1974 Norton Colors
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THis is the only one I have ever seen, its for a 1970.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261228000195?ss ... 1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261228000195?ss ... 1423.l2649
bwolfie said:
Appears to be the same as some of the 1971 ones that were shown here earlier.
Only the Royal Blue and Golden Bronze, AKA as Fireflake Blue and Fireflake Golden Bronze, were the same in the 1974 color list.
Is your bike a Roadster or Interstate ? = different choices of colors
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Two pinstripes as well for '74.
So if you count up the 1974 color options for Roadsters, there is black with gold decals and pinstriping - double pinstriping, as mentioned - and candy apple red, royal blue (fireflake) and golden bronze (fireflake) all with silver pinstriping and decals.
And somewhere later in 1974, there was the white John Player colors for the Roadster, with the large blue and small red stripes.
Have we missed any ?
And somewhere later in 1974, there was the white John Player colors for the Roadster, with the large blue and small red stripes.
Have we missed any ?
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Fireflake blue and bronze steel tanks have been featured here in the past, from '73-74 'bikes.
After much dialogue here I concluded that the blue was the same colour as the '69 'S' type a la DogT Avatar - it's amazingly difficult to get photographs to show what it really looks like, but it was my favourite until I did a green Fastback!
I believe the pacific blue was an Interstate-only colour:
It features in the '72 brochure with a single stripe (if you look really carefully there's a scratch on the tank!), and I'd guess it would have been fibreglass.
http://www.andover-norton.co.uk/NGFrontrunners.htm
Here's a later steel tank before I stripped it - I also had some Pacific blue fibreglass side panels for a plastic airbox 'A' model with the dzus fastener hole.
The photo is a bit bright - it's actually a darker blue, more like the brochure shot
After much dialogue here I concluded that the blue was the same colour as the '69 'S' type a la DogT Avatar - it's amazingly difficult to get photographs to show what it really looks like, but it was my favourite until I did a green Fastback!
I believe the pacific blue was an Interstate-only colour:
It features in the '72 brochure with a single stripe (if you look really carefully there's a scratch on the tank!), and I'd guess it would have been fibreglass.
http://www.andover-norton.co.uk/NGFrontrunners.htm
Here's a later steel tank before I stripped it - I also had some Pacific blue fibreglass side panels for a plastic airbox 'A' model with the dzus fastener hole.
The photo is a bit bright - it's actually a darker blue, more like the brochure shot
Pacific Blue was on the 73 brochure shown for a Roadster.
But it was called Fireflake Royal Blue in the parts book.
And called just Royal Blue somewhere else.
And Fireflake Blue for the 750 models earlier.
They all seem to be about the same color.
Although the flakes had become smaller (??) for the 850 versions in later years
The Interstate Blue tanks were a plain solid navy blue, no metal or metalflake in the paint.
You are right, photo does make it look a bit bright.
But it was called Fireflake Royal Blue in the parts book.
And called just Royal Blue somewhere else.
And Fireflake Blue for the 750 models earlier.
They all seem to be about the same color.
Although the flakes had become smaller (??) for the 850 versions in later years
The Interstate Blue tanks were a plain solid navy blue, no metal or metalflake in the paint.
You are right, photo does make it look a bit bright.
Silver pinstripes.
This is said to be a on original paint bike, in Florida.
lrutt, in a previous thread here on candy apple red.
Gold pinstripes give quite a different look.
Only the black & gold Commandos had gold pinstripes.
Unless someone has done a custom paintjob - of which there are plenty, including accidental/unintentional ones...
This is said to be a on original paint bike, in Florida.
lrutt, in a previous thread here on candy apple red.
Gold pinstripes give quite a different look.
Only the black & gold Commandos had gold pinstripes.
Unless someone has done a custom paintjob - of which there are plenty, including accidental/unintentional ones...
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