74 850 paint schemes

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The flood bike was painted electric blue metalflake with gold graphics and no stripes. My question is, did any come from the factory without pinstripes? I have seen the color scheme on a restored bike and it looks pretty good, but I want it to have an original-type paint job.

74 850 paint schemes
 
Don't think so. All the 850 Roadsters came with the stripes. Also the Fireflake blues came with grey/silver graphics. The earlier metalflake blue 750s came with gold. Not necessarily facts. Just my observations over the years.
 
I thought it was repainted, as the underside of the tank was different, but my memory is bad :roll:
 
According to my '74 brochure Fullauto is spot on, however they call it "Pacific Blue" and if you look carefully you can see it has a different seat cover. Is it possible your is a '73 build?


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cliffa
 
That seat cover was used in 1972-73. The 750 Roadster models did not have stripes except for the 'D' on the black tanks. Also I have never seen a '74 blue metallic with Gold lettering, only silver. However, my '73 blue metallic 750 does have gold lettering.

If the serial number is lower than 307311 it is likely a '73 model year (Mk I 850).
 
Hello. My 73 850 was "Bass Boat Blue" Metalflake with Silver Decals and Pinstripes. Built 3/73 and engine number 301340.
 
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