# Suggestions for paint on the 750... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 3, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089 "2010-10-03T17:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/1 "2010-10-03T17:39:03Z")
I’m at the point where I’m ready for paint for the GS, but I’m at a stump as to what direction I want to go with paint. I was initially going to go with a blue, but after looking more and more at cafe builds, I’m starting to love the colors they use, forest green, dark blue, dark red, etc. This is the bike as I bought it: [ATTACH=CONFIG]16405[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]16406[/ATTACH] Some colors I’m considering: [ATTACH=CONFIG]16407[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]16408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]16409[/ATTACH] … ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/2 "2010-10-03T17:42:39Z")
![http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-stuv/Triumph-TR6-blue-da-nf.jpg](http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-stuv/Triumph-TR6-blue-da-nf.jpg) I’m not building a cafe racer out of this bike, it’s just getting a frame up restoration and a few tweaks (clubman bars, low profile mirrors, less chrome) Also, I’m considering painting/powder coating the wheels either the gold in the first green picture, or bright silver, as I did with my Ninja. If anyone wants to take a crack at it on photoshop, I’d appreciate it! Any other suggestions for colors as well, I’m kind of a noob at accessing paint samples and what not, as this is my first vehicle I’ll be sending out for paint. Thanks everyone, Chris ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/3 "2010-10-03T17:47:39Z")
I’m personally a fan of the red. I’ve always thought red bikes look nice, especially a darker red for a cruiser. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/4 "2010-10-03T17:54:14Z")
Why not keep it black for now?.. how about chevy prizm maroon? ya know to keep the matching style going. ---------- Post added at 08:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 PM ---------- You could go pearl magma RED or Pearl solar YELLOW? ---------- Post added at 08:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 PM ---------- those are always great choices. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/5 "2010-10-03T17:57:35Z")
Black is meh…I’d really rather have color. I think some bikes are sexy black but this thing has way too many lines and without color they all just blend into a mess because the frame is black/will stay black. ---------- Post added at 08:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:56 PM ---------- Lol, I know a guy on GSresources that seriously has a pearl magma red GS1100 lol. I’ll see if I can get a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/6 "2010-10-03T17:59:36Z")
Yellow \> red… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/7 "2010-10-04T04:38:28Z")
Found it lol. Definitely way too bright for my application but still awesome. ![http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/Motocrossx23/ae576ff6.jpg](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/Motocrossx23/ae576ff6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/8 "2010-10-04T04:49:47Z")
baller would be daytona blue pearl…MMMMMMM I love cafe’s! we gotta round up all the cafe bikes in the spring for a cruise ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/9 "2010-10-04T04:51:28Z")
Well mine won’t be a total cafe build, just a clean restored 750 but it’ll have some cafe elements, just minus the tail. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/10 "2010-10-04T04:59:42Z")
thats too bad lol, checko has a nice tail setup for cheap, If I do my CB750 up I want to set up a cafe seat with stock hinges so I can swap seats for when I wanna take a broad for a ride, but still have the cafe look most the time ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/11 "2010-10-04T05:33:11Z")
cobalt blue gets my vote. (the color not the car) ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/12 "2010-10-04T05:54:06Z")
That’s the only reason I’m not going the cafe route, I ride passengers way too often ☹ it’ll still look good in the end though. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/13 "2010-10-04T07:39:58Z")
if you want the cafe look with ability to ride passengers there are other options: ![http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/sitebuilder/images/A2.Lanusse1_1_-213x154.jpg](http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/sitebuilder/images/A2.Lanusse1_1_-213x154.jpg) ![http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/sitebuilder/images/2_seater_Fglass_cowl-211x149.jpg](http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/sitebuilder/images/2_seater_Fglass_cowl-211x149.jpg) its a seat fabbed with a factory seat pan, high desity foam shaped like a cafe seat, and then a snap-over cowl that can be painted…find a passenger, snap off the cap and toss it in the backpack. If you are interested in a venture similar to this I would be more than willing/happy to fab one up. what it looks like without the cap: ![http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/sitebuilder/images/A.Lanusse1_12_-204x153.jpg](http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/sitebuilder/images/A.Lanusse1_12_-204x153.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/14 "2010-10-04T07:49:11Z")
^ That’s pretty dope. ---
**Author:** ![checko](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/checko/32/5422_2.png) [@checko](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/checko)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/15 "2010-10-04T07:54:09Z")
^with my seat we planned on riggin the seat to use the stock hinges so i could still access the battery easily. it wouldnt be hard. then you could swap from stock to cafe with 2 pins lol… oh and i like blue like the norton up top ---
**Author:** ![NYstanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/16 "2010-10-04T10:13:02Z")
I normally hate red but my friend had his old ninja painted a nice deep red and it was gorgeous looking. The green you posted is to army looking and I think yellow is just to vibrant. My opinion would be Ford redfire metallic. Couldn’t find a good pic but this vid depicts the deep red color nicely. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/17 "2010-10-04T10:14:44Z")
^ that color is also known as Vermillion Red ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/18 "2010-10-04T10:18:35Z")
I vote for flat/matte green. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/19 "2010-10-04T10:38:09Z")
Not doing flat or matte, way too over played. ---------- Post added at 01:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:37 PM ---------- Candy apple red, almost similar to mustang dark red. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089/20 "2010-10-04T16:59:57Z")
i just need to state that i would do horrible, unthinkable, unforgiveable things for a norton commando.UGH! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/suggestions-for-paint-on-the-750/161089.md?page=2)