Saving a 1980 750 twin.

Hopped on the lathe tonight and got the longer turn signal stems finished for the headlight. I also added a washer.

what to do about the paint... this is one thing I am having a hard time settling on. I would like to try and incorporate some white in it somewhere to tie in the grip rings and shocks. Right now I'm leaning more towards the large white stripe on the bottom because I am planning on doing pinstripes on my 1000 and want them to be a little more different. i think most of these colors would look good with the white stripe. thoughts?

C. Red with large white stripe.

i'm firmly in
H
camp :evil:

leon

C or D

G in C color.

H with either gold, silver or black pinstripes.

C, with the headlight bucket painted white or silver.

I know its been done to death but, Am I the only one that thinks this particular bike looks good in Black...? Very nice work on the pipe...

750 R1 wrote: I know its been done to death but, Am I the only one that thinks this particular bike looks good in Black...? Very nice work on the pipe...

my brother was saying i should just leave it in primer. My other kz project is a dark bike so i'm trying something different with this one. I like the C style but maybe with green. gonna wait on it a bit before committing

DoctoRot wrote: I like the C style but maybe with green. gonna wait on it a bit before committing

I was going to say C or D, but this photo beats both. That white trim on the bottom of the tank is genious. Somehow the whole bike looks lighter. The 750 twins always looked heavier than they were (and that's saying a lot). You already cut about 300 lbs off the bike, visually speaking that is, and the tank detail really highlights that.

I spotted this bad boy at a show a while back and liked the way the paint was done. Kinda of similiar to what you are after but with the stripes up top. Same same but different lol.

I have seen some photos floating around of that bike. I really like the header on it.