A Few Notes on the FINISH AND COLOR:
Since I didn't get to go down and actually work on this thing this past weekend...
I wanted to post some thoughts about color...
From the beginning we wanted something that was going to look really vintage; not brand-new vintage, but really vintage.
A lot of the parts we are getting are used, and they show it, and they will likely stay that way. It's no rat bike, though. Everything is still in pretty good condition, just not museum quality.
On that note; we've gone back and forth a little, but for the most part we decided at the very beginning to keep the tank as I found it. It's a terrific blue-green color, with just a hint of subtle sun-fading across the top, a few small scratches and one small ding.
When I looked on Flea-bay for the correct vintage emblems, I actually bought ones on purpose that are a little beaten up, even though I found some brand new reproduction ones for close to the same price.
McMillan's frame color poll thread had me thinking about painting the frame; We'd started out thinking just black, but seeing now all the work that will be going into it; all the welding and grinding, and re-cutting the swingarm brace and etc., I decided we might as well paint the whole darn thing by the time it's done anyway.
We still want something pretty vintage looking; so we are thinking about doing a deep British racing green. Something that from a distance would read as black, but show its true color upon a closer look.
What do ya think?
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