Rare as hen's teeth, "Fireflake Golden Bronze" ?

Cowboydon brought this one over from Canada....



It can be seen regularly here in Sth Oz.
This time at Myponga dam.
AC.

I think I have posted previously this unit.. but can anyone identify the correct OEM cod eor even name of the colour of this unit.. I asked The Norvil Shop and their response was ~ "Yes it is a genuine colour ~ ! "

Oh Thanks peeps ~

Looks like Candy Apple Red to me - I've seen quite a few variations, and getting a match against genuine original stuff can be tricky as it fades badly over time.
I've seem some where the pigment has washed out almost completely.

Here's one I prepared earlier:





And this is the inside of the sidepanel I matched it from



Although the colours look slightly different (no natural light when I photographed the old sidepanel) they came out very close - the intensity of the red is also a function of how much candycoat gets layered on, as well as the base silver. Go too far and it could end up looking black

Andy

Thanks for your input.
I believe this tank has been in storage for many years and if used at all ~ (bought it off a reputable UK trader) and should not be faded at all.

I did not think it was a metal flake as it does not have that sparkle factor like the majority of others on this string. But I guess it could be a, perhaps a subtle factor ?

I learnt back inthe 1970s about metal flakes as I had an ALL Australian (Horn) Super car in its day. The Holden XU-1 ~ (Six cylinder- triple carbs- 4 speed- LSDm, all factory built ,) built in the days when touring car racing meant merely selling one 1000 units to retail to homologate/ qualify for premium touring car racing ~ What a fantastic GO machine !

Anyway it was done in a metal flake ~ ever so subtle.. purple/ black ~ and the metal flakes of the day only lasted 3-4 years in the Ozz sun! They then went to crap ~

(Me with hair ! )

Bee u ti full, Stueey, Lima Mint for me.
lcgtr should chime in....
186, the one that went.
AC.

AC

I rebuilt mine at 45K and the journals were no more than .001 out of round and wear factor.. I had it bored to 190 CI and bought a Super flow head which was further worked ! A 308 LSD meant it would cruise literally at 95 mph ALL day and sing on tune while it did it..

I fitted Hopkin race seat with 4 spot race harness so it was three seater !!

I blew a front universal at aprox 110 mph but it hung on ! Cracked main bearings in gearbox, broke the bell housing and damaged the tail shaft ~ took three months to sort ~

Rust killed it on the L&R pillars ~ Only place that was not rust proofed ! Another mate in Sydney of the new 2000 millennium ~ also had an XU-1 and his was purple too, but a 202 ! His went in the same place and we both sold our tin top for $1500 !!

Try buying a genuine XU-1 for less that $90 -100K today ~ eh !!

OPPS back to paint ~ we don't want to be seen hijacking an excellent post here !!

Its perhaps worth pointing out that Candy Apple Red is NOT, strictly speaking, a metallic paint.

Its a clear (transparent) red lacquer - applied over a silver basecoat. And as mentioned above, the amount of red lacquer applied will determine the final shade of red - too much and it will go quite dark. Its also worth mentioning that the silver basecoat can vary considerably too - from very fine silver to quite large chunky flakes - but since the flakes are below the red, and not mixed in with it, this makes it not a metalflake type paint - it has to be applied in 2 stages.
(Or 3 stages, since more modern versions will also have coat(s) of clear over the top again...
Opethiselps.

Thanks Rohan

That makes complete sense ~ I have several f/glass side panels and they have to be done before I fit to the bike.

I figure if I had seen this colour when I first restored the Commando I would have done it in this colour ~

Does anyone know just how rare this color is? The Rock Store crowd that have seen this bike say that they have never seen one this color, although I haven't been to a Brit gathering yet with it.

Stuart SS said:

Andy

Thanks for your input.
I believe this tank has been in storage for many years and if used at all ~ (bought it off a reputable UK trader) and should not be faded at all.

I did not think it was a metal flake as it does not have that sparkle factor like the majority of others on this string. But I guess it could be a, perhaps a subtle factor ?

I learnt back inthe 1970s about metal flakes as I had an ALL Australian (Horn) Super car in its day. The Holden XU-1 ~ (Six cylinder- triple carbs- 4 speed- LSDm, all factory built ,) built in the days when touring car racing meant merely selling one 1000 units to retail to homologate/ qualify for premium touring car racing ~ What a fantastic GO machine !

Anyway it was done in a metal flake ~ ever so subtle.. purple/ black ~ and the metal flakes of the day only lasted 3-4 years in the Ozz sun! They then went to crap ~

(Me with hair ! )

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Proper Heavy Metal!!!

The nearest we got in the UK was the Ford Capri 2.8 Injection... not in the same league at all!
Big-inch motors have never really taken off in the UK due to petrol being so sodding expensive :roll:

My cousin had one painted in pearlescent flip-flop with 'Silver Machine' signwritten down the side.
Proper Space Cadet

Looking at the photo of the tank I'd say it' been resprayed, simply becasue the fibreglass tanks were just plain colours; the pinstripes came in with the steel tank 850s, to the best of my knowledge.

The red looks quite a bit more ruby than the ones I've seen, but shouldn't be too difficult to get a match for, and it does look good!