09-26-2017, 09:25 PM
The bottom (cylinder) black, top silver ( head) motif was popular on Brit bikes in the mid 70s. Look up pics of mid 70s Norton Commandos, Triumph Bonnevills et al. The Japanese never really got into that paint scheme and it's anybody's guess is to why Honda did it on the 17 EX since I don't recall HOnda ever making a model like that. I painted the cylinders on my 73 TX 650 Yamaha in this pattern. I always thought it looked good.