Bountiful Blue v VW Kuril Blue?

[Its been a long time]

Looking at repainting the tins on the 77 650D which is in Bountiful Blue. Searching here I find a recommendation for a VW colour Kuril Blue as a near alternative colour. I'm not building a show queen bike so close enough is plenty close enough for me.

Does anyone actually have experience of the VW colour versus the original Yamaha colour?

 

[Adamc]

Looking at repainting the tins on the 77 650D which is in Bountiful Blue. Searching here I find a recommendation for a VW colour Kuril Blue as a near alternative colour. I'm not building a show queen bike so close enough is plenty close enough for me.

Does anyone actually have experience of the VW colour versus the original Yamaha colour?

Nope, no experience as asked. But if it were me I would choose the one I liked best. As you say it’s not a resto.

 

[Its been a long time]

Nope, no experience as asked. But if it were me I would choose the one I liked best. As you say it’s not a resto.

Thanks. I don't really have a way of looking at real life Kuril Blue, seems it was used by VW in 1983-84 on vans. Searching on t'internet shows it's the right kind of dark blue so I can believe it's close to Yamaha Bountiful Blue. But you can't really tell for sure looking on a web page.

Advantage of the VW colour is it's readily available and therefore not as expensive as something scanned and mixed as a one off. And the original paintwork is definitely faded anyway so a scan wouldn't be true to the original shade 48 years ago.

It's not a problem if nobody's used it recently. It can't be worse than what I have and for sure, the bike is no show winner.

 

[Jim]

Another color that should be easy to get a hold of is French Racing Blue. I'd guess that's as close as any other color and easy to get.

 

[MrBultaco]

I owned a 2017 Honda Accord Coupe that was painted Still Night Pearl similiar to to this pic below. I is a beautiful color

Buy some decals from Diablo Cycle and paint, install decals, clear and 'bob's your uncle'