Bike colors, color that always looks clean

[degrom]

Hi...

I am in the process of painting a 89' Kawasaki ZX-10.

My question is, what color will stay the cleanest and won't show swirl marks after a few months and a few washes?

Color's I like:

Black looks nice... (for 5minutes)
Metallic Blue... SV1000s looks good... (bit on the dark side)
Racing Green...
Rust brown metallic...


Or should I go Silver?

All ideas and suggestions are welcome on this topic.
Thanks.

[xwhatsit]

Silver is great. My bike is silver... but sort of a metallic silver with flecks through it. It hides the dirtiness really quite well, even when it is horrifically dirty (like when I first got it, he used to ride it on gravel roads) it still only looks a little dirty. Of course, being a naked, the rest of the bike still shows up the dirt and oil...

British racing green does the trick quite nicely as well. Well, the darker Cooper shade rather than the Lotus shade at least.

[degrom]

I was thinking of black for the bike but it's such a demanding color... Especially with all the rain in NZ.

Isn't Racing green much the same as black? Anyone with a racing green bike?

[xwhatsit]

BRGreen isn't that dark, at least not the shade I'm thinking of.

I was thinking of a slightly lighter (the photo is a bit dark) version of the paint on this lovely little Cooper T53... (is that Brabham? Surtees wasn't #2, was he).

[hellnback]

Matt Black! Shit you can hide a missing fairing with that! :Punk:

[Disco Dan]

Well for the whole of tomorrow my garage will be set up as a painting booth for my bikes fairings...

...roll on in and get ya bike painted!!! ya! !

Go black dude, then you really will be 'invisible' at night! hehe

[Qkchk]

Silver!

Its one of the best selling colours... WHY?

1. Its the most safest colour on the road as research by Lincoln Uni (I think it was Lincoln but it was a NZ uni)
2. It doesnt show dirt/dust like the other colours

Here's a question for you........ Why does Mercedes paint 60% of their cars in silver? The rest is made up of something like 20% Black and the other 20% is made up of the 'other' colours - Red, Yellow, Blue and Green.

[adiddy]

Silver!

Its one of the best selling colours... WHY?

1. Its the most safest colour on the road as research by Lincoln Uni (I think it was Lincoln but it was a NZ uni)
2. It doesnt show dirt/dust like the other colours

Here's a question for you........ Why does Mercedes paint 60% of their cars in silver? The rest is made up of something like 20% Black and the other 20% is made up of the 'other' colours - Red, Yellow, Blue and Green.

well said, and mercedes is one of, if not the safest car in the world , cant just be dependant on the size and toughness of the car can it?!

[Pathos]

well said, and mercedes is one of, if not the safest car in the world , cant just be dependant on the size and toughness of the car can it?!


Only slow old men own them :P

[oldguy]

Red Red Red Always look good

[Qkchk]

Only slow old men own them :P

Ive got a red one in the garage, do I count?

[hazard02]

Mix dirt brown with a dark matt grey. You'll never notice when its dirty, ever.

[degrom]

Well for the whole of tomorrow my garage will be set up as a painting booth for my bikes fairings...

...roll on in and get ya bike painted!!! ya! !

Go black dude, then you really will be 'invisible' at night! hehe

Thanks for the offer mate... but my hart says black and my head say go for the silver!!!

[pritch]

Here's a question for you........ Why does Mercedes paint 60% of their cars in silver?

Answer: Because silver is to Germans what British Racing Green is to the British?

Feel free to check the colour of the old Mercedes and Auto Union GP cars.

I have an OSH safe driving publication at work and they list the two safest colours as white and red from memory.

White is good at hiding road film too. It can also look good on some bikes but not all...

[degrom]

Only slow old men own them :P

Call me slow...

But I won't mind one of these puppies!!!

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[gamgee]

Call me slow...

But I won't mind one of these puppies!!!

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they are slow, a 250 would piss all over it

[degrom]

they are slow, a 250 would piss all over it

I thought we agreed it was for slow old men... LOL

[blackkatana]

Silver is supposed to be the cleanest colour, but black looks good.
Black is good!

[degrom]

Red Red Red Always look good





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[dawnrazor]

PAGAN GREEN

look it up, its a metallic pearlised flake paint and an incredible shade of green, its a bit evil - but looks the dogs...

[BarBender]

Painting a Kwaka red is kinda like cutting the Hulks balls off.
Of the colours you like Id either go green or blue.

[degrom]

I was thinking something along this lines....

I like the way the dark gray-part amplifies the flow of the bike.

[nudemetalz]

That's what I like to see,...research, research, research !!! :yes:

[Colapop]

It doesn't matter what colour you paint it -YOU still have to clean it. It's part of bike maintenance and your bike will last longer. So paint it silver that's obviously the colour you like...

[Steam]

I think... perhaps desert-storm sand coloured? That would hide the dirt fairly well.
YES

[degrom]

I think... perhaps desert-storm sand coloured? That would hide the dirt fairly well.
YES

LOL... If you can't beat the dirt!!! Make it look like the dirt!!! :third:

[oldguy]

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Still looks good:yes: if not a bit out of shape

[Trudes]

Black is sexy, and it goes with anything.

[gijoe1313]

I say get a Hornet and make it red sirrah! Red I say! Oh wait - I'm prejudiced and biased! :doh:

Go with the colour that you love the most - you will be the one greeting it in the morning, putting it away at night and switching on the light every now and then to check on it. So make it something you can stand having for the length of time you will own your ride! :done:

[Whynot]

I was thinking something along this lines....

I like the way the dark gray-part amplifies the flow of the bike.

very nice :)