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I'm looking at getting my KZ back to it's original Luminous red but I'm having trouble finding paint codes my spray painter can identify with.
I have details of LUBRI-TECH codes but he does not know what they are.
Any ideas of a colour that comes close that you may have used ?
I have a pic off a guy selling one on Ebay (attached) that looked right but it's obviously hard to copy from a picture!!

That red on the ebay bike doesnt look right to me anyway

Im looking at a picture of me sitting on a 78a2 right now back around 79-80 with the origional red,doesnt look same to me anyway.
Patton probably has a copy of that same picture some place

And when even younger.




Good Fortune!

Thanks Patton,heres another 78 I found a picture of in the gallery

Patton wrote:

And when even younger.

Good Fortune!

Yeah that was me with uncle stevie!

wireman wrote:

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Thanks Patton,heres another 78 I found a picture of in the gallery

jeeeeez that's smart.
i really want mine that colour !!!

Yeah im really starting to like the origional colors again now that everybike you see isnt running them,I remember when every z1 or kz you saw was red or green and everybody couldnt wait to repaint them some way out drug induced color combination with five lbs of metal flake and air brushed murals to be cool!
I knew a guy when I was a kid who painted his brand new 78 z1r brown,what I wanted give for an origional blue 78z1r!

wireman wrote: Yeah im really starting to like the origional colors again now that everybike you see isnt running them,I remember when every z1 or kz you saw was red or green and everybody couldnt wait to repaint them some way out drug induced color combination with five lbs of metal flake and air brushed murals to be cool!
I knew a guy when I was a kid who painted his brand new 78 z1r brown,what I wanted give for an origional blue 78z1r!

Yea mines been painted from it's original to a very very dark brown (actually looks black unless in bright sunlight)
It must have been some time ago as the brown is now cracking and looks dull..
I'm not sure how i'll match it up but now i have a better ides of the colour thanks to that pic

I know a guy in west omaha thats painted a few of them the origional red over the years that looked spot on to me anyway,ill try and get a hold of him this week and see what I can find out for ya.
You might also try paintworkz,hes a member on here that sells the materials to do it with.

I checked the website at www.paintworkz.com,he didnt have anything listed for the 78a2 but Im sure hes got lots of stuff thats not displayed on there B)

www.kzrider.com/forum/6-paint-a-bodywork...uby-red-1981-kz1000j

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ColorRite?

Luminous Vintage Red - Paint code #3705 Kawasaki PS
Requires Base coat # 1905, its a start

Kawasaki P5 Luminous Vintage Red
SKU # : 3705
Vendor : ColorRite
Manufacturer : Kawasaki
Manufacturer Code : P5
Requires Base #1905

Type in Kawasaki Luminus Vintage red in google then click on Color Rite. Go to another browser page and type in Kawasaki Candy wine Red and look at them side by side and you will see that Candy Wine Red is more red and the Luminus Vintage Red is darker. Candy Wine Red is the correct color which Color Rite says the Kawasaki microfesh shows Candy Wine Red as the correct color. Or not...this is a bigger pain than I thought.
g'luck

EDIT:

intersting pdf link to color codes I found, its safe, I scanned it, but check it with your AV
www.454rider.com/downloader.php?f=114384..._Chart.pdf&downID=17

www.autocolorlibrary.com/

PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: Reply with quote
I found a PPG color formula for Luminous Ruby Red. I will get the code and formulas for you if you haven't found them yet.PPG colors are in acrylic lacquer. I hope this helps you.

DDL 33974.........silver base coat
DDL 72786-D..... candy red mid coat
DCA-468...........clear coat