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What do you think of this Paint Scheme

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I would go with the green silver or paint the heads black & go with green black...

If you can avoid the John Deere look you could probably end up with some kind of Old racer look....

How about Lotus... use some white & yellow

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I want one of these.....

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My original thoughts have shifted now after seeing some of those nice looking bikes Salt. Maybe more like this, complete green Cam cove and cylinder block, Black heads, black crankcase and tranny with polish side covers, Green fenders, black lower forks, black tank with green stripe on either side, if i could find chrome spoke wheels that would be awesome, if not black mags, or polish the aluminum ones to match the aluminum side covers.
 
@ Salty Monk,
2nd that Scrammbler. wonder how good they actually are off the road and in some dirt instead

Kev
 
Hey, now, I'm more than good with that classic British Racing Green! My old Triumph GT6+ was that color.

But that ain't the color on yer motor, nor on any John Deere.... :D
 
Actually I think it is called Racing Green (Hunter) its actually my favorite color and the reason i chose it. It is Duplicolor engine enamel # DE 1644. I plan on blasting the front and rear fender off the parts bike tonight and maybe getting it painted out tomorrow, but looking like tomorrow might be a full day before I have to roll into work. I am still trying to figure out if I can get the frame in here and have it blasted and powder coated (not likely though) so I probably will just going to clean it up at the house and paint over the old paint and primer I put on the bare spots. My old tank has some pin hole leaks in them so I don't want to paint the outside yet till I figure out if I can get those fixed or not. Will a tank sealer take care of pin hole leaks? I am talking about holes I never noticed till I did the vinegar treatment and I suddenly had wet stuff seeping down the tank. I was going to paint everything out and mock it up on the frame to see how it would look. Maybe by the end of next week.
 
Food for thought

Food for thought

So Redneck saw the digital mock up I did on another paint thread and asked me to do one of his John Deere bike. For kicks and giggles I mocked up one to his specifications. Green tank and fenders. Yellow wheels, seat, and sides. Black and Green Engine. I think it doesn't look too bad.

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And then for some more kicks and giggles I did one as if it was MY bike that had to be a tractor... :lol:

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I actually kind of like the way this one came out. And yes, I would be seen riding it :D

Is this about how you imagined it Redneck? :cool:
 
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Actually the second is awesome and close to how I imagined it. I had the deere on the tank but it looks way better on teh side panel. The all black engine works better than the partially green one. Hmm I may have to seriously consider this paint scheme. I might be able to Call up John Deere and Maybe make some money using the bike in advertisements...hmmm. I know I could probably sell it for some good money. I know there are some serious John Deere Fanatics out there. If I posted it in the right places, lol. Awesome Tim....love it.
 
Figured I would get more of a response out of Tim Tom's photoshop work. :confused:
 
In my opinion, there's too much yellow in both versions. The second one is best. The engine should stay black. The seat just overpowers the bike in both versions. Maybe if the passenger part was black? Or maybe a completely black seat with yellow piping. Maybe even yellow pilot seat, green passenger seat. The color match might be a bit hard. The side panels with the leaping deer gotta stay, no matter what. I'd like to see the headlight, headlight ears, sissy bar, and taillight hardware done in green as well. I especially think the headlight and mounting ears would add to the "tractor" look.

I think this could turn out really well if done right. Thank goodness for Photoshop, saves a lot of time and money in repainting if you don't like how it turns out.
 
Not actually my cup of tea, but I do think it would be an attention grabber. You see all kinds of unique stuff like that at Sturgis, so go for it.
Good luck.
 
I really like Tom's representation. I think that it matches any actual John Deere equipment extremely well especially with the yellow rims and seat. Exactly how the Deere runs! :p I like it. My .02.
 
I actually ran with this idea more as a joke and a good humorous thread. But if you look at Tims second picture leave the green paint, remove the deere logo and go with black rims and seat, I think I may actually go with the green bike theme. I will paint the engine black. I am going to finish painting the final piece of the engine green so the undercoat on the whole engine is the same them paint over it black after it has cured good. Then the fenders, tank and side covers will be green. Get rid of the stock brake light and put something a little more low porfile and I believe that is going to be the final scheme on my project bike. I think I have finally convinced the wife.
By the way thanks for everyone's comments this was a fun thread. Just have to finish up the wiring on the running 550 and then I am going to move on to the project bike. It will be going with the green and black scheme.

Paul
 
Im glad someone else liked the second image I did :D and i agree about the yellow seat being alot, but every John Deere i've seen has one.

I think the green and black bike would look stellar though. Glad we got some resolution from this enjoyable thread :rolleyes:
 
Final Decision

Final Decision

Well thanks to Tim Tom's creative abilities and talents with photoshop we have come up with the color schem that my lady will be getting this winter.

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This is almost exactly what I had envision after seeing a couple of the earlier post. I am really excited about this color scheme and I am really looking forward to making it happen this winter. For now I am going to enjoy her as she is and get some riding in before the cold winds begin to blow.
 
I think thats more of a decorative item than something you can actually ride.
 
Of course you're from Maine.

Of course you're from Maine.

Redneck said:
Well thanks to Tim Tom's creative abilities and talents with photoshop we have come up with the color schem that my lady will be getting this winter.

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This is almost exactly what I had envision after seeing a couple of the earlier post. I am really excited about this color scheme and I am really looking forward to making it happen this winter. For now I am going to enjoy her as she is and get some riding in before the cold winds begin to blow.
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I'm from Waterville, well...Sidney, and when I saw the mockup I about cried tears of joy. I vote that you stay closer to the second mockup. Yellow seat is key. Yellow frame, too. With cast iron swingarm. Suicide shifter with knob scavenged from a 1970's JD would be badass, too. Come on, man. Route 1 needs this.

Here comes the indian sunburn....the third mockup looks too much like the LL Bean package. Bam! There it is.
 
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