¡Bien arrecha, pana! Looks better than the original 2015 on these photos. How did you go about getting it painted. Took the whole bike or just the plastics ? What paint system did they use? Clearcoat? Thinking about doing it but have not picked oit a color yet.
It was a stroke of marketing genius when the brand adopted the color back in 1968, developed by the late custom car painter, Molly Sanders, who rightly pointed out that no other brand was using that color. And nobody has since, on or off the road. Not that they couldn’t if they wanted to; colors can be patented.
Molly was a hot-rod and custom bike painter working out of Quonset hut in Brea, California, when he was approached by Don Graves and Paul Collins, a couple of guys from Kawasaki. He’d been recommended to them for a proposal on colors and graphics, that would give the struggling brand some distinction and set them apart from the rest of the Japanese, Molly agreed on the condition that they not just look, but also listen to his rationale. They agreed. A month later, Molly made his presentation to then Kawasaki president, George Hamawaki and VP Alan Masek, with a selection of various shades of reds, blues and yellow. When asked if which of these was going to make a difference, his response was “none of them, but I’ll show you what will,” and brought out what would become Kawasaki Green. Every one of the Kawasaki execs shuddered, but after Molly explained the why, they bought into it and for forty years lime-green has been the iconic color of Kawasaki’s racing and off-road machines. He later went on to do other graphic treatments for Kawasaki, including the radical Z1R Turbo in the late ‘70s.
I like it, have you thought about painting the lower cowlings to match? I think that would look awesome.
i love it, great job, i've been wanting to paint mine green sence i got it but work has been slow for me.
how much did it cost and what color of green is that, looks soooo cool!
i agree on pianting the lower fairings too, i saw a couple other concours 1400s with painted lower fairings and it change the look alot.
Hi Jimmy. Thanks for your comment.
The painter prepare the color, I'm not sure what color is, but i'll answer to him.
About the Price. Here in Venezuela the cost was only $350 (all include)
Bargain !!!!!
Wow! At that price I would definitely get my bike painted.Road trip?
Road trip?