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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: zorroz on April 22, 2012, 01:21:40 pm

Title: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: zorroz on April 22, 2012, 01:21:40 pm: Trying to find out the name of this colour from a Yamaha DT. The problem I have is trying to determine the exact year of my bike. This part is the same colour as my bike vin number DT1F-166XXX. What year could my bike be?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310249230981&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_1310wt_1037 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310249230981&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_1310wt_1037)

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/zorroz/B1CI08wmkKGrHqMOKisEUWqGPBMczvLiPqQ_12.jpg)
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: firko on April 22, 2012, 01:58:55 pm: Methinks 1970.
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: zorroz on April 22, 2012, 03:00:00 pm: The 1970 and 71 looks different.
(http://www.cyclechaos.com/images/thumb/9/98/1971-Yamaha-DT250-Orange-2063-2.jpg/640px-1971-Yamaha-DT250-Orange-2063-2.jpg)
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: David Lahey on April 22, 2012, 03:29:18 pm: The DT1F prefix is common to DT1, DT2 and DT3 motors. The picture of your bike is showing the normal graphics scheme for a DT3 but in a strange colour. DT2 didn't have the curved stripe on the tank (tank was plain red with solid "YAMAHA") and red was darker than that red on that headlight support photo.
Main difference (mechanically) between DT2 and DT3 is the DT2 has a 19" front wheel, DT3 has 21" wheel
Here's a pic of a DT2
http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/558075/
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: firko on April 22, 2012, 03:45:27 pm: (http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/dt1-c.jpg)
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/1970YamahaDT1-C250BRILLIANTRED.jpg)
The '69 DT1-B was candy apple gold, the 1970 DT1-C was painted a candy apple red style colour called Brilliant Red. The top photo that Zorros posted is a '72 DT2 (I think...the bike in the photo looks a bit odd, we didn't get those graphics on the DT2...see below). I've never seen the rear blinkers mounted where they are. The handlebar mounted blinkers were only on some very early Aussie DT1-B and US imports. They didn't pass Aussie ADR's once blinkers became mandatory so Yamaha mounted them in the traditional between the upper and lower triple clamps. The 1973 DT2's were green w/black and white graphics see bottom photo
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/Y_DT2-1.jpg)
Aussie release DT2
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/1973-Yamaha-DT3-Green-9401-2.jpg)
1973 dt3
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: Iain Cameron on April 22, 2012, 09:35:45 pm: Zorroz does your bike have a reed valve the photo that you said your bike looks like is a 73 with a reed . Iain
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: zorroz on April 22, 2012, 09:58:16 pm: Quote from: iainyz on April 22, 2012, 09:35:45 pm
Zorroz does your bike have a reed valve the photo that you said your bike looks like is a 73 with a reed . Iain

Yes has the reed valve and 21' front wheel. I'm confused :o
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: Tim754 on April 23, 2012, 10:15:27 am: A DT3 with a non Australian/Oceania OEM replacement colour set, possibly an insurance claim rebuild. I have seen over the years in older motorcycle shops and stalls at swap meets the odd colour pictured, in tank, both separate badge and sticker variants, headlight stays and headlight shell, oil tank and sidecovers. Tim754
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: Freakshow on April 23, 2012, 12:51:36 pm: hi jiack - any one have a Dt1 tank for sale ? need one for the NAts, i gotn no fuel tank for the pre 70 bike....
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: Nathan S on April 23, 2012, 12:58:31 pm: The candy-apple red with pinkish tinge, is fairly common on later (1973?) models.
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: zorroz on June 06, 2012, 03:53:51 pm: Well there you go. I wrote to Yamaha and they were a great help. They sent me an official letter stating when it was made, March 1971 and that it complies with ADR rules of that era. Duilio Pianca from Yamaha Customer Relations Department is a great guy.
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: Doggy Digger on June 06, 2012, 06:18:58 pm: Firko, my mate in the home town had a pure-red 1972 DT2 (solid red with white YAMAHA logo), and I also saw another one being scrambled at Sunbury.

Goddam, but the Yammie trailbikes were the best!!!!
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: zorroz on November 03, 2013, 09:53:49 am: Rehashing this old thread, here is the original tank. Anyone know the colour???

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/zorroz/T2eC16hHJGUFFh0bUFiBScj7m54w60_57_zpse09cd1d7.jpg) (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/zorroz/media/T2eC16hHJGUFFh0bUFiBScj7m54w60_57_zpse09cd1d7.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: shelpi on November 03, 2013, 11:21:11 am: wasnt the early dt, at, ht, ct candy jobs, clear overbase?
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: g465b on November 03, 2013, 11:55:56 am: hi,check out cyclerestorer.com ,go to yamaha serial number reference -colours and eng numbers all listed

also the original brochures I have list these colours LT3 100 grape , candy red , brandy red
AT3 125 brigade blue , gold dust , marine blue
CT3 175 gold dust
DT3 competition green and RT3 baja brown cheers g,
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: Iain Cameron on November 03, 2013, 12:20:11 pm: g465b remember that the rest of the world had many different colours that never made it to Aust . For example Canada had different colours to the US in many cases . Iain
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: albrid-3 on November 03, 2013, 08:35:02 pm: I would like to know the wright colour silver for a DT2mx if any body knows.
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: BETRIC on November 04, 2013, 12:35:53 pm: I had a look at my DT2MX parts manual, Crystal silver same as YZA
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: albrid-3 on November 04, 2013, 03:40:32 pm: Quote from: BETRIC on November 04, 2013, 12:35:53 pm
I had a look at my DT2MX parts manual, Crystal silver same as YZA

Crystal Silver, would that be a Ford auto paint, or Toyota, Datsun. (for Etc.)
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: yamaico on November 04, 2013, 03:57:14 pm: image [year] manuf model paint color name code sample Ditzler PPG Dupont comment
G B Y 1989 Ford Probe Crystal Silver F1 C 4259
G B Y 1990 Porsche Crystal Silver LY7T C6 35136 N9179 944
G B Y 1990 Volkswagen Crystal Silver L2047 35314 W9266 Fox, late addition
G B Y 1990 Volkswagen Crystal Silver LY7T, C6 35136 N9179 Audi
G B Y 1991 Porsche Crystal Silver LY7T C6 C 35136 N9179 944
G B Y 1991 Volkswagen Crystal Silver LY7T, C6 35136 N9179 Audi
G B Y 1992 Volkswagen Crystal Silver LY7T, C6 35136 N9179 Audi
G B Y 1993 Volkswagen Crystal Silver LY7T, C6 35136 N9179 Audi
G B Y 1994 Volkswagen Crystal Silver LY7T, C6 B 35136 N9179 Audi
G B Y 2004 Porsche Crystal Silver A7W 903159 Kristalsilber
G B Y 2005 Porsche Crystal Silver A7W 903159 Kristalsilber
G B Y 2006 Porsche Crystal Silver A7W 903159
G B Y 2007 Porsche Crystal Silver A7W 903159
G B Y 2009 Porsche Crystal Silver A7W 903159
G B Y 2010 Porsche Crystal Silver A7W 903159
G B Y 2012 BMW Crystal Silver B12 926139 Mini
G B Y 2014 Ford Lincoln Crystal Silver W7 B MKC

Take your pick Dave. Any one of them could be wright
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: BETRIC on November 04, 2013, 05:38:24 pm: No yamaha crystal silver
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: David Lahey on November 04, 2013, 07:16:34 pm: One way of getting the paint colour you want is to carry a part with the right colour on it around with you in the car. If you see a close match parked somewhere, you can compare the two up close and note down what car it is. If the car is less than about 20 years old, the local paint shop will have it in their listings. For that DT2MX silver, there are lots of modern cars that must be pretty close or a good match.
(I haven't been arrested yet but it must look a bit dodgy doing this)
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: albrid-3 on November 04, 2013, 09:21:38 pm: cheers Fellows , you are a great help.
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: Ozadvntr on August 20, 2018, 10:22:44 pm: Did you ever get that Crystal Silver Paint Code for the RT2 MX? I have a 1973 MX360, same colour. Looking to repaint the guards.
Mick
Title: Re: What Yamaha colour is this?
Post by: bazza on August 22, 2018, 08:04:04 pm: tank Yamaha silver painted part to paint shop with a spectrometer they will match the colour,we used to do that at bike shop for BMW,guzzi and triumph