What colour grey???

[boozardy]

Hi all, me sodding bike rolled forward off the sidestand in the garage and put a ding the size of a 5p in it after coming to rest on my beer fridge door!!!!!!!! Anyhow........... took tank off to be sorted......... repairer wants to know colour if I have it, to speed job up......... it's a 2005 Fazer 1000 like a gunmetal grey???????? There's nothing on any paperwork I have that gives me a true ID or code??? Anyone?????? Cheers, Tony

[nsr500v4]

The code should be under the seat! Mine is!

[boozardy]

Brilliant, that must be it on the sticker then? It's IC28-050 and underneath is the letter B, anyone else with that number on a gunmetally grey Fazer 1000 please? Tony

[nsr500v4]

Mine is the fastest colour so i cant help (silver)

[boozardy]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm! Debatable! It seems that's the model number plus another code? Well I've just been amazed? Rang the Yamaha dealer in Doncaster where I bought the bike for there advice........ it appears there isn't a code to ID the colour match and the only way to get a true colour match is through a company called RS Paints!! The mind boggles! Tony

[nsr500v4]

Hmmmm interesting! I am sure someone on here will know more, great guys on here with info.

[budgiemurray]

Rs paints will do it but it aint cheap.. Expect to pay around £20 for a 500ml rattle can from them..

Budgie

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[nsr500v4]

Surely Yamaha supply paint for their own bikes!

[sadlonelygit]

if it's this



tehn i have some RS paint for it, 1 full can and a part used.

if it's this



then you're on your own!!

[Anquetil]

Tony, I have a 2005 Grey Fazer 1000. Just had a look under the seat. It is marked IC 28 050  B the same as yours if this any help.
 
                                            Mike

[Falcon 269]

I think - don't quote me, though - that it's called Mistral Grey but then again, it could be Silver Storm.  More info on codes here:

http://fazer1000.yuku.com/topic/2715/Paint-codes

I've used this guy for paint in the past and his service is good, colour match faultless and prices much better than RS Paints.  Ask him to confirm the colour for you, since his ad suggests that it's Silver Storm.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/BIKECOLOURS/YAMAHA-PAINT-/_i.html?rt=nc&_fsub=10&_sid=112730349&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1581&_pgn=1

Mike

[Anquetil]

My friend has an FZ6 2005 which is ' Silver Storm' on his reg. document, but it's not the same colour as my Fazer 1000 which is 'Grey' on the document.
 
                                          Mike

[boozardy]

Hi Sadlonelygit, if i'm not mistaken it's the second one, the grey one, thanks too Mike for that underseat info, the paintshop told me that may well be the code and will get back, they also told me they take lots of photographs of the job (my tank) then check them against a massive database before any work done. Thanks again fellow foccers, will let you know how I progress, what the tank looks like when finished! Tony

[ghostbiker]

just to throw a spanner in the works, i'm fairly sure there is 3 greys/silvers. my 2004 black engine and black tail is grey and a diff shade to both the above pics :P

[boozardy]

Hiya ghostbiker, mine is a 2005 bike with the same engine colour as the one in the second pic........... time will tell? Gulp! Tony

[sadlonelygit]

Surely Yamaha supply paint for their own bikes!

don't be stupid, that would be FAR too simple, as would having a colour code on the subframe rail a la h@nda.

best bet is to go to a proper paint shop and swatch match it.

iirc chitsu is the painter man in the know