Colouring competition lol Dresda Trident

Hi Those that know me know that I like a project Now I am retired I have set too on a few.
Help is required in choosing a colour I'm thinking Burgandy! Anyone remember that programme to show you choices?
Colouring in is fine.
I know Eddie wants me to go Orange again but you can have two much of a good thing

Red one’s are fastest Chris.

Dresda’s tend to look good in trad black / silver too. But red would go well with the nickel frame. And be faster.

Burgundy is good for curtains and traction engines.

Orange just shouldn’t be allowed. Unless it’s a Jota.

Fast Eddie said:

Red one’s are fastest Chris.

Dresda’s tend to look good in trad black / silver too. But red would go well with the nickel frame. And be faster.

Burgundy is good for curtains and traction engines.

Orange just shouldn’t be allowed. Unless it’s a Jota.

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Might look at the Black/silver always wanted an Anglo bikes Tristar!
Got a red North a red Dommie & the Jim Lee 8 valve.
Phil Godfree Phil Davenport bike

Chris said:

Might look at the Black/silver always wanted an Anglo bikes Tristar!
Got a red North a red Dommie & the Jim Lee 8 valve.
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I likes yer thinking Chris !

I saw a Black Norton with a red frame that caught my eye!

I think black would work especially if I can get the Dresda stickers in silver.
What about breaking up the Seeley fairing? Ie not all solid colour

Chris said:

I know Eddie wants me to go Orange again but you can have two much of a good thing

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Yeah - but he likes brown seats!

robs ss said:

Yeah - but he likes brown seats!

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O so true lol haha

Chris said:

I think black would work especially if I can get the Dresda stickers in silver.
What about breaking up the Seeley fairing? Ie not all solid colour

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Dresda used to use that same style ‘Old English’ font as Anglo Bike, so getting ‘Dresda Trident’ done in that would definitely look both good and period correct.

The silver Dresda stickers in my pic above were done by a local sticker / sign maker.

If you look around in your locality you’ll find vinyl sticker makers. They just laser cut to your design from a sheet.

I just got these done locally, I tried to copy the Minnovation colour and font, didn’t quite succeed but “it’ll be reet yewth” !

Brown suede tassled seat is out of shot in this photo sadly…

" Red one’s are fastest Chris. "

but theyre usually more cantankerous .

Real red is SCARLET . like O'Hara & those rattly italian things .



O.E.M. colours ?? Reds probably like B R G . a multitude . BASE & Pre Colours , Burgundy under metralic blue got me purple , but had gold , thin , over the burgundy .
So , in sunlight , its FAR OUT . Or multitudeinous , phychadelic almost perhaps . and Things . try on a piece of cardboard ( shiny ) . grab all the dicount duplicvolours,
aND DONT FORGET YOUVE LEFT THEMM IN THEB POT TO BOIL . Pre Heatr everything to 20 / 25 c. Mate .

63 / 64 ford corsair 1500 had a deep Burgundy . with lime green interior . To Match . you could do the seat brown . But I Wouldnt ! .



Id think TRUE PERIOD COLOURS ( 1960s ) would be The go . asin the paint codes / mix .

That's the colour I was thinking about Matt. I've gone through British Racing Green, the dark nearly black one. Black still sounds good. Going to see if I can photo shop a few colours on to my photo.

You get British Racing Matte Black ( with a green tint ) if it drizzles on it , just after the last stroke . Was 2 nd from deepest of 7 .



heresome drivle onit . https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/darkest-british-racing-green/428304

to good to miss .

Dung Bettle ( Scarab . )


So you want REAL COLOURS . Base - Light ? SILVER is used to hide & show flaws , as primary base coat . Then something like gold .
Even coat of Met. scarlet ( 2 light ) then evenish ( 2 light ) Met Blue , wll get far out and groovey multi faceted in varying light . IF
you did ( say ) outline a bit heavier , in one , itd ' go there ' in bright light . So covert pin stripes or whatever UNDER the top colour coat .
ETC.
Aston once did seven coats around appatures & hard wear areas , Hard Edges wear earlier , polishing & ' cut & polishing . So THIN COLOURS .
A lot . Model A/C , CLEAR is thinned 3 : 1 , and a coat a day , 3/4 gallon total . about 20 coats . and youve gt DEPTH .

This bloke's very good about prattling on about ' fish eye killer ' and can paint in the snow .

If you use dual swaybars , 6 inch lotus rims , decent shocks & a Late V 4 with headers ( Boyer T 120 spec. ) and dual pipes , Jim Clarke
wouldnt stand a chance , with this . Theyll deal to a Lotus hacktually . As well as towing trucks out of ditches . Bit of room under the arches.
Would take 225 & 245 tyres . ( They flogged the brakes & box etc for the Lotus from the GT / 2000 E - which has a better a xle assembly .


To rub it in , and digress further .
But a late V4 has more tourque , and as much horse ,& is back & lower thus better weight distribution & transfer . Specially if you dual carbed it .
Falco 4.1 Litre Radiator bolts straight in . Which only leaves the full length oil pump shaft . & a bigger sump . Unless you move the engine back 3 1/2 inch . With stock parts .

A Horse of a differant colour .

What’s the verdict then Chris ??

Black But! The fella that's going to paint it wants to try a bit of computer design on it when he gets back from his hols. Bit to much flat area on the Seeley fairing for him. Me I'm looking at transfers maybe putting a wedge/stripe there, Dresda on the tank. Detail in silver?

Chris said:

Black But! The fella that's going to paint it wants to try a bit of computer design on it when he gets back from his hols. Bit to much flat area on the Seeley fairing for him. Me I'm looking at transfers maybe putting a wedge/stripe there, Dresda on the tank. Detail in silver?

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Sounds interesting !

Off to Pembrey the weekend to test it out. Finished & running & sounding loud & harsh, hope it's under 105db. Might have to play with the tick over & adjust a few bits but hoping it rides & steers well. The painter wanted a grand & as it's going to be black with gold Dresda decals on the tank & it's a race bike I'm going to paint it myself. Once I find it's all sound. Wish me the best Chris

Well not the test I wanted! More a test of me!
I set off Friday & 3 hours into my journey in 30 degree heat, lots of queuing & loads of traffic, the van warning light came on & flashed "check engine" at me. I had just got out of a 5 mile queue & had got up to 60mph on a duel & as I passed a filter lane the van went into limp mode! 60 to 20mph in a matter of minutes. I smacked those hazard lights & shit myself. Looked at the phone wondering if there was anywhere I could pull in, when a fifty foot length of pavement appeared next to the filter lane, I bounced up those kerbs & parallel jumped the caravan up. The hedgerows had even been cut back. No bus stop, no houses for miles, I couldn't believe my luck. Looked up the warning in the handbook lol "Stop immediately consult a Peugeot dealer"
Kin hell! My recovery company found someone who could take a long wheel base van & a 10ft pop up caravan all the way back to Eastbourne on a Friday night & eventually my journey home began. Got back well after midnight in the biggest lightning storm you could imagine, we got soaked. I decided I would try & hire a van in the morning. Up at 7 & a quick shower I started phoning round as each van hire opened. At 10 Avis got back to me they had a van that needed to be back by 9am on Monday. Fantastic! Miss'es dropped me off, paperwork complete ready to pay & my credit card pin got locked! Managed to get away with a telephone sale & drove home to start loading. Loaded up for a night in the van & eventually got away at 2pm, arrived at the circuit at 7.30 & started unloading as I was sleeping in the van. Had a few ciders & a later night than intended, after midnight. Sunday morning I was up earlier than intended as my mate Lee who had come to help found sleeping in a tent was not to his liking lol. Saw the wonderful Sophie & got sighed in, got scrutineered & was pleased with the praise the bike got. Set up in the exit area for the sound check & the bike started on 2 cylinders, a quick push on the wires & leads & off she went! Ran her up & took her to 5,000 for the noise test, when clatter, clatter pop the engine went bad. I pulled the plug, Ouch, it was not a good noise. Parked the bike & dragged out the North. Scrutineered, sound checked, renumbered & signed on again & I was out. I enjoyed my 2 races but I cant get comfortable on the North as it's too small & I get stuck with a locked shoulders & neck & just cant throw it about anymore. Getting old & not doing anything with my mobility, flexibility. Ohh shit exercises incoming.
Lovely run home got in after midnight, got up early to unload & get the van washed & cleaned & back to Avis. Achieved ? Not sure but I dont like to give up. This was my birthday present to myself & I wanted it. Cost wow open! Not sure about taking the engine out as I have other fish to fry for Donington Park in August. After much reading up & buying a code reader, I traced the area I needed to look at with the van. After watching 6 videos on you tube. I found a fuse box (by removing the headlight) that contained a maxi fuse for the radiator fan, yes all that grief for £5s worth of fuse. Put in a place your cant get to, with a warning to check the engine & consult Peugeot! How much better to say your fan fuse has blown. Take the stress right out of the situation. Put out the code & been on a couple of good runs & it's all good. Saying that I've not run the cabin fan as that's the side(it has 2 fans) that usually packs up.

Tune in next week for the further adventures of TinTin

Still smiling

Sometimes you just gotta accept that the universe does not want you to do something !