I agree based on bars that stand out so much from the color behind (like the mockups against a black bike), but I believe this will disappear (or at least, be less noticeable) with bars that more match the color of the plastic lowers that are behind it. Black bars will blend better with the dark lowers. It's a compromise, but I can live with it on my bike.
People keep saying that, but that is only true for the
black or dark bikes. On the lighter bikes, like my silver, they are not going to disappear if they are black. Quite the contrary. Before, when it was mostly
above the black areas, chrome or silver bars would have blended very well, overall. Now that it is lower, much more of it is across the bottom black fairing, making a silver/chrome bar much more visible down low. And trying to have multicolor will look freaky in other ways. So I can't quite "win" with any color, although I do believe matching the upper fairing would be more important.
This is one reason I am nowhere near as happy as before, about it being moved down. Of course, it is irrelevant... if it needs to be lower to protect things, then that has to happen. I am just trying to point out that for some of us, the bars are not going to magically disappear, so the aesthetic design is more important than for some other people.