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bubba
PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:37 pm 

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Saw a beautiful H1 at Barber show this weekend. It was painted Candy Lime Green.... Not the typical two tone candy green you see often on 73 H1 or H2's.

Been restoring Kawasaki bikes for 15 years but have never seen this color anywhere except on a couple brochures. Have tried to research this through various sources. Some say this was a euro only color. One says it was a U.S. only color. RB site does reference it.

I see one in this color on EBay right now but owner does not know if the original paint was Candy Lime Green. So I suspect it was not.

So I'm wondering if anyone has a comment. Is this color for real or is it a unicorn that has never been produced?

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Ja-Moo
PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:51 pm 
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It was a brochure color, that didn't make it into production.......

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bubba
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:19 am 

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Too bad. It would be my top color pick and would look great next to my ELR, ZRX, and MT1...ha.

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Ja-Moo
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:33 am 
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Nothing is stopping you, there are a few out there........... :thumbup:

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bubba
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:46 pm 

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Correct! I'm just a sucker for green Kawasaki's...
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Walms
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:56 pm 
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Any pics of this brochure colour?

The KH400 A5 is candy lime green... I had it next to my buddy's ZX14 and I instantly knew what colour I was going to paint my triple when the time is right! 8-)

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mraxl
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Walms
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:33 pm 
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Yup, Kawi definitely screwed up going with the dark green!

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Ja-Moo
PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:15 pm 
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the brochure was more of the racing green, didn't look metallic.

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mraxl
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http://kawtriple.com/mraxl/brochures/h1d-2.htm

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