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Parakeet Yellow Paint Code
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on March 16, 2024, 10:15:33 AM ---I'm not 100% certain being a USA colour but Freedom Green was used on 750's and not 500's, maybe the 550's though🤔🤔🤔🤔.
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Well I meant 500/550 but the 550 like the 500 not the 'F' series or 'K3' Julie. Wasn't the USA early 550 just a bored out version of the 500?
I think this is a '74 550 with that colour scheme. I just need to confirm it's the corrert for Johnny's bike before shelling out on some paint for him. The panel I have is NOS and never painted (bought it off Bryan when I got my 500K0 so he will know).
Dave ... it's gonna look stunning whatever shade you finally decide. Sadly never photo'd my lovely Parakeet Yellow F2 ... it got nicked from work ..never to be seen again. Some b*stard on FaceBook about 2 yrs ago posted a comment on a Hull memories site when there was a feature on the place I worked saying ' Yea nicked loads of motorbikes from there' . I always looked around for a 400 with front engine triangular plates made of some sort of brass alloy??? as the PO had laser cut some for it where he worked. ... so a magnet would have been a good detective tool.
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Laverda Dave:
Why don't lowlife's like that ever get nicked, especially after boasting about it on Faceache, some people are just so thick!
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on March 16, 2024, 10:47:58 AM ---I used to read that magazine Ash. Bob Berry was the Editor I seem to remember. He had a CBX restored and it became a bit of an ongoing story in the magazine but I won't add to the story as it became a bit of a saga. Japanese Classic magazine was launched to rival it, my own 400/4 was on the cover of the first edition. It folded after six issues due to lack of sales ::)
Dinah May, wasn't she married to Michael Winner the producer of the film Death Wish at some point?
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Yea .. as a joke I bought Graham Curtis this book from a charity shop as he had a bit of a thing about her I reckon ;D She wasn't married to Michael Winner ... she was his P.A. ;D
I was on holiday at the time in the BIL's cottage near Bakewell but it was p*ssing it down and I had nowt to read ... so read her book.
He sounded like the tw*t everyone thought he was but she seemed to have great affection for him even though, as his P.A. she lead a dogs life with him at times.
Bob Berry also had a UK CB250K2 and Graham restored that for the magazine too and got to keep (sell) it . I think they paid him good money for his contributions.
Was that the CBX resto with blasting media inside the engine Dave?
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on March 16, 2024, 10:47:58 AM --- Japanese Classic magazine was launched to rival it, my own 400/4 was on the cover of the first edition. It folded after six issues due to lack of sales ::)
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I can't find reference to that magazine anywhere Dave. Do you still have a copy?
Johnny4428:
Hi Ash that is the colour that you have there on that panel and pic of bike. The 74 550’s had that as an option across the pond.
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