If you could choose any colour of bike what would it be?

If you could choose any colour of bike what would it be?

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RemaL

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24,967 posts

233 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Yes i know "Ask a 1000 people and they will give me a 1000 different replies. But i'm going to ask anywho

The Ariel Ace is still very much in my mind.
And 1 thing that the guys at the factory said that really made me think and really got me stumped.

I asked what colour can I have the bike. The reply was give us a paint code and you can have it that colour. So pretty much the choice is endless

I've loved orange since I had my Blazing Orange Speed triple. Why I like my repsol Blade. But will it be to much. If no what shade orange . Rambo orange is nice and bright?

I don't like plain colours such as White, Black or silver and like to have a bike you can see.

So really just asking what do you think would be a nice colour on the bike below. Just give's me ideas on what to look at .



So not much to cover just the tank, tail and belly pan and possibly the front and rear hugger

sc0tt

18,032 posts

200 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Can you get a finished metal "finish" as opposed to paint matt?

Ilovejapcrap

3,274 posts

111 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Bmw Valencia orange

Vag Java green

Couple of ideas

Chipchap

2,580 posts

196 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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McLaren orange

Otter Smacker

6,524 posts

193 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Have a soft spot for that baby blue as seen on the S1000RR yum

hebegb

1,523 posts

146 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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I'm sorry but I don't really understand why you are asking what would others choose for themselves . Surely you know what colours you like and will have a leaning towards what will / would suit your chosen bike best . Make your choice , have it painted , ride it and enjoy it ...
I wouldn't give a toss what anybody else thought about it .
Not having a pop just confused .
Good luck .

JulianHJ

8,733 posts

261 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Ferrari Grigio Titanio or this grey:


patchb

946 posts

113 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Mclaren Volcano red or Nissan Midnight Purple would be my choices, I think I'd probably go for midnight purple.

jjones

4,422 posts

192 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Excuse the st skills. Tried repsol orange but it was awkward against the ohlins gold.

So thought why not have the bike olins gold, also colour coded the rear hugger/mudguard as it looked a bit cheap left black.


J B L

4,199 posts

214 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Some bright orange or what about Renault Clio's liquid yellow?

Proviso: if it was me and I was going for one of the above, I'd have the forks dark anodised and the frame in some sort of dark grey too just to make that colour pop wven more.

Might as well when paying £20k+

moto_traxport

4,235 posts

220 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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JulianHJ said:
Ferrari Grigio Titanio or this grey:

Jesus H Christ.

George29

14,706 posts

163 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Metallic purple! Not the best photo, it looks a lot better when in sunlight. Would go nicely with the silver frame of the Ariel too.



Or I reckon British Racing Green would look fantastic on it cool

evo8

468 posts

214 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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I think EvilLen has the answer:


graeme4130

3,823 posts

180 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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everyone knows red's the fastest colour
Just ordered a Red Africa twin to go with it too smile

Andy XRV

3,837 posts

179 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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RemaL said:
Yes i know "Ask a 1000 people and they will give me a 1000 different replies. But i'm going to ask anywho

The Ariel Ace is still very much in my mind.
And 1 thing that the guys at the factory said that really made me think and really got me stumped.

I asked what colour can I have the bike. The reply was give us a paint code and you can have it that colour. So pretty much the choice is endless

I've loved orange since I had my Blazing Orange Speed triple. Why I like my repsol Blade. But will it be to much. If no what shade orange . Rambo orange is nice and bright?

I don't like plain colours such as White, Black or silver and like to have a bike you can see.

So really just asking what do you think would be a nice colour on the bike below. Just give's me ideas on what to look at .



So not much to cover just the tank, tail and belly pan and possibly the front and rear hugger
I think the centre piece of the bike s the trellis frame so I'd keep the colour simples. The red looks good

sc0tt

18,032 posts

200 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Andy XRV said:
I think the centre piece of the bike s the trellis frame so I'd keep the colour simples. The red looks good
I said white first off because of the engineering. I think a colour would detract from tframe.

Andy XRV

3,837 posts

179 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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sc0tt said:
Andy XRV said:
I think the centre piece of the bike s the trellis frame so I'd keep the colour simples. The red looks good
I said white first off because of the engineering. I think a colour would detract from tframe.
The fireblade diamond white might look pretty cool but I think a darker colour to highlight the light frame

PS - it's in need of your photoshop skills

Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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I really like yellow motorbikes. My Daytona T595 is Strontium yellow, which is a sort of dark metallic yellow, slightly more to my taste than say, the flat yellow that came on the Speed Four and the Daytona 600. It was the dramatic colour that first drew me to the Daytona.

Speed addicted

5,561 posts

226 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Jaguar used to do a colour that looked black in low light but was a really dark red in sunlight, I can't find the name of it though. It looked similar to triumphs red haze on the rocket 3.

I'd go for something dark and relatively subtle as it won't need laity paint with a frame like that.

My favourite colour from a bike I've owned was Triumph roulette green on my speed triple, but I think that would be overkill here.

WaferThinHam

1,680 posts

129 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Carbon?

Fluoro Green?