Original Colour.

[allspeeds]

Hi
Does anyone know the best way to check the original colour of a uk bike ?
I have the V5 in my name.

Thanks

[oldelsieboy]

Dec 7, 2019 18:19:58 GMT 1 allspeeds said:

Hi
Does anyone know the best way to check the original colour of a uk bike ?
I have the V5 in my name.

Thanks

The only way these days is with one of these.



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OEB

[allspeeds]

Thank OEB
If I had a time machine or crystal ball, I'd be checking the lottery instead. I have the same hair cut as the old boy in the Delorian though so thats a start .

[Bertie Wooster]

Unfortunately the dvla no longer give you the history on the bike data protection if it did it it would tell you full owners history and colour

[hoist1]

My 350 was in mars bar colours originally but the next owner swapped over to white and blue by changing all the necessary parts, was probably a trade with a mate. So not a respray to give the game away, so still correct, guess he didn’t like the black.

[donkeychomp]

If you are sure the bodywork is original for your bike but needs painting...rub it down a little and see what colours show up.

Alex

[reedpete]

Dec 8, 2019 16:21:32 GMT 1 Bertie Wooster said:

Unfortunately the dvla no longer give you the history on the bike data protection if it did it it would tell you full owners history and colour

They no longer give full details but they will send you the colour information ....but you do have to write them an accompanying letter about a restoration project blah blah blah. Essentially you can get a redacted copy of the first registration document.

[sbscnor]

I managed to get all original owners details from DVLA for two LC's just before the GDPR rules came into force. I even got copies of the original dealer registration number request. Unfortunately, even with this information my 350 was shown as Yamaha Black, and my 250 as Yamaha White so even that could be an inconclusive answer with no mention of any other colour.

[reedpete]

The black should be easy to figure as mars bar was only on 81 bikes, silver/red like your pic was 82. The vin will confirm which is which .
White ....something only recently began to wonder about that as back in the day all 350s I saw were two stripe blue , 250s two stripe red...but seems there was a bit of mix n match...

[allspeeds]

Thanks for all the replies, the little bike is a Rd50m ,it doesn't have the original paint on it but they only came in 2 colours in the uk in that year,I think I actually remember this actual bike it was sold from a shop about a mile from where I live ,I had a red one and the one I have now I think was black,I can't remember seeing any others around at the time except for a fizzy/rd50 hybrid, I would have noticed any others about because I was obsessed with it back then.
Going to try to get the info from the Dvla ,nothing to lose.

[Deleted]

I know in current VIN numbers on cars the paint code number is hidden there

It may be a single digit or letter in a certain place in the sequence

Would it be the same for the bike I wonder

Xavier could probably advise

[sp885]

This is easier for us here in Oz, we only had 2 options, 1981 2 stripe red was a 250 and 2 stripe blue a 350, 1982 3 stripe red a 250 and 3 stripe blue a 350 

Steve

[JonW]

Dec 11, 2019 17:36:02 GMT 1 @hblair said:

I know in current VIN numbers on cars the paint code number is hidden there

It may be a single digit or letter in a certain place in the sequence

Would it be the same for the bike I wonder

Xavier could probably advise

Dont think so Howard. Vin numbers on the cars Ive had certainly dont show paint codes, thats on the same plate tho:



Our bikes had very simple short code vins, not a lot of room for paint codes in there. There could have been number ranges that relate to colours, ie x hundred of each colour on the line as back then manufacturing often did colours like that, but these days multiple colours and models are on the same line and I dont know when that started at Yam.