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Harold999 said:
Keith, do you agree with Gravelroad that the BMW and Mazda color is slightly closer to the original than the Audi color which ended
third in his measurements?

I Googled some BMW Glacier green (334) pictures but all show more green tinge in my eyes than the original Laverda color.

Which code is that Mazda color by the way?
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laverdakeith said:
No idea really, it just guessing trying to get a match form old photos or pics off the net and getting an "exact" match from a sample
can also be a bit problematic as there is always a curve ball, the colour of the primer used can effect the final shade for example,
paint it a colour that you like if anybody asks tell them it is absolutely exactly the correct colour for your bike  ;)

  Keith.


 
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Gravelroad said:
+1

Harold, the original colour mixture is probably forever lost, but at least you have two sources, which investigated the thing by different
approaches and came independently more or less to the same result. There is not much left than just to follow keith's advice IHMO.

This colour seems quite close at the border between blue and green so a little shift in white balance of the digital camera or your
monitor settings will give you a wrong impression.
The pictures in the following fleabay ad give a somehow realistic impression of the blue shade, at least on my screen :D:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E38-Fuel-Filler-Cap-Fuel-Flap-334-Glacier-Green-/251474875831
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Stefan, thanks for the 'Which color is this 1000?' link - also this one I missed so far - although I fiercly used the search function!
The related conversation I quoted above summarizes everything in a nutshell.

What I'm looking for is a colour which is a tad darker and w/o doubt more in the bluish direction.
8)

Cheers
Jo
 
Jo said:
Stefan, thanks for the 'Which color is this 1000?' link - also this one I missed so far - although I fiercly used the search function!
The related conversation I quoted above summarizes everything in a nutshell.

What I'm looking for is a colour which is a tad darker and w/o doubt more in the bluish direction.
8)

Cheers
Jo
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Jo, probably the furthest you can get in metallic blue in pastel is the Audi code mentioned by Keith (you might remember it from the 1970's Audi 100 Coupe), or BMW Arctic Blue (you might remember that as well from the 1970's BMW 3.0 CS/CSI coupes).
 
Hoping to have my tank back from the painters shortly ......... fingers crossed it will come out correct. It was a factory teal blue/green but had a bodged touch up. The painter got the original colour from the under side of the tank.
I know it is a factory colour because I tracked down the original owner and he sent me a photo from new. The greenish tinge doesn't show up much in this photo as the lighting was poor and the old touch up masked it a bit.

 
@Stefan:  Yes, the Audi and BMW examples are still in my mind! I like them very much, hence in my current decision making process
they appear to be much lighter and more greenish than I thought/remembered. Maybe due to the smaller surfaces a motorbike
provides. However, they are the closest candidates till now ?

@Shaun:  Thanks for this further example. This is of course a clear blue. Maybe a tad too blue for what I?m looking for ? as you can?t
use the term ?pastel? anymore ...
:)

@Jim:  Also thanks to you! Interesting to learn that this was a factory livery. For my current search maybe a bit too much petrolish ?


I will follow and investigate the different routes and try to find out more about it. Sorry that I?m appearing in a state of indecision currently.
???    8)

Cheers
Jo


BTW:  It was  pleasure to meet stevepm2011on en route with his Jota 120 yesterday!
 
I painted my 3CL with a Honda color used on the Civic Hybrid, I believe they call it Petroleum Blue it is mostly light metallic blue but in certain light you see an aqua green pearl cast to it. Not for rivet counters but it looks good. Eventually I'll figure out how to post pics.
 
This colours would sketch out what I'm after:
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BMW Fjord Blue is my current candidate ...


Cheers
Jo
 
Best of the bunch, too "cold" a colour  for me, lovely green drummer Giovanni Laverda has just posted on Marcos FB  group.
 
My friend is 5 "9 ' tall and has no issues, he drives with clip-ons ...
:D

The place is the dead end of a railway line, where crushed stones for railroad
ballast beds are loaded. In the area are several quarries.

Cheers
Jo
 
Moto Officina, Renato Santin , 75 resto

 

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The project "new color" is taking shape. Got a used tank and side covers, both are in reasonable
condition and thus a good starting point:

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P.S.:  There is no dent on the upper tank side - it's the reflection of the lamp ...

Cheers
Jo
 
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