purple paint?

Posted by robbie on Jun 30, 2012; 10:25pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/purple-paint-tp4023989.html

I have a 1972 CB750 . All the stickers are in japanese,but the gauges have a blue background and are in MPH not Kilometers,You can turn the headlights off when it's running and it has parking lights and dual disc brakes and never had a data plate ,just a serial # number stamped in the headstock in the usual place.Obviously not a USA bike. Here's the thing; the bike is purple with a gold stripe on the tank. I've been in the autobody business for many years and it appears to be the original paint. Everyone who looks at it says the paint looks original,but Honda never made a purple 750.Anybody ever hear of such a thing? I'm redoing the bike and if the purple is by some chance original or a special order fleet color then I'll keep it purple.Otherwise it's going to be Planet Blue.