Red paint

[fifthwheel]

Hi all, looking to paint an old Kawasaki er500 1997. I know its not the right thing to do but I am looking to paint it red instead of black.

Its a bit of an old dog so any paint suggestions would be appreciated. Doesnt matter if its not a bike colour, something like Ferrari red or

Fire cracker red etc. Ford do a nice red on the Focus. Anybody repainted a bike red and been pleased with the result?

[Bender]

Toyota do a nice red, in the old days your choice would have been post office red

[skyrider]

Hi all, looking to paint an old Kawasaki er500 1997. I know its not the right thing to do but I am looking to paint it red instead of black.

Its a bit of an old dog so any paint suggestions would be appreciated. Doesnt matter if its not a bike colour, something like Ferrari red or

Fire cracker red etc. Ford do a nice red on the Focus. Anybody repainted a bike red and been pleased with the result?

a couple of years ago i painted my cb500 in ford radiant red and looked ok too when i had it finished

[raesewell]

My wifes Focus is Race Red, nice colour the code is PQ

[husoi]

Check my post about spraying the fairings,

It's a Mazda metallic paint instead of traditional red honda

The result was quite good

[Guest]

Mazda copper red is nice.

[fifthwheel]

Thanks everybody will check out the colours. Its hard to see the colours on the internet, they vary such a lot.

I was at the paint shop yesterday but they didn't have any colour chips for base coat and lacquer.

I might just go for two pack paint. john.

[husoi]

Thanks everybody will check out the colours. Its hard to see the colours on the internet, they vary such a lot.

I was at the paint shop yesterday but they didn't have any colour chips for base coat and lacquer.

I might just go for two pack paint. john.

 

Keep in mind that the final colour will also depend on the primer you will be using.

I find it very strange that a paintshop doesn't have a series of sample sets for the several paint brands. The guys I've used are a small shop and they have a tonne of those, the hard bit is to choose the one you want.

By the way, make sure you see the sample strips at sunlight not under the shop lighting.

[TimR]

So why not go Kawasaki colour Candy cardinal red ?

Standard er5 paint colour

 

[raesewell]

Candy colours are notoriously difficult to apply consistently, so for a beginner might be a challenge.

[fifthwheel]

So why not go Kawasaki colour Candy cardinal red ?

Standard er5 paint colour

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I wanted a bright racing red or firecracker red etc. thanks for the link.

[James in Brum]

My first car, the red was ace and would have been better if not fifteen to twenty years old

[Mawsley]

[Throttled]

I have been told that for best results, use a red primer as undercoat.

[fifthwheel]

Come on you lot, the bike's not rough enough to paint it with Hammerite

[S-Westerly]

I use black hammerite for my side stand and centre stand which get a lot of abuse and paint chips off etc.

[fastbob]

Hi all, looking to paint an old Kawasaki er500 1997. I know its not the right thing to do but I am looking to paint it red instead of black.

Its a bit of an old dog so any paint suggestions would be appreciated. Doesnt matter if its not a bike colour, something like Ferrari red or

Fire cracker red etc. Ford do a nice red on the Focus. Anybody repainted a bike red and been pleased with the result?

 

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