Hi there, picked up my first Yo a few months back. It is a first year Yo with the original fork, mainly xc pro and in decent condition. It currently has a seized post and the previous owner powdered it purple at some point in its life.
I am generally not one for period correct builds as I in general prefer functionality over form. Thankfully though, I have picked up enough bikes over the years that this one is going to be returned to all its former glory and will be period correct with the exception of using Phil bearings and likely running a Brooks or Ideale saddle.
With that I am wondering who folks have used for repaints that can faithfully reproduce the grellow. I was talking to the guys at Indy Fab for some guidance and they gave me the original paint formula that one of the guys knew but noted that some of the original mix is no longer made. There is only the tiniest bit of grellow left on the fork above the race where it was masked for powder and it is just the base coat so I don't think that will be enough of a sample to reproduce the color and hoping to find a ninja out there that can do the color as well as decals.
Thoughts on who would be the best of the best?
I am generally not one for period correct builds as I in general prefer functionality over form. Thankfully though, I have picked up enough bikes over the years that this one is going to be returned to all its former glory and will be period correct with the exception of using Phil bearings and likely running a Brooks or Ideale saddle.
With that I am wondering who folks have used for repaints that can faithfully reproduce the grellow. I was talking to the guys at Indy Fab for some guidance and they gave me the original paint formula that one of the guys knew but noted that some of the original mix is no longer made. There is only the tiniest bit of grellow left on the fork above the race where it was masked for powder and it is just the base coat so I don't think that will be enough of a sample to reproduce the color and hoping to find a ninja out there that can do the color as well as decals.
Thoughts on who would be the best of the best?
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