I have a recently acquired XS650D in bountiful blue colour scheme. The tank is quite badly faded and scratched on the decals and paint but otherwise sound, if rusty inside. It's going to have to de-rusted, sealed for E10 and repainted. I am not especially keen on the blue colour scheme. I like the XS650C black and gold better. The bike isn't going to be a show queen, but it'll be very tidy standard trim when I'm done. Question is - do I keep the tank and side panels blue or do I repaint in black/gold as per the XS650C?
I'm interested in what members think about keeping the original colour or changing. Thanks.
Thanks. I think all three of those are really terrific colour schemes. I have only ever seen the black in real life here in the UK. I could happily live with any of them.Personally I like the Red, maybe because the Black is the common colour that is more prevelent
Black is nice, the US only got the black so they didn't see the Red
Yes, I think I prefer either if those compared to the '77 bountiful blue that I have.For me, i think the UK, Euro 77 colours would b up near the top of the list for nice looking XS's
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Thanks. I think all three of those are really terrific colour schemes. I have only ever seen the black in real life here in the UK. I could happily live with any of them.
Quite agree, but it's interesting to hear other people's ideas and I have certainly learned something from this thread. Thanks.I'm just throwing it out there. At the end of the day it's your choice to live with and honestly, painting a bike, or any vehicle, to what other people like is never going to b yours.
Seen some paint jobs that make me shudder but the owner has a smile from ear to ear. Whatever makes you smile, that is what your after.
I love the color. Decals, meh. I have a XS650E that got those. I'm going for something else.This is rather nice too, simple, no tough to apply large decals. Would be cool in black paint too.
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