What color to paint my Z1 900?

I have been playing arount the idea in my head as to what color my 900 will be after the rebuild. As of now it is Grabber Green, very close to kawi green, dont get me wrong i love the color but want to change it up. I was fooling around today in the garage and shot the side covers and tail in glossy black. I will admit glossy black really looks sharp, i think the bike would look killer with the body work shot in glossy black. Im also going to do the frame in the traditional glossy black. Any ideas? Thanks, Jim. Here is a pic of the bike in the summer after i just ainted it grabber green.

that 1000j i bought has a really pro black gloss job on it and everyone says it is great...makes everything look serious...i had a ltd 1000 that someone had pro painted gloss black and it was tight....i am goona do a set kz900 black after seeing the 1000j against aluminum and chrome it is nice....candy apple red is another i've seen that goes trick...love it or hate it though...

ya candy red is another one i seen and really liked.

My bike is gloss black right now, but I'm going to change it back to stock this spring. To me, there's nothing better than the stock colors on these old sleds.

Ya, i would love to paint it back to stock one day whan my budget permits that is........lol. I am really thinking about glossy black with the grabber green pin stripes?

The gloss black with grabber green stripes would make for some awesome contrast. One question: Would you leave the rear fender all green, or pinstripe it as well? I personally like the all-green fender - too many guys lack the courage to paint the fenders (I'm one of them) and yet everytime someone does it looks great. Give it a try and keep us posted.

not sure if i will keep the rear fender green, or paint it black with the green stripes. Oh well i have until spring to choose a color, if i do go with the black and green stripes, i will base it off of the original 74 z1 900 paint job.

That green rear fender is a bit to much in the pic. I'd go black body with chrome fenders. Go with a 4/1 V6H or Kerker too. Just looks period correct that way.

arai60 wrote:

That green rear fender is a bit to much in the pic. I'd go black body with chrome fenders. Go with a 4/1 V6H or Kerker too. Just looks period correct that way.

hey Aria,
I see you are still alive..... I'm still trying to get that 78 Z1R paint formula from you.


Old Kaw......go stock.


RP

I agree, A Z1 should be in factory stock colors.

Oldkaw, if you decide to go stock (and no offense to PaintWorkz meant) its a fair bit cheaper to buy a painted set of bodywork from Z1E than to have your body panels repainted by someone like PaintWorkz who can closely reproduce the original look.

thanx god we all don't like the same thing. there is nothing i hate more then stock paint. i like the green, as for the rear fender do something with it but don't leave it green. here are some picts of zeds and kz's i've had over the years to give you some ideas. someone said red and they do look good in red, also gloss black. one of my favorite was black cherry. the purple is plum crazy cause my wife likes purple.

gloss black kz



slime green zed



red 76 kz



arias flame job by ray prince



black cherry kz



plum crazy z1



do what you want. not what anybody else wants

thanxs steve