Too many options

In preparing to repaint the KZ650, I've been digging around miscelaneous boards today getting some paint ideas. I had an idea in mind, but the more I looked, the more options I saw and I'm just seeing so many really nice options that my head is almost spinning. Reading through tech sheets, it looks like some items are mutually exclusive (kandy/kameleon, etc). Are there any rules of thumb that I'm missing?


My original thought was a base slightly lighter than cobalt, with metal flake and kandy...Very similar to stock and how it is now but with a deep glossy shine and just a hint of purple...


Then I saw House of Kolor had some colour changing flakes and transparent flakes and I thought...yeah, colour changing might be nice. Cobalt with a transparent flake and kandy. Sounds like it could be really nice...


Then I saw their kosmic pearl and kameleon. The kosmic pearl seems like it would give the base a slight colour shift. The kameleon is a more dramatic shift (red to blue) and it looks like I could just do a klear and call it done but would such a dramatic shift give the bike a strange feel?


Am I just really overthinking this?

I hope it's normal to overthink this aspect of the project because I've certainly done it. I've gone from moon dust with and without pin striping, to Kaw green, to burgundy, to candy apple (green or red), to blue, to flames or no flames... blah, blah, blah... (are the voices in my head bothering you?)

Finally, I think I'll just go with the plain moon dust.:laugh:

It's a tough decision considering all the effort that goes into it. And, we want to be sure that once it's done we get "the look" that we can live with (and enjoy). I know you'll come up with something you'll like. Ater all, you put a lot of thought to it.

Moon dust...hmmmm


NO...no, I'm not considering any new options!


I think what I'd really like is a deep blue with a slight irridescent quality, preferably with a very slight reddish shift (just barely purple but not enough that you think "wow, that's so purple").

Do you suppose a blue with some pearl and a clear would do that or do I really need to consider doing a candy to get there?

KZErider wrote:

I've gone from moon dust with and without pin striping, to Kaw green, to burgundy, to candy apple (green or red), to blue, to flames or no flames)

Wow it must have taken quite a few months to go through all those paint jobs. No one listens to me when I say repaints don't last take note here.:laugh:
OK mouth zippered again:)

I'd just be happy to have paint that looks good after waxing, regardless of colour.

I would too but I've had too many pouting sessions after dripping/spilling/expanding petrol all over my tank...I look good from a distance but if you look at it close enough, it'll make you cry.


...maybe that's a little too dramatic, but it's not so pretty.