What Colour

Now that the Townmate is stripped to the bare bones and awaiting shotblasting, i'm thinking of changing the colour, i've had enough of the dull cossack grey, maybe the alternative original metalic blue or i rather like the metalic red as used on some later models Honda Cubs. Are there any pic's out there of T80's in red?

One on this thread was red & white https://yamahatownmatet80.forumotion.co.uk/t905-tidy-1984-reg-t80-b137vou#3326

Doesn't look so good in pastel colours, i was thinking more along the lines of a darker metalic red.

dark red or racing green would look nice

Don't know about British Racing Green, might look a bit dowdy for a fun bike, thats my problem with the original grey. Nice day here today, sunny and no wind.

same here only sunnyer dark red will make it look like a itialian ferrari

so what colour did you chose

Still undecided, probably a metalic red , but what shade ?? Going for the frame shotblast tomorrow, found a local firm who will do it while i wait for £40, don't know what the going rate is but that seems reasonable.

used to work for a shot blasting firm its very reasonable just make sure your got all the bearings and any surfaces well protected with plenty of tape that you don't want blasted

also get it primed as soon as possible or rust will set in

Yeah, will do, that's why i'm waiting for it, red oxide and primer on straight away.

camouflage looks good if nice and shiny seen it on some guns and a jeep , not the rough look on army stuff ,
are you getting the insides of the forks done if so check that there painted