1981 GPz1100 B1 Rstomod / ELR "Tribute"

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01 Feb 2023 21:19 - 01 Feb 2023 21:46 #879622 by howardhb
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Yes, go green 
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Sweet lookin' machine !!!

 

'81 GPz 550 D1
'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!
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02 Feb 2023 00:13 - 02 Feb 2023 01:55 #879633 by howardhb
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DONE !!!



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...

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'81 GPz 550 D1
'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!
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02 Feb 2023 07:26 #879648 by blipco
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First, phenomenal job so far. 
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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02 Feb 2023 07:46 #879650 by Wookie58
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Just to be controversial, what about the super rare white ? go on, dare to be different 

 
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02 Feb 2023 09:59 - 02 Feb 2023 10:17 #879659 by howardhb
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Guys, guys... the green train has left the station already, I'm psyc'd.

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.

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'81 GPz 550 D1
'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!
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02 Feb 2023 10:16 #879661 by howardhb
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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. 

'81 GPz 550 D1
'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!

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02 Feb 2023 10:37 #879662 by Wookie58
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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. 
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)
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02 Feb 2023 12:12 #879664 by blipco
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Ok, green it is. What green though?

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02 Feb 2023 12:36 #879666 by howardhb
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This green... 

 

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'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!

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02 Feb 2023 13:59 #879670 by blipco
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Now that’s what I call green. No, I meant to say GREEN!

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03 Feb 2023 01:34 - 03 Feb 2023 04:17 #879704 by howardhb
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I did a quick cross-check of the green, with an on-line photo of a genuine ELR, and the pic I took of my paint...
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.

'81 GPz 550 D1
'81 GPz 1100 B1 ELR "Tribute" www.kzrider.com/our-forum/11-projects/61...-elr-tribute?start=0
'82 Yamaha YB100 Fizzie
'79 Suzuki GT200 X5 TWO STROKE TWIN - SMOKER!
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