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78 1000 paint schemes(poll)

  • Thread starter Thread starter SVSooke
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78 1000 paint schemes(poll)

  • Euro skunk,red with white

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • US skunk,black with white

    Votes: 1 10.0%

  • Euro blue,Light blue with dark blue

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • US red,maroon with orange

    Votes: 2 20.0%

  • US blue,dark blue with light blue

    Votes: 1 10.0%
  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .
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SVSooke

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Thought this might be a bit of fun.Been thinking about doing my 1000 in a scheme other than the black with white.Here are the stock schemes I have been thinking of,more or less in the order of what I like:
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The Euro skunk,red with white.Leave out the stripe in the white please.
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US skunk,These two are really close IMO.Right now that is;)
1978_GS1000E_blue-side_450.jpg

Euro blue,light ble with dark blue.This is my wife's favorite.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=78+gs...&w=480&h=349&ei=vH9DT4azMujRiAL-x5WPAQ&zoom=1
US red,Maroon and orange.What my bike was born with.
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US blue,dark blue with light blue.
I like all of them and all would look good on my bike.Just wondering what the forum thinks.Yes it'my bike and I will do what I like:D
 
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I would source the decals first to see just what ones you can find per scheme..that may influence the choices a bit.
 
After looking at the Euro and Aussy paint schemes, I decided to come up with this look on my '79 basket case:

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Little did I know that Honda had made a bike with VERY similar color scheme.
A GSer from down under posted this pic from a recent bike show down there. :eek:

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Daniel
 
Yes, that would be nice. I need to see if their chain guard, battery and warning info decals would be the same as what is on my 1000. I might have to email them pictures of what I need and see if they are the same as what they have.
 
Reverse the colors. White base with black thick stripes and OEM pin stripes.
Classic!
OR, matte black with OEM everything else.
 
I'm thinking about a soft light yellow, with no brown in it, with the stock white stripes and gold pins on my second skunk. Something without much contrast between the white and the yellow. Not that much at all. This one will have rearsets, pods, and a pipe.

Red and white looks awesome though.
 
Done the yellow
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Just an FYI plan to paint the stripe and do vinyl stripes as I suck at striping by hand.Leaves the choice of colours open but I really want a stock colour scheme on this bike.
 
I can understand the desire for a stock scheme... If yellow is out than I vote Red w/ white stripe
 
Tim Tom I might have been more interested in that scheme if I'd done something else the last time.Sounds cool.
 
chuck hahn said:
yellow and black sounds interesting...call the bike "The Stinger".
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Actually, I think less yellow, more black would have a nice stinger look, black frame and tank/covers/tail with yellow accent stripes, add some yellow striping on black wheels as well, black fender/yellow stripping, solid black headlight, eliminate most all chrome, black should be high gloss.
 
old_skool said:
Actually, I think less yellow, more black would have a nice stinger look, black frame and tank/covers/tail with yellow accent stripes, add some yellow striping on black wheels as well, black fender/yellow stripping, solid black headlight, eliminate most all chrome, black should be high gloss.
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+1 on the yellow accent.
The goldish yellow of the Stinger was cool.

1970_stinger.jpg
 
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