Paint colour

[Adrian1]

1977 GS 750. Hello all, can anyone tell me what this blue colour is called and perhaps a paint code? Also, some pictures show the “tapes”(pinstripes) as gold and others are a different colour? Which is correct pls? Can you buy these tapes anywhere still?

https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-japanese-motorcycles/1977-suzuki-gs750/

[nvr2old]

www.diablocycle.com can set you up with a stripe kit. Very good quality product. As far as the teal color goes, you might go to an auto paint store where they can let you thumb through their 1,000's of paint chips until you find one that's as close as possible. That's a pretty color that was real popular on 60's and 70's cars. Might narrow the search down that way.

[chuck hahn]

i might have info on the teal blue from when i had my bike repainted years ago. click on my avatar and open the album to view the bike.

EDIT... Dont bother looking for the album. Seems when the forum was recently " UPGRADED" things got lost and deleted.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Relax Chuck. It’s there. Under media

[chuck hahn]

I will get to my storage unit tomorrow and dig around for the paint mix. im about 90 percent sure i got it from the painter.

[chuck hahn]

RS MOTORBIKE PAINTS has it, Ive used them for paint on na 73 Yamaha R5. It comes premixed and ready to shoot. 750 ML bottle should do the bike. You can buy their clear or use whatever youre used to spraying. Your clear will probably be cheaper. Heres the R5 with their paint.

https://www.rsbikepaint.com/en-us/shop-paints.php?colourscheme=16676&21065=on

[chuck hahn]

did some searching and the B model was Potomac Blue Metallic and the C model was PEARL BLACK BLUING which is what i recall the painter telling me the bike original color was. The paint code is 05T. I will dig up my notes and report back tomorrow for sure. Scroll to page 4 here and youll find that same paint code

http://www.gs-classic.de/download/Suzuki-Farbcode.pdf

[chuck hahn]

According to notes taken from when my bike was repainted it was indeed done in PEARL BLACK BLUING. And i recall the painter saying he used black underneath it first. Dont know if they make black primer but that would eliminate black paint i would think.

[rphillips]

My opinion again, the "77" bright (sort'f turquoise) blue GS750's were beautiful, the "78" dark drab (kind'f like the "83" GS1100E's) were awwful...Don't we love opinions?

[chuck hahn]

As long as you wash your hands after wiping it all good

[Adrian1]

Relax Chuck. It’s there. Under media

Dead links on Imgur

[Adrian1]

RS MOTORBIKE PAINTS has it, Ive used them for paint on na 73 Yamaha R5. It comes premixed and ready to shoot. 750 ML bottle should do the bike. You can buy their clear or use whatever youre used to spraying. Your clear will probably be cheaper. Heres the R5 with their paint.

https://www.rsbikepaint.com/en-us/shop-paints.php?colourscheme=16676&21065=on

Thanks but I doubt they would ship to Oz

[Adrian1]

did some searching and the B model was Potomac Blue Metallic and the C model was PEARL BLACK BLUING which is what i recall the painter telling me the bike original color was. The paint code is 05T. I will dig up my notes and report back tomorrow for sure. Scroll to page 4 here and youll find that same paint code


http://www.gs-classic.de/download/Suzuki-Farbcode.pdf

Thanks but I think you’ll find those colours relate to US models. Furthermore, the Suzuki 3 letter codes do not mean anything within the paint supplier world

This is the colour I’m trying to match. https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mo...gs750%2076.htm

[chuck hahn]

I know the paint code isnt worth squat in the automotive world. I supplied it and its suzukis code for PEARL BLACK BLUING which i also stated in the post you are quoting. You can either believe me or take a tin you have and have the supply houses scan it. US or otherwise its still PEARL BLACK BLUING regardless of what market its in.

[Adrian1]

I know the paint code isnt worth squat in the automotive world. I supplied it and its suzukis code for PEARL BLACK BLUING which i also stated in the post you are quoting. You can either believe me or take a tin you have and have the supply houses scan it. US or otherwise its still PEARL BLACK BLUING regardless of what market its in.

Thanks for your reply. While I don’t doubt that you have the correct colour for your bike, Pearl Black Bluing, it isn’t the blue I’m after:

https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_gs750%2076.htm

Pearl Black Bluing as seen on your link below is too dark.

http://www.gs-classic.de/download/Suzuki-Farbcode.pdf

i believe my colour is shown as Strato Blue in that link