What the sam he** was honda thinking ?

[Nachodaddy]

The side panel of my bike is black like the tank, so no complaints there. It is the plastic fuel injector cover that I find near-unacceptable, especially compared to the high-quality rest of the bike. Still not sure what to do about it - I might give it a try and cover it with shiny black vinyl and see how it turns out.

My guess is that they wanted to make it as invisible as possible and this was the best option. Making it gloss or even carbon fiber, will bring it out and take the eye to it, rather than the other, more desirable points, like the tank.