees I believe aren't attracted to any color in particular, it's mainly smell(pheromones) that attracts them.

 

Now that you say that, it seems I have read or heard it is smell that attracts them. My wife recently did make the mistake of not washing her perfume off when she got off work and went riding as flying insects seemed to bother her and no one else when we were stopped. I could smell the perfume from a distance...mmmm good!

Chips2000

 

I thought this was the name of a rock band...j/k [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

The salesman may want to look at the sport avtv's in the showroom. All are available in yellow and blue. As far as disrupting the bees, the sound will probably disturb them even more than smell.

 

I wasn't there, Mom got a red one and Dad got a green one. He did not like the green, but the salesmen said they don't know when more would come in nor what color, and that Suzuki does not make Eigers in Yellow. Is that true? I think I will go and check out their website. Dad is just happy that Mom liked the red one.

Chips2000

 

Well, I checked out the Suzuki web site, and the sport models come in yellow, but not their '06 Eigers. The '05s did come in yellow.

 

If nothing else, you could always see if the plastic will change out between the two.

 

lol, sounds like back in 99, wen a gmc salesman told my buddies dad that they don't make 4 door extended cab trucks because if the doors are open and a strong wind comes up, the cab twists, but yet next year the put 4 doors on there extended cab trucks, lol

 

I guess Suzuki must think you can out run them on a yellow sport quad, but not a yellow utie. LOL!