• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Need help painting my bike

  • Thread starter Thread starter Zig's GS
  • Start date Start date
Z

Zig's GS

Guest
Hi guys,
New to your forum.
I want to paint my 81 GS850G but need some help. Years ago, when I was small and GS's were new, I had a GS1000E, metalic blue with gold and black pinstripping. I want to do my 850 with the same paintscheme but I can not find nice photos which will give me an indication of how it looked. The tank is of a diff shape, so I will have to compensate for that. I still have the original side cover from the 1000 so I will be able to have the paint mixed to that.
Anyone out there with a similar bike?
Cheers
 
Most autobody shops can "scan" a paint sample off of whatever you bring them and you'll get a recipe of the ingredients to make that color. Its some kind of electronic camera/scanner gizmo.
Or just go to an autobody paint supply store or bodyshop I suppose and browse through the paint "chip" books til you hit upon something you like.
If you go with route number 2 just be sure to get the paint code on the receipt they give you when you pay.
 
Thanks, I do have an origanal sidecover in the colour I want. What I need is photos of the pinstripping. I have found some photos on the net but most are of low quality and mostly taken from the side. I can not remember how the tank looked from above:confused:. If I can figure out how to, I will attach a photo of the particular bike.
 
I'll take some pictures of my '80 tank later on today. the stripes should be the same.

(at least the stripe layout)

***EDIT*** are you looking for the 1000E layout, or the 850G layout?
 
Last edited:
I would love the 1000 layout. Want to do it on the 850. Will have to see how it will look as the tanks are of different shape and the filler on the 850 is to the side. Was there a similar layout done on 850's? Whe only got the plain black/red versions down here in South Africa. Later models were the greyish silver ones??

Is yours the 850? Would love to see that also!
 
Seems to me you already have the photo you need. Get your hands on some graphics film and start tracing out the pattern using the photo you already have.
 
Last edited:
Hi Ed,
I do have that photo but it does not show the top of the tank clearly.
Maybe I should not try and clone a past love but just create a new one similar to that.
That photo I got from the net. Something tells me it is an European bike. A bit scruffy (big dent and some rust on the bottom lip of the tank) but that is exactly how mine looked (without the dent and rust of course)
It was my first 1000 and we had lots of fun together. I reprayed the bike black with John Player Special graphics but kept the original bodywork. Years later when I sold it (money, space and kid on the way) I promised myself that I would build another. After moving house twice, all I have left is the sidecover and some memories.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top