Re: purple paint?

Posted by robbie on Jul 12, 2012; 9:19pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/purple-paint-tp4023989p4025020.html

Yeah it looks blue in the pictures,but it's purple like Plum Crazy on the 70's Mopars. There is not another color underneath.Obviously the first thought is a repaint and normally I wouldn't bother mentioning it,but it has been examined carefully. The tank and the side covers are both the original and the only color they have ever been is PURPLE! I have a 60's Ducati single that all the experts said had to be a repaint,the color scheme was wrong.After three years of research it turns out it is the original paint,the bike was assembled in Spain and used a different color scheme from the Italian bikes. I've been doing body and paint for 40 years and I pretty much know original paint.The bottom of the Honda tank and the sidecovers are oversprayed exactly like the other factory colors and the paint itself is/was very thin,again like the factory. The only answers on the Honda would be that it is a fleet color or special order, or like the Ducati was assembled somewhere else,or that I'm wrong. No offense,but I'm not looking for a debate on if it's a repaint or what color it is,or am I mistaken,I am simply asking if anyone has seen or heard of a factory,purple,asian model CB750. It looks badass in purple so I think purple it will stay no matter what the outcome.