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Shawn_calvin
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 09:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i need to know the color of the frame on my 2007 lightning scg, the black part.

i am trying to match the tail to the rest of the bike, the dealer sent me titanium for the color and it is wrong. anyway let me know?

thanks shawn
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Bads1
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 10:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What black part???
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Xbcrazy
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 11:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I believe that you are asking about the frame color that Buell calls Graphite Grey. Anyway, if you want it powder coated to match I have the exact match. If you want to paint it, you can get the paint from a Buell dealer in a spray can.

Pete
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Pio
Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 01:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

whats the match for the color for powdercoat?
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Shawn_calvin
Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 11:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i am talking about the fuel tank part. i have the graphite gray paint , but it looks a little off.

thanks shawn
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Jeffroj
Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 12:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ditto. whats the match for the color for powdercoat?
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Superfly
Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 06:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Here's a link to his (xbcrazy) website:
www.grandstanddesigns.com
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Shawn_calvin
Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 09:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

still does not tell me the color??
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Superfly
Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 11:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

maybe he invested a lot of time matching the color and doesn't want it to be general knowledge... just a thought. Seems to do good work from what i can see, when i get my bike torn down, i'll probably ship off a few parts to him, last local powder coat place didn't do nearly as good of a job.
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Shawn_calvin
Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 04:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i would think that a dealer would be able to tell me the color. i tried appleton harley , but they could not tell me.

thank shawn
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Shawn_calvin
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2008 - 11:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

some body has to know this?
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Xbcrazy
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 12:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry I kinda forgot about this thread. 

The frame color on all XB12's from 2004-2008 are Graphite Grey.  The OEM coating is a powder coating.  Buell dealers sell a paint version of that color.  You are right Shawn, it is not an exact match.  It is nearly impossible to make a $5 rattle can paint match a matte finished powder perfectly.

Superfly...it did take me a very long time to track down a match to this powder.  What I can tell you is the OEM Graphite Grey powder was created for the Buell Motorcycle Co and sold to them exclusively.  I don't claim to have any ability to get their powder exactly, however one would be hard pressed to tell my color and their color apart.

So the true answer to Shawn's question is... no dealers have any idea who the true manufacturer is or what true name of the OEM powder is, most Buell employees have no idea and to get it is next to impossible unless your name has the word Buell or Harley-Davidson in it.

Pete
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