Airbear wrote:
Thank you, Rob. In Australia being weird is not only totally acceptable, it's sort of a requirement.
Good to see somebody doing the research. And that is a useful website but I couldn't find a reference to 'larrikinism', a pretty important Australian term.
Airbear wrote:
Thank you, Rob. In Australia being weird is not only totally acceptable, it's sort of a requirement.
Good to see somebody doing the research. And that is a useful website but I couldn't find a reference to 'larrikinism', a pretty important Australian term.
Chuey,
I've been planning a respray / repaint of my 1975 R90S once all the mechanical work is done. I have completely restored the bike. It is now ready for paint! I have not spoken to them for some time but Holt BMW in Ohio will sell the correct Daytona orange and silver? Pearl paint as well. That is, they'll sell the paint to you or your painter. They have a great reputation.
I have also been collecting pictures of Daytona Orange R90S's for several years and I can send you a handful that are a good representation of the externals as well as those bits not normally seen. If you'd like a copy of the pic's please PM me.
Hi Dave, thanks. I'll PM you. This same painter painted my Daytona Orange parts I already have and they're great. I'm just thinking I ought to try to make the insides of the parts accurate if they're not already. Funny thing is that the parts look pretty much like the parts on the bike previously referenced. I have a few detail requests for the painter but I realize that all the bikes painted in this style had their individual variations.
I had a friend who bought a new DO in 1975. A couple of years later he was in an accident and insurance replaced the tank and seat pan. The colors matched but the shading and pinstripe locations where very different from the original pieces.
I don't remember the underside of the seat, but the inside or tunnel of the two tanks where also quite different. That is probably because that area was basically over spray, and unless the painter took the time to mask the tunnel off before spraying the silver, it would have varying shades of silver in different places, which both tanks did.
I find it interesting that a period correct paint job "ideally" needs to include period correct mistakes, sloppiness, etc. And I think that is even more true in the collectible car world, from what I've read. Or in other words "dishonesty" to the design concept or ideal rules.
What's even more interesting is that I would hold the same "ideal" if I were restoring a R90S or any other bike. At least I'm consistent in being forgiving of my own personal mistakes, sloppiness, etc. (Some people aren't, and I think that commonly doesn't work out so well for them.)
Ken, forgiving in Oklahoma
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