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CB350/400 / Paint codes and decals
« on: April 04, 2016, 05:54:09 PM »
Hi all,
The rebuild of the 400 is making good progress with the crankcases finally being bolted together last weekend.
Attention has moved to the paint for the tank and the repro DS side panels as from my own experience painting can take some time to get back from a paint shop. Anyway, I took my 'good' tank and panels to the paint shop this morning. I expected the Honda varnish blue colour to be 'standard' apparently its not, there were at least 6 too choose from! I managed to located a tiny patch of old blue paint on the filler cap neck although the painter warned this could be misleading as it may have faded. So a question, does anyone no of a colour code for the varnish blue paint?
Also, the decals on the tank, I know the 'Honda' decal should be red with a yellow outline but...... the painter thinks the outline should be gold along with the 'Super Sport' logo that sits below it and also the '400' on the side panels? Can anyone point me in the right direction, I have looked at dozens of images of the blue bikes on Google but the more I zoom in the more the 'gold' if it is gold looks like yellow
Any help appreciated
Dave
The rebuild of the 400 is making good progress with the crankcases finally being bolted together last weekend.
Attention has moved to the paint for the tank and the repro DS side panels as from my own experience painting can take some time to get back from a paint shop. Anyway, I took my 'good' tank and panels to the paint shop this morning. I expected the Honda varnish blue colour to be 'standard' apparently its not, there were at least 6 too choose from! I managed to located a tiny patch of old blue paint on the filler cap neck although the painter warned this could be misleading as it may have faded. So a question, does anyone no of a colour code for the varnish blue paint?
Also, the decals on the tank, I know the 'Honda' decal should be red with a yellow outline but...... the painter thinks the outline should be gold along with the 'Super Sport' logo that sits below it and also the '400' on the side panels? Can anyone point me in the right direction, I have looked at dozens of images of the blue bikes on Google but the more I zoom in the more the 'gold' if it is gold looks like yellow
Any help appreciated
Dave