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New colour: red metalflake

I want to give this bike a much more bling image, with a wink to the old-style CB750 from which this bike is loosely inspired. I went to KAS Racepaint in Kettering (UK) to bring tank, side panels and top box cover for repainting. Paul is the helpful owner of the place. His specialism is metalflake paint. I showed him my inspiration: Carpy's "Silver Ghost" CB750 and the normal Red CB750 K0/K1. Paul suggested I take "Honda Red" from his colour sheets and understood exactly how I wanted the stripe. The shape of the CB400 tank is not the same as the CB750 so you cannot simply retrace the stripy decals; if you follow the natural shape of the CB400 tank then the stripe would nowhere look like the CB750. I think that Paul has done a great job.
CB400 tank - Honda red and metalflake
CB400 tank - "Honda red" and metalflake
CB400 tank sideview
CB400 tank sideview
Left hand side panel
Left hand side panel
All painted parts together
All painted parts together
putting stripes on the CB400 tanks
putting stripes on the CB400 tanks
Silver Ghost front view
Silver Ghost front view
Carpy's Silver Ghost
Carpy's "Silver Ghost"
Tank sideview
Tank sideview
Tank frontal view
Tank frontal view
Original CB 750
Original CB 750
CB400 Four NC36 with red metalflake tank
CB400 Four NC36 with red metalflake tank
Sparkling red metalflake tank :-)
Sparkling red metalflake tank :-)