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1981 GPz1100 B1 Rstomod / ELR "Tribute"
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Yes, go green
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Sweet lookin' machine !!!
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KIDDING !!!
This was a "photoshop" excercise...
And here, a much older photo, before the recent "surgery", and with the bikini fairing green too...
I wanted the desired result to be in my "minds eye" before I tear into the paintwork.
I am now fully convinced, and motivated...
H.
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'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!
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I’m a big green Kawasaki fan but… the red just works on those older models. My .02
"Swim against the current, even a dead fish can go with the flow"-somebody (I forget Who)
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When I was 15, my Dad bought me my first Kawasaki...(Thanks Dad!)
I wanted a green, 1981 AR50 A1, and that's what we ordered.
6 weeks was a long wait for a teenager...
When they opened the crate at the dealership, 18 December 1981, it was Firecracker Red!
But, it was love at first sight!
That little machine meant FREEDOM!
42 years on, I still want my green Kawasaki... And I'm going to have it, even if I have to paint it green myself.
H.
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'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
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Just to be controversial, what about the super rare white ? go on, dare to be different
I was going to say "I like white", but perhaps that's not PC.
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It absolutely is Personal Choice just playing it was pretty clear that it was going green (a buddy of mine had a white 1000R from new - I loved it)
Just to be controversial, what about the super rare white ? go on, dare to be different
I was going to say "I like white", but perhaps that's not PC.
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"Swim against the current, even a dead fish can go with the flow"-somebody (I forget Who)
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I cut out a small rectangle from the photo of my paint, and pasted it into the ELR photo...
I "looks" pretty darn close !
The paint color was achieved by showing the color-match technician a picture of a Lawson Replica, on my phone!
(no color code I'm afraid)
H.
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'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
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'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!
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