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sbaugz Ex Member	poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color 06/12/11 at 19:53:09 Can't decide on a color choice for my RYCA CS-1. Since its a cafe racer, I figured I would go with a bright color as often seen in that era. Regardless of color chosen, it will have a couple black stripes down center of tank, extending to taillight.
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RpNSht Ex Member	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #1 - 06/12/11 at 20:26:32 the last one for sure
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #2 - 06/12/11 at 21:19:36 3rd one up,,
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #3 - 06/13/11 at 00:21:00 I voted for the copper too ... black stripes on that would look cool!
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #4 - 06/13/11 at 04:51:03 Choosing someone else's color is like picking a name for someone else's baby.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #5 - 06/13/11 at 06:14:17 Choosing someone else's color is like picking I was gettin a bit nervous about where that was goin..
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #6 - 06/13/11 at 07:20:33 Anyway, just my preferences: LimeRock = Kawasaki green The Viper green = other Kawasaki green The Challenger orange -- maybe The Mustang red -- yawn, another red bike The VW copper -- could be
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #7 - 06/13/11 at 07:48:58 Yep, obviously its up to you, but since you asked.... I'm sick of the greens. Too much of that going around these days for me. The red is beautiful, but kinda boring. The orange is nice too, but also kinda boring. The copper was my vote. Stands out but not gross.
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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #8 - 06/13/11 at 08:10:12 I dunno.. if sbaugz can forego some of the "custom!" look, BRG would look very nice on a cafe racer.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #9 - 06/13/11 at 08:25:12 I was leaning that way for a while, did a test (see photo), but decided on a different direction.
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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #10 - 06/13/11 at 08:52:19 The copper does look awesome, but it has an unfair advantage over the others because the photo is enhanced. If a paint can look that good in real life, go for it. Perhaps a Motobuddha test piece is in order!
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T2 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 83 Frederick, CO	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #11 - 06/13/11 at 09:16:13 BRG - but a much darker version than the Mini or MB's experiment, probably less metallic as well. Terry
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Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color
Reply #12 - 06/13/11 at 09:38:59

We decided on Corvette colors, Dark Bowling Green Metallic (paint code 91), and Dark Blue Metallic (paint code 28). We like the way they look almost black in shadows or with no direct reflecting light, but very colorful when the angles are reflecting the light right back at you. They also have a very fine speckle so they don't seem grossly metallic.

The green with lots of sunlight.

The green with angled light.

The green without direct sunlight seems almost like a black mirror.(ooops,.. a little overspray on the fingers there, eh?

Here's the blue. On this curved surface, the color ranges from very blue to almost black. We did Jud's headlight like this because the plastic chrome was peeling off, so we just peeled it all off, roughed up the surface, primed and painted.

A comparison of the two colors indoors with a combination of fluorescent and incandescent light.

We are using Duplicolor, about $6 a can at Advance Auto Parts. These pics are after the clearcoat, but before rubout. We did about three coats each of primer, color, and clear, using a light wet sand with a 400 grit sponge between each coat just to remove the dust nubs, etc.

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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #13 - 06/13/11 at 11:34:00 Boule’tard wrote on 06/13/11 at 08:10:12: I dunno.. if sbaugz can forego some of the "custom!" look, BRG would look very nice on a cafe racer. http://motorride.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/british-racing-green-mini-coo... I want that car! Yep, that would definitely look sweet on a cafe.
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RpNSht Ex Member	Re: poll- help me choose a RYCA CS-1 color Reply #14 - 06/13/11 at 12:29:31 MotoBuddha wrote on 06/13/11 at 08:25:12: I was leaning that way for a while, did a test (see photo), but decided on a different direction. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk182/motobuddha/26407d2a.jpg which way are you now going?
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Poll
Question: help me pick a color for my RYCA
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lime rock green (hyundai) 0 (0%) snakeskin lime green (dodge viper) 2 (8%) toxic orange (dodge challenger) 8 (32%) candy red metallic (ford mustang) 4 (16%) copper metallic (seen on VW) 11 (44%) Total votes: 25 « Last Modified by: on: 06/13/11 at 04:10:53 »