Hi, this is my first post on the forum (apart from my intro post). The forum helped me heaps in choosing a bike
The first S40 I ever saw was one of these blacked out models, with black tank. I was looking at cruisers at the local dealer, checking out the Vulcan 500 and the V Star 650. I didn't like the feel of them, then the dealer pointed me to the S40. It's not a common bike here in Australia. As soon as I sat on it, I loved it. I later bought a used 2014 model in dark grey, after a lot of research on here.
The dealer was really excited about the blacked out version. He said he had never even looked at the previous models but this one really got his attention. He rides a HD Breakout.
At first I was kind of excited about the all black look (in theory), but the more I researched the S40/Savage, the more I liked the old-school look of the chrome. When I stand back and look at the blacked out version all I see is a fuel tank, seat ... and then a nondescript shadow for everything else. To me, it loses a lot of it's character because you can't really make out the parts or the lines. Suzuki also dropped the badge on the tank, which I think is areal pity
I think Suzuki did a sort of underwhelming job, if this was supposed to modernize the bike (as someone else here mentioned, all black seems to be the thing atm). They changed the mirrors to suit the new styling . They should have done something similar to the turn signal housings and the brake light.
Anyway, just my opinion, for what it's worth