I did it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the Road...............Sort of......

I say grey. I actually thought of a grey myself, and if I can't find the brown I like I am probably looking at a silver.
 
Little bit of work done...............still trying to decide a color for the tank and side covers.......thinking a metallic grey of some sort. Seat pan will be black to match the frame and parts. Thinking of powder coating it will see.

Also did the ignition and gotta love the motogadget stuff.........I love the key less stuff.

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Pan is now all welded and sanded nicely......no new pics.
I really like how the exhaust disappears under the bike, is that a Mac system?
 
Almost there..........tank had some color put on it today and hopefully clear it tomorrow to make it pop........

seat pan / rear fender is done and just need to get a seat made to fit it........after that bike is pretty much ready to take its first cruise to see if the rear tire hits the chain.......poor 130 is just a little to big I think.......
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Almost there..........tank had some color put on it today and hopefully clear it tomorrow to make it pop........

seat pan / rear fender is done and just need to get a seat made to fit it........after that bike is pretty much ready to take its first cruise to see if the rear tire hits the chain.......poor 130 is just a little to big I think.......View attachment 32061 View attachment 32062
Man, that is a great color! I hope the clear brings it out more too!
 
I agree that looks awesome. That color is pretty close to my 360s factory color. Theres a place that makes replica decals for these tanks and they are color matched to the original color. https://rddecals.afegraphics.com/index.php?adminshopping=&cat_id=19170&catname='XS Line'

Id be nice if they offered some of the other designs. Yamaha did great work with their decals and color choices in the 70s..

My next bike is going to have a nice color like yours that pops out. Im so tired of seeing black eveything..
 
Tossed on 3 coats of clear and it came out pretty good. Has a few issues but hell it was from a bomb can o cant complain.........if I had a booth it would have turned out a little better I think but hey its a old school bike so the paint goes with it.......

Also rebuilt the petcock and hopefully get it on the bike in the next few days........just need to figure out a seat and am done and off to the next build........

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Well today was the day............put on the rebuilt petcock and put some fuel in it...........and it leaked :laugh2: so I was scrambling around the garage and yanked the tank off and drained it.......found a petcock I knew worked and put it on the tank and we went for a quick ride around the hood. Bike seems to work pretty well but the MAC exhaust sounds like ass.............have a 18" Cone Engineering on the way hopefully sounds a little better........

Anyway a few pics and yes still needs a seat........wife says go with brown leather but I am not sure whats do people think? I am building the pan and have foam to fit once its ready then off to the upholstery guy......,

Hard to believe it looked like this when I started covered in moss :laugh2:

One thing I will say is it needs rearsets on it........I feel like a monkey on a football........these bikes are just a tad to small for me.

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One thing I will say is it needs rearsets on it........I feel like a monkey on a football........these bikes are just a tad to small for me.

Sounds like the next project is about to start! Looks good!
As for seat color I'd be tempted to find something as close to the color of the brown leather you can find and just mock up a seat to take a couple pictures to get an idea of how it would look.

Heck even duct tape some cardboard together ad find some cheap rattle can paint close to the color would at least hep you picture what it would look like!
 
My seat is brown leather. Since my bike is sort of a similar color scheme, Ill get a pic of my seat with the tank for you when I can so you can get an idea.

I do know that I bought the leather from an EBay seller who sells all kinds of scrap leather. The section I picked up is enough for at least 2 seats and the price was very cheap.
 
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