Z1R paint code/color...

Did the '77 650 Custom have the exact same color as the '78 650 and '78 Z1R? I seem to remember the '78 silver had a bit more of a bluish tinge to it than the '77650 had.

The '77 was truly a Silver where as the '78 was more blue. I would never had refered to my '78 as being Silver. More of a very light sky blue.

Cool rstnick, that is what I had remembered! So does anyone have the color matching code for the 1977 Kz 650 Custom? I tried to come close to it last year with the silver striping on my tank but there wasn't enough metalflake in the Mercedes silver match we sprayed.
Cheers-Colin Firth-Ontario Canada

Hey indykaw77 I did a little digging and here is what I found on the german 650 Kawasaki website. I think the paint scheme names are comparable in north america. It appears that the '77 Kawasaki 650 Custom is Moon Dust Silver. The '78 650 Custom was a little different, more of a blue tinge and was called Star Dust Silver. I am pretty sure that this is similar to the color of the '78Z1R.

Hope this helps-Cheers-Colin Firth -Ontario Canada


K)Z650-B1
1976/77
KZ650BE000001~ KZ650B-000001~ Candy Super Red, Candy Emerald Green
(K)Z650-B2

1978
KZ650BE046001~ KZ650B-027501~ Luminous Dark Blue, Luminous Burnt Red, Ebony
(K)Z650-B3

1979
KZ650BE092001~ KZ650B-046201~ Candy Emerald Green, Candy Persimmon Red, Ebony
KZ650-B4

KZ650-C1
1977
KZ650BE017852~ KZ650C-000001~ Metallic Regal Blue, Moon Dust Silver
(K)Z650-C2

1978
KZ650BE043950~ KZ650C-010001~ Metallic Star Dust Silver
(K)Z650-C3

1979
KZ650BE092001~ KZ650C-022801~ Luminous Dark Blue
KZ650-C4

1980
KZ650BE114501~ KZ650C-033032~ Candy Persimmon Red, Black Pearl



     
KZ650-D1 (SR)

1978
KZ650DE000001~ KZ650D-000001~ Candy Persimmon Red
(K)Z650-D2 (SR)

1979
KZ650DE010601~ KZ650D-010601~ Midnight Blue, Candy Persimmon Red
(K)Z650-D3 (SR)

1980
KZ650DE026001~ KZ650D-026001~ Metallic Midnight Blue, Midnight Blue (Fr)
(K)Z650-D4 (SR)

1981
KZ650DE033101~ KZ650D-028101~ Sundance Blue, Luminous Wine Red

Thanks for the info.....thats just SUCH a cool color!

here is a pic from back when the old site was up. it was a members z1r. i belive it was Kz chucks.

here is another one were the blue dont looks so dark from the lighting.