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Offline derelicte

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Candy Jet Green
« on: April 26, 2012, 03:58:45 PM »
Bike is in pieces and has been ready for paint for weeks, but I can't decide on what I want to do for paint.  Have seen a lot of cool looking CB's in green, but they are usually sun faded and not really an indication of what a new job might end up looking like. 

Based on the spookytom website everyone references for paint, "candy jet green" seems to be the closest to what I want (don't even know if this was original on 750's, and it is not available on vintagehondapaint where I planned on ordering).  Bacchus olive ranges from pretty good to pretty awful depending on the paint job and pics.  Candy jade looks straight off a fiberglass bodied vw dunebuggy.

Basically, post some good pics of your green bike! tia
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Offline zzpete

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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 04:08:57 PM »
I'd go with Valley Green Metallic!  8)
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 04:14:11 PM »
Love my Candy Jade Green!


« Last Edit: April 26, 2012, 04:25:53 PM by OneWheelDrive »
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 05:41:08 PM »
Yah what Pete said...go with the Valley Green Metallic. It is an OEM Honda color and looks fantastic!!!
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 06:03:46 PM »
Everyone sees blue and green differently, but I like my green to have a lot of blue in it.
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2012, 11:44:22 PM »
i like my blue with a little green in it.
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Offline Prospect

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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2012, 06:11:55 AM »
Quote from: Johnie on April 26, 2012, 05:41:08 PM
Yah what Pete said...go with the Valley Green Metallic. It is an OEM Honda color and looks fantastic!!!

with a matching key chain. 
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2012, 06:39:11 AM »
Wow prospect....that is some attention to detail. I had to blow the pic up to catch that... ;D
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2012, 06:56:04 AM »
66 color Joplin Mo matches colors and their K2 paint is easier for an amatuer.  Just an opinion but KAWAS are Green  Hondas are RED stated by Mrs. Young as I atarted to paint my bike blue.  It is candy red from the 77 color pallet.
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2012, 09:07:52 AM »
Quote from: dave500 on April 26, 2012, 11:44:22 PM
i like my blue with a little green in it.

Of you would Dave. HAhahahhahahah
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Offline derelicte

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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2012, 02:16:27 PM »
Quote from: OneWheelDrive on April 26, 2012, 04:14:11 PM
Love my Candy Jade Green!

Cool man!  Thanks for the pics.  Is there any flake to it or does it look like a solid color?

The valley green has a sweet vintage look, but want something a little darker. 

Thanks for the pics, keep em coming I think this might be a decent reference for anybody else wondering (assuming the search ever works)
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2012, 01:42:49 PM »
Johnie, got any more paint pics of that bucchus olive bike of the month nominee?  How do you like it vs. the valley green?
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2012, 01:58:48 PM »
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i like my blue with a little green in it.
Yeah, but just a little bit.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6387/dsc00350n.jpg
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2012, 07:43:03 PM »
derelicte....I do have another close pic of that K3 olive green attached. I admit I am a fan of the brighter colors like my sunflake orange and candy gold, but since getting this K3 I really have begun to like that color. The dark green with the metal flake give it a really neat look in the sun.
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2012, 10:43:19 PM »
i like my martini with a little olive in it.
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2012, 12:54:35 AM »
ha ha...I like my olive with a little martini in it
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Re: Candy Jet Green
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2012, 03:25:03 PM »
Freedom green if you want a darker green.  To me, it maintains that vintage/classic look without being to bright.
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