Vintage Dirt Bike Q & A

does anybody have source of where to get the red engine paint for a 81' 450 . and frame paint. how about colors and i.ds for them.

The color you want is Tahitian Red. It is available in cans from http://www.flanders.com and http://www.vmxracing.com. IMO, you should decide whether you want or need after-market plastic and then color-match the paint to that.

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Michael Stiles
1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore | 2006 Husqvarna SM510R | 2007 Service Honda CR500R-AF

Redrocket, could you help me with this Flanders site?
I went to the site, but they don't seem to sell anything, they just let me search for something, and then they pass me off to another site.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for your help

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Dale E White
1980 CR250R
2002 R1

bad URL on my part....sorry.

http://www.flandersco.com/

The Colorite code you are looking for is 2095.

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Michael Stiles
1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore | 2006 Husqvarna SM510R | 2007 Service Honda CR500R-AF

Got it, thank you so much.
Perches and levers are up next on the "to order" list.

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Dale E White
1980 CR250R
2002 R1

I bought several can of paint in my search for the right color.
For what it's worth, I used Dupli-Color engine enamel.
Oddly enough the color is Chrysler Industrial Red (DE1632).
The label says it's good to 500 degrees.
It matches quite well.

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Dale E White
1980 CR250R
2002 R1

Next post.

Dew thats the same paint I used for my motor and it worked great! Nice shiny finish, looks better than original in my book. I found paint at lowes, American Heritage something in red for the frame and it matched the Chrysler paint. Found some plastic paint at Home Depot for the plastic and there you go! Not quite Tahitian Red but works for me, I'm just gonna mess it up riding it anyway!

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Garry Mainer
#33m (retired)
Honda Cr250r 1980
Honda Cr250r 1980
Yamaha TY250C 1976
Arctic Cat 650 H1 2007

I'm getting closer to completion.


More:
http://www.f150online.com/galleries/albumview.cfm?num=8056

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Dale E White
1980 CR250R
2002 R1

just a foot note to your post guys after many years of custom painting and playing with hondas i found a nos head for my 81/2 cr125 got a mate at a paint shop to mix up a litre for me perfect dulled it down for the motor and everything then went to our local auto shop and bought a duplicolour called toyota fireball and it is within two shades of the original honda tahetian red
hope this helps for future reference

STOP THE MADNESS! CALL COLORITE AT 800-736-7980. THEY HAVE THE EXACT "HONDA TAHATIAN RED" YOU'LL NEED. HAVE A PRO STRIP THE FRAME AND SPRAY IT IN A BOOTH ALONG WITH THE MOTOR. YOU WILL ALSO NEED CLEAR COAT.

DROP ME A LINE AT mailto:DTROESKEN@COX.NET AND I'LL SEND YOU PICS OF THE ELSINORES I'VE DONE USING THIS PROCESS.

REGARDS,

DAN TROESKEN
D.T.R.,INC.