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SteveD CB500K0:
John,

Ash is right about the colour - Eamon's K0 is Candy Blue/Green Honda Code AZ. That might help a professional painter, although Hondas 70's paint codes were notoriously "in-house" (ie means nothing to anyone else!)

Steve

steff750:
hi bob  ;)
       if you can get a good colour match like the inside of the air box i would try and use that as a guide I would say the candy blue green is the hardest colour to match to many coats it goes too green not enough and its too blue I did read somewhere that it takes two and a half coats lol thats how hard they are to match up,i have done two blue bikes one was too blue the other too green,  :'( and one candy ruby red,the one with the red paint being the easiest too match i am thinking of doing a full set of candy gold in the future that should be interesting , they all use the same silver base coat Honda paints are notoriously difficult too match and they used too mix the lacquer with the paint thats why so many colours got bleached out over time like the red bikes from sunny USA  8),i have not tried two pack as yet because cellolose paint is now banned you will have a job too find a sprayer that will use it ,unless you can find a really good sprayer i would say John Wyatt is your best bet i have a spare set of blue parts done by JTS too far for you they are in Devon ,but thats what you need a dedicated bike sprayer who can do candy colours  as Steve said the colour code AZ is of no use unless you are buying all the original parts from Honda lol i wish , good luck with the new bike i saw it on ebay they are picking up some serious money,I'm tempted too unload some of my k0's lol :-\

bobthebuilder:
Thanks Steff,
                 Glad you guys no what you are doing, how do I find a dedicated bike sprayer ???, anyone out there know one up here :-\ wont need them for a while yet, but good to know if there are any. 8)


Bob/aka Jock.

SteveD CB500K0:
Go to your nearest bike dealer (doesn't matter which flavour) and ask the service guy who they use for their minor repairs. They normally have a good handle on who is good locally. Next ask them if they'll paint classic stuff and colour match from a sample.

I found my local bike painter via my Triumph dealer.

AshimotoK0:
The '2.5' coats comes from Sandcast Guru in USA Vic World as below:

See http://www.worldmotorcycles.com/Pages/MC-Retro-Article.html

In this article there is a pic with a tin of original candytone Blue/green in it.

John Wyatt does not paint BTW it is his next door neighbour Andrew Parnaby at Marston Moor Ind est (who doid mine) who does his painting.

Evidently Andrew ended painting the Candy Gold in the resto project in Classic Mechanics a few years ago, as the guy originally asked to do it could not get it right

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