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Well i am looking at giving Speedy a colour change early next year.Am considering a two tone job similar to Kzav's(he posted up a while ago)My choice at the moment is Barbados blue with white inserts and black pinstriping around the inserts.Any suggestions.And yes Cheapo i was considering Yellow with silver inserts,the possibilities are endless. :hammer:
 

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On 2006-11-09 15:32, zooplancton wrote:
before you decide, go down and give yourself an hour or 2 looking at "house of color" swatch books. it'll open your doors right up! good stuff!

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What's the house of colour swatch books,please explain. :hammer:
 

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Nah Bucket, no blue for you mate,

I reckon a neat chequered flag look to match your black and while leathers is the go.

Bikes should never be any other colour than black, or red at a pinch - bait cast :-D

Mick
 

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No blue and white,
The sportbike community has already abused that color scheme.

Go to some bike meets and check out paint ideas, even if the color scheme that grabs you is on a chopper... It would probably look better on a Speedy. :-D

Sometimes the simplest is the best.
 

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On 2006-11-10 00:39, BUCKET wrote:
What's the house of colour swatch books,please explain. :hammer:
hey bucket,
"house of color" is a rad paint company. you'll see their paints on a lot of custom show cars and bikes. their swatch books made me re-think my decision when i painted my (other) bike. it's seriously like looking at rows of gooey candy. (not referring to candy apple red ghetto color - but they have that too) they have some brilliant colors!
if your looking for it, it's there. if you've never seen it, it's there.
i'll prolly re-do my triple some day with some sort of trick black.
-b

[ This message was edited by: zooplancton on 2006-11-10 11:32 ]
 

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Ilike Candy apple Red, always have, with just a hint of metallics. I also really like Triumphs Lucifer orange, i think thats what it's called. Anyway, both colors with some sort of flat black inserts/panels and an off color pinstripe to bring it all together. Plan on having the nose art from my uncles B-17 bomber ( was killed over Germany WW2) put on there somewhere.
 

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On 2006-11-10 19:43, itchin wrote:
Ilike Candy apple Red, always have, with just a hint of metallics. I also really like Triumphs Lucifer orange, i think thats what it's called. Anyway, both colors with some sort of flat black inserts/panels and an off color pinstripe to bring it all together. Plan on having the nose art from my uncles B-17 bomber ( was killed over Germany WW2) put on there somewhere.
nice tribute itchin.
flat colors with punch colors always look super sweet.
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