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Was originally Jade Green, goes with ruby red, emerald green, garnet brown, sapphire blue. Think the US started calling it Jet and it stuck in places. Jade green on CMSNL.My K0 is in original jade green. I like the fact that it's unusual. But I do have other sets in custom gold and ruby red. And have a spare set that may get to be garnet brown. Shame I missed those side panels yesterday.Excuse the old front wheel. The original has the original tyre, but don't trust it to use.
My USA May 1971 parts book lists it as Candy Jet Green. That's listed like your pic Ash, where the tank is shown as colours.However my 1972 UK parts book doesn't list the colours on the tank or side panel page, it shows them by paint codes, in this case KD.The front of the parts book shows a table which lists the code and the corresponding colours and KD is listed as Candy Jade Green not Jet. Which TBH makes more sense, Jet is black, Jade is Green, so why describe a colour as Candy Black Green is beyond me.
Quote from: Oddjob on December 10, 2023, 09:49:31 PMMy USA May 1971 parts book lists it as Candy Jet Green. That's listed like your pic Ash, where the tank is shown as colours.However my 1972 UK parts book doesn't list the colours on the tank or side panel page, it shows them by paint codes, in this case KD.The front of the parts book shows a table which lists the code and the corresponding colours and KD is listed as Candy Jade Green not Jet. Which TBH makes more sense, Jet is black, Jade is Green, so why describe a colour as Candy Black Green is beyond me.Not significant in 1971/72 if you were ordering parts from a dealer .. you would specify what is listed in the parts listing IMHO that;s what Honda called it
Quote from: AshimotoK0 on December 10, 2023, 10:08:32 PMQuote from: Oddjob on December 10, 2023, 09:49:31 PMMy USA May 1971 parts book lists it as Candy Jet Green. That's listed like your pic Ash, where the tank is shown as colours.However my 1972 UK parts book doesn't list the colours on the tank or side panel page, it shows them by paint codes, in this case KD.The front of the parts book shows a table which lists the code and the corresponding colours and KD is listed as Candy Jade Green not Jet. Which TBH makes more sense, Jet is black, Jade is Green, so why describe a colour as Candy Black Green is beyond me.Not significant in 1971/72 if you were ordering parts from a dealer .. you would specify what is listed in the parts listing IMHO that;s what Honda called itAgree, but why would anyone be ordering a candy jade green in UK, it was never available in the UK model range 🤔🤔🤔
Don't suppose it would matter at all Ash, any partsman would just order using the parts number not the description.They did make mistakes though, I bought a brand new Starlight Gold tank from Queenies Parts Dept that they clearly ordered by mistake, I've also bought a brand new Jade Green side panel back in the early 80s from a UK source, clearly just using part numbers to describe them didn't work too well in the UK. TBH I always referred to the colour as Jade Green, never heard of Jet Green until 10 years or so ago. I wonder what colour the brochures described them as?
Ooops! Opened a can of worms! Think I’ll stick with my original preference freedom green metallic. 🤭🤭