Sunday, January 6, 2013

New color scheme

The last owner of my Nimbus spray painted it and did it poorly. I have wanted to respray the bike for some time now.

I thought I would make it dark Nimbus blue. It is a lovely color. However, since studying the different color combinations found on the web, the one I like the most is red over cream. This has nothing to do with my Morris Minor which is cream with a red hood. I think that the combination is beautiful.

Here is a breakdown of the individual pieces and what color I plan to make them.

Cream (powder coat): 
* Wheels, hubs, spokes
* Seat racks
* Drive shaft
* Tank underside
* Feet pegs
* Bottom 1/2 of forks

Red (powder coat):
* Frame
* Headlamp
* Handle bars
* Tank top side
* Fenders

Black: 
* Kick stand (powder coat)
* Headlamp ring (paint)
* Engine block - shiny?

Chrome/chrome like:
* Rear seat handlebar (powder coat???)
* Nuts & bolts
* Brakes levers (powder coat)
* Gear Shift (powder coat)

Polished Aluminium:
* Head
* Tail light
* Gearbox
* Sump (powder coat???)

I used the following Nimbus as reference. This I think is a 1936. My 1953 has slightly different features (front fender, seat rubber suspension, and no gear shift by the seat. Otherwise it is almost identical.







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