SSD colour
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:18 pm
As I am currently restoring a 1980 SSD which is black and gold in the SSD style I am told that a few of these came out of Italy in this colour.
As all the books state and most people believe, the SSD was meant to only come out in the blue, but I spotted a magazine cover from an old
Motorcycle Classics [april 98] with a picture of a black and gold SSD. What are the chances of a few slipping through in the black and gold
colour in SSD style.As I am trying to keep this bike as it came out of the factory I dont want to paint it SSD Blue if it was originally
Black and Gold, any thoughts anyone. I,m still undecided what colour to finish it in as I like both
Resto is slowly coming along, got the engine back fully rebuilt last week so this has spurred me to get cracking .
Fibreglass repairs on the whaletail and sidecovers are coming along nicely.
As all the books state and most people believe, the SSD was meant to only come out in the blue, but I spotted a magazine cover from an old
Motorcycle Classics [april 98] with a picture of a black and gold SSD. What are the chances of a few slipping through in the black and gold
colour in SSD style.As I am trying to keep this bike as it came out of the factory I dont want to paint it SSD Blue if it was originally
Black and Gold, any thoughts anyone. I,m still undecided what colour to finish it in as I like both
Resto is slowly coming along, got the engine back fully rebuilt last week so this has spurred me to get cracking .
Fibreglass repairs on the whaletail and sidecovers are coming along nicely.