What color is my Blue Moto Guzzi?

[n3303j]

Bought this '98 V11EV. It is the two tone light/dark blue bike. It came with Moto Guzzi leather bags which are cute but not convenient or practical for easy travel.

Turns out Stein Dinse has some H&B manufactured Official  Moto Guzzi 40L bags left over. They are the Junior 40L bags with a custom lid featuring Guzzi logo and a smooth decorative insert on the cover. They are sending them out the door at $380 for the pair delivered to USA.

SO I've got these bags on the way and think they would look best if the bag accent panel were painted to match the body color.

Anyone have color numbers or names of the colors on my bike? Anyone know if matches are available in rattle cans?

[LaMojo]

Turquoise/blue

[boatdetective]

Go to your local auto body supply shop (the one that provides paint to body shops). Bring a side panel. They will use a machine to scan the color. This can be used to find the best match. They can mix up the precise color and give it to you in a spray can.

...or, you can decide that going all matchy matchy with the color is the wrong idea. My design professional neighbor told me that matching the paint color on the bags only disrupts the lines of the bike and makes it look like it has a fat ass. She has a point. I had a pearl white EV and painted my panels a metallic black. These panels will scratch if you look at them the wrong way (they stick out and are the first thing to rub against something). I chose an off the shelf color so I could do quicky touch ups when (inevitably) I needed to repaint.   

[n3303j]

. My design professional neighbor told me that matching the paint color on the bags only disrupts the lines of the bike and makes it look like it has a fat ass. She has a point.

Hadn't thought of it from that point of view. My bags are coming through black. Guess I'll give it a good hard look over before changing colors.

[Cam3512]

I personnaly like the color matched panels on the bags.  Take a side cover to a painter and have them match it up.  Your bike's arse is gonna look wide with those 40's no matter what color.

[shaka]

I personnaly like the color matched panels on the bags.  Take a side cover to a painter and have them match it up.  Your bike's arse is gonna look wide with those 40's no matter what color.

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[daninwalkercounty]

match is cool, do you wanna get rid of the leather bags?  I could use them on my Ambo, just sayin.

[n3303j]

match is cool, do you wanna get rid of the leather bags?  I could use them on my Ambo, just sayin.

Exactly my intentions with the leather bags. They are the ones shown in the '98 EV parts book as an option. They are in somewhat sorry shape as I don't think the original owner ever heard of Snow Seal or Mink Oil. So they are no where near perfect. PM me an email address and I'll send you a bunch of photos highlighting the good, bad & ugly. Then tell me what they are worth to you.

Thanks, Ron Cichowski

[jbell]

 :1: on matching the bag color to the bike.