Z1A Colour codes

[Whatever]

I am sure this question must have been asked many times but I have been back through loads of help pages and can't find it.....so.....

Can anybody tell me a colour code for the Z1A green? I can probably cross refer any code if you could also tell me what manufacturer the paint code is for but the ultimate would be if it was for a current water based scheme. .....and the ultimate ultimate would be if it was for a Spies hecker water based scheme!
I don't need it to be really accurate so the courseness of the metallic is not essential - but I would like to get the shade about right 'cos i like it.
Failing a code is there a similar car colour?
Cheers
(PS the code for the yellow stripe would be good too)

[rickman CRR]

http://www.motorbikepaint.co.uk/

RS Bike Paint usually come up with a close match

[hutch]

rs bike paints , stay away from them , sold me some paint a few years ago for a brown / orange z1 . what a fucking joke . not got a clue .

[paul doran]

listen to a bloke who know's what's what
Hutch is an ace painter and no mistake
I recently seen an A4 set beside one of Hutch's
Heinz's was totally wrong
sorry to the purist's but in my opinion Hutch is far superior to Heinz
I don't care what he charges (Loben)
just because he is expensive does'nt mean he is right

[chrisNI]

Whatever, as you may have gathered this is a subjective matter, as back in the day there was no such thing as paint codes and colours of the bikes straight out of Kawasaki varied wildly. There now seems to be an accepted "right" but you could could go back to the seventies in a "Life on Mars" stylee and find a load of brand new Zeds that were "wrong". Most people who are regularly doing these have worked out a match but it kind of depends what they've copied.... There's nothing biblical in any of the schemes.

Hutchy does do a good job on his tanks.

[Garn 1]

Whatever, I agree with ChrisN. "Back in the day" there were no paint codes. Now, concerning the particular green you were after, I have travelled down that road. And I posted on a particular forum to pose the question. I postulated (maybe slightly incorrectly) that the green in the Z1 was the same as in the Z1A. I spent ages researching.

A member of this forum gratefully informed me that he once worked for Kawasaki and a guy came in to buy a LHS side-cover for his green Z1A. He was given six side-covers to try to match his opposite RHS .... All were slightly different, however, the nearest match was selected. so you can see, back in those days it was hard to find the colour.

What I did, after viewing many geen & yellow tanks from both Z1 & Z1A, also borrowing original paint tanks, decided on the correct green, to my taste. This decision was also based on my perception from photos of what was right! I then found a painter (a particularly hard task).

The painter has to know the stripe dimensions and the form. He has to know the technique and be able to have the right amount of glitter and know how many clear coats to correctly use the candy paints.

I now have a Z1 done in green, which a lot of guys say that it may be a little on the light side. I have a mate with a Z1 done in green, which may be a little on the dark side. I now have a Z1A and everyone says .. Right-on!

RegardZ

[floydsz1]

Try my mate at www.bikecolours.com Iv'e known him years and he used to have a 73 z1. he mainly sells paint for newer bikes but can sort you out with almost anything. He will paint bikes aswell and does a brill job. Iv'e used him many times and a lot of my mates have, only prob is if he paints your bodywork it takes him quite a long time to do it but its worth it. His name is mally wilkinson. he lives in lancaster.
He's just done a lawson paint job on my 2003 z1000, its in motogp green and looks ace, his tel number is 07960168424
if you do get in touch with him, tell him kinny recomended him